The title of the play "Justice" is ironical as it relates the story of social injustice in the name of real justice. "Justice" is a heart-rending tragedy, its central theme being the suffering caused to individuals by the administration of criminal law. Falder the hero of the play committed an act of forgery to save his beloved Ruth who was continuously tortured by her husband. As...

   "Justice" by John Galsworthy   is, no doubt, a successful social propaganda that was much effective to "strike a crushing blow at a custom which continues to darken our humanity and good sense" of Galsworthy's time.  "Justice" was not written by him in any 'wanton spirit'. "It has been nothing but pain from beginning to end." Galsworthy wants to show the...

Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher in his famous book, "Poetics" deduces the qualities of a tragic hero. From his point of view, ideal tragic hero "must be an intermediate kind of person, a man not pre-eminently virtuous and just, whose misfortune, however, is bought upon him not by vice or depravity but by some error of judgement." This "error of judgement" is termed as 'hamartia'....

Galsworthy, "The humanitarian moralist" is very careful about the delineation of his characters as he thinks that character is the most important element of his dramatic technique. According to him, character is the foundation of the plot. He feels that the plot is subservient to character. He opines, " The perfect dramatist rounds up his characters and facts within the ring fence...

These words of Cokeson at the end of Galsworthy's famous problem play, "Justice"(1910) shows his sane and sympathetic attitude toward Falder. He has genuine affection and love for Falder. He visits the prison to see the poor condition of him. He has pleaded for reinstatement of Falder, so that he may get a chance to lead a decent normal life.           ...

In Galsworthy's famous problem play, "Justice" Falder is accused of forgery from nine to ninety and Frome is the defence counsel and pleads to the Judge for mercy by bringing in the story of love between Falder and the married woman, Ruth Honeywill and her distress under the torment of her husband. He emphasizes the emotional background under which he has acted this forgery. He says...

In Galsworthy's famous problem play, "Justice"(1910), Falder, the young fellow has been arrested for the offence of forgery, but in Act IV, we see that he has been released from the prison and comes to the solicitor's office to join the job again. He says to Cokeson, "I just want a chance, Mr. Cokeson. I've paid for that job a thousand times and more."        ...

This is told by Ruth Honeywill, an unhappy married woman of twenty six years, to Cokeson, the managing clerk of solicitors' office in John Galsworthy's famous problem play, "Justice".               Ruth wants to visit Falder because of some 'personal matter', but Cokeson does not permit her to meet with him. He says sternly that "we don't allow...

In Galsworthy's play, "Justice", a social tragedy, Falder, the hero of the story has been arrested for the crime of forgery from nine to ninety. Frome, the councel for the defence gives his evidences to make Falder free. He pleads to judge him as 'a patient' and not as 'a criminal' because he is a young fellow and he has done this act of forgery in 'a momentary solace', in 'a moment...