Shaw as an iconoclast always breaks the conventional and so called traditional rule in the art of characterization for his plays. The play "Arms and the Man" is not exceptional. In the praise of his characterization, Edward Albert commented that, "after Shakespeare no English dramatist equals Shaw in the variety and vividness of characters".        In our present...

In "Hayavadana", the dolls are used as a prop by Girish Karnad in order to suggest the inner conflict of the beautiful Padmini. Though in writing this play, Karnad was influenced by the folk theatrical convention, doll-episode is remarkably his own innovation which helps him clarifying to the audience the psychological dilemma of the characters.          ...

Girish Karnad, one of the major dramatists of the Kannada theatre, seized with the theme of incompleteness, imperfection in his successful play, "Hayavadana". Moutushi Chakravartee in "Myth and Symbol as Metaphor: A Re-consideration of Red Oleanders and Hayavadana" calls such an attempt...

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...

"Hayavadana", one of the most successful stage plays by Girish Karnad is strikingly popular for its traditional structure and modern theme. Girish Karnad as an important Kannda playwright very tactically mingles these two things. Here he uses various traditional features like worshipping of God, use of mask, half curtain, the character of Sutradhar (Bhagavata), music, chorus etc....

In "Hayavadana", Girish Karnad represents the Goddess Kali ironically. She appears as a character in the play, and she does not help the characters in solving their problems, rather she puts all three unfortunate beings, Kapila, Devadatta and Padmini through a series of cruel difficulties. When Devadatta and Kapila sacrifice their lives, the Goddess instead of expressing sympathy, ...

Girish Karnad is one of the most important Indian English playwrights who creates characters in order to expose his intention and to fulfil his intention as well. In "Hayavadana", one of the most successful stage-plays by him, he also does not deviate from his thought. Here he creates the character of Padmini's son to show the modern theme of the play.        ...

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...