The aim of the following chapter is to present nature in Thomas Hardy’s Return of the Native and Jude the Obscure as a driving force from which human beings are dependent. The focus will be also put on the intellectual ferment caused by the discoveries of that time which place human beings at the same level as animals and question the immortality of soul. The protagonists will be presented as individuals struggling for existence in a harsh world governed by passion and chance. In the course of…
Realism: Realism is a literary movement which began in France in middle of nineteen century. It deals with the themes and ideas associated with daily life. A realistic picture of society with issues related to common man and social and cultural system are portrayed as it is. Realism was the reaction against “Romanticism” where life is depicted with all its harsh and soft realities, where relations and situations are presented without idealizing, flattering or romanticizing. It deals specially…
What is maybe so noteworthy about Darwin 's accomplishment is the way relatively revolutionary he was during the 19th century. With no comprehension of advanced genetics, Darwin figured out how to concoct the thought of acquired characteristics and the transformation of these attributes after some time. Charles Darwin theory of evolution was one of the most significant topics to change and impact the world of science, unfortunately, it didn’t come without ramifications. In 1831, Charles Darwin…
Author (Sir) Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his first Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, in year 1886. Transcending literature onto stage and screen, Sherlock Holmes continues to fascinate audiences to this day. The Sherlock Holmes exhibition of The Museum of London titled “The Man Who Never Lived And Will Never Die”, London’s first on the detective since 1951, uses early film, photography and paintings plus original Victorian era artefacts to recreate the atmosphere of Sherlock’s London, and to…