Studies in English Language and Literature

  How is the sea represented in Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea ? /Write a brief note on the emblem of the sea as in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Old Man and the Sea . /What does the sea epitomise in The Old man and the Sea ? /Give the pen-picture of the sea as drawn by Hemingway in The Old Man and the Sea . In the novel named ‘The Old Man and the Sea’, we come to find a vivid pen-picture of the restless ocean. The marine world is a crony to manifold creatures living therein harmoniously. Still, there is a great truth that should be kept in mind: the ocean is merciful as well as malignant. It is full of very beauty indeed. Its grace and beauty probably points to its feminine approach, whereas its dominance and strictness, perhaps, speaks of its masculine force. In the course of the text, we come to know that the sea was thought to be the beloved by Santiago. The sea seemed to be his ‘beloved woman’. The Spanish expression la mar indicates so. Again, the sea was thought...

At the outset of our discussion, let us all have an idea of the term ‘cuckold’. ‘Cuckold’ refers to the husband of an unfaithful or adulterous wife. The chief purpose of cuckoldry, a crucial feature of the Restoration Comedy of Manners, is to ridicule the society by means of satire. Rajmohan’s Wife records the story of Matangini who is a pure and untainted girl. The novel also gives an account of her ill and unhappy wedlock with Rajmohan. In course of the novel, we come to find that Rajmohan is actually brutal and cruel by nature through and through. Matangini was in love with Madhav before her marriage with Rajmohan. Madhav has been portrayed to be an English-educated man. However, she had to get married to Rajmohan due to her father’s pressure. Matangini, the female protagonist in Bankim Chandra’s novel, is found to be oscillating between the social norms and her scruples. After leaving the house with Kanak for fetching water, she asserts her own identity against the norms of the pa...