Interpretation challenge Play Breath by Samuel Beckett.

Here is my views upon the task which was given by Dr,Dilip Barad sir.so here we have to write our view on short video from the Samuel Beckett's Breath.


About Samuel Beckett  :-

     Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre director, poet, and literary translator. A resident of Paris for most of his adult life, he wrote in both English and French.

His notable Works :-
 Murphy (1938)
Molloy (1951)
Malone Dies (1951)
The Unnamable (1953)
Waiting for Godot (1953)
Watt (1953)
Endgame (1957)
Krapp's Last Tape (1958)
How It Is (1960)
Happy Days (play) (1960)

 #   Notable  awards

  • Nobel Prize in Literature (1969)

  •  Croix de Guerre (1945)




•  short play "Breath ":-

CURTAIN Up
1. Faint light on stage littered with miscellaneous rubbish. Hold about five seconds.
2. Faint brief cry and immediately inspiration and slow increase of light together reaching maximum - together in about ten seconds. Silence and hold for about five seconds.
3. Expiration and slow decrease of light together reaching minimum together (light as in 1) in about ten seconds and immediately cry as before. Silence and hold about five seconds.

CURTAIN Down


So,here first we have to watch video and give our view or opinion upon video.it become difficult to give overview on shortest video. in some kind of video we find absurdity still we have to think where it is connected.so,here I am sharing my views.


Video :-1 ].   Breath by Damien Hirst :-
In this video we can see the picture of rubbish kind of medical garbage. There is a keyboard also. We also can see the symbol of Swastik.so with this symbol we can recall remember Hitler and his symbol of Swastik. Another thing is that with a lot of medicine we can connect our nowadays illness of human beings.yet it is full of absurdity or garbage it related somewhere with our life.

Video :- 2].  Breath by Lina De Jordan :-
In this video we can see the different kind of fruits.we can compare this fruits with human being As all fruits,have their own identity,some are jointed and some are separated,same the way, human beings have their own world.some are living together and some are seperated.All the fruits have their specific benefits,and people also their unique personality or perspective.


Video : - 3].  National Theatre school first year Technical production class project, production of Samuel Beckett's play Breath :-
So,this video started with full of darkness and one sharpen yelling of someone's voice.with a one hearness of voice become us afraid with this voice.we can see first darkness and then light.it happens 3-4 times in video.So the concept of light and darkness we can compare it with our life and death.if there is light then we have our full life and if there is darkness then there is nothing maybe in life.with a yelling of voice and darkness our journey of life starts and when light off there everything has it's end.


Video  :- 4 ]. Samuel Beckett's play Breath : -
We can see that the video started with the natural scene.from where we come.we human being were the part of nature. Nature was essentially needed for us.in this video there are many things shown like doll,the equipmens of game,music ,phone ,city,day to day life of people, reading, Business,some kind of tension. All people have their own occupation, Passion.They are wandering for that.In a way all the things connected with people. All have their own objects and interpretation according to their will........
So,this are my understanding of videos.............

Thank you.........

Learning Of E.A. Poe's Short story by Dr. Jay Mehta

We attended guest lectures by Dr.Jay Mehta during 16 Aug. to 18 Aug. 2019. He has good style to teaching.

• Poe's horror and Detective Stories:-

1) The Tell- The Heart

          In this story narrator was unnamed who tell the story and at the end he accepts his crime. Normally in the story one character of an old man who has one artificial eye which becomes victim of his murder. After murder of old man narrator feel something like own death. His heartbeat becomes very fast and he remaining in fear. At the end of the story some strain remain unclear in reader's mind. It's interesting story.

2) The Black Cat:

 Here the title also indicate about story because black color connected with fear,death and something happening bad things and animal of cat also symbolize to wrong happen. So here all elements becoming around pet animal cat. Mostly people take care & love cat but here the black cat hated by narrator. Unknowingly he kills his wife and behind that murder for reason is the black cat. Here I like sense of narrator that How he hides her wife into wall. At the end of the story prove him as a murderer by death body of black cat. It's good narrative story & terrible story like as ' Monkey's Paw '.

3) The Fall of House:

In this story also unnamed narrator Who arrives at house of Roderick Usher. ' The fall of House ' is central of hallucination. Generally story working  around his sister who suffer through the catalepsy. Roderick and narrator both are remain in illusion that she is died and they buries her body in his house but really she is not dead. At the end of terrible story Medline stands besides her brother then both are falling down and Rodrick also dies but his house also remain splits. In the story open all the layers at the end.

4) The Cask of Amontillado:

The Cask of Amontillado' - You might be thinking, 'Great. I don't even understand the title - how am I supposed to understand this story?' So before we can start exploring Edgar Allan Poe's famous short story, we first need to define a couple of words in his title. Amontillado is a very specific kind of Spanish sherry, sherry being a fortified wine. And a cask is a barrel. So if we put that all together, this story could be called 'The Barrel of Sherry,' but 'The Cask of Amontillado' has a much better ring, don't you think?

5) The Purloined Letter:

  It's story creates the mysterious condition and detective story because here create suspense through letter. A letter has been stolen from the boudoir of an unnamed woman by the unscrupulous Minister D—. It is said to contain compromising information. D— was in the room, saw the letter, and switched it for a letter of no importance. He has been blackmailing his victim.( Wikipedia )

6) The Gold Bug:

"The Gold-Bug" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1843. The plot follows William Legrand, who was bitten by a gold-colored bug. His servant Jupiter fears that Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator, who agrees to visit his old friend. Legrand pulls the other two into an adventure after deciphering a secret message that will lead to a buried treasure.

Thank you so much barad sir you organise this session

Movie Review of kya kehna in the contest of novel The scarlet letter.

Movie Review of kya kehna in the contest of novel The scarlet letter.

we see the  Hindi movie in English department "Kya Kehna" in the context of  The novel " The scarlet letter."

Though this novel is written in  1850's  and the movie is release in the year of 19 may  2000.

1. What are the name the protagonist in both the works ?

Three  protagonist in this novel. His name are 

1. Hester Prynne

2. Arthur Dimmesdale 

3. Roger chillingworth

Movie - kya kehna

Character name like that
1. Saif Ali khaK as Rahul modi
2. Priti Zinta as Priya Bakshi
3. ChandrachurSingh as Ajay

2. Write there story in brief.

The scarlet letter : 

  

      When the novel began we see that Hester is taken to give punishment. Because she has given birth to baby whose father is unknown. Now as a part of punishment she has to ware the letter "A" on her chest. We see that Arthur Dimmesdale was the father of the child. But this he accept at the end of the novel  before his death. Though out the novel we see that Hester by herself take care The child. When her husband return he decided to take revange.  But when Dimmesdale confess that he is father of the child of Hester and died. Because of his death chilligworth's  plan of taking revenge goes fail. After some time he also died. In end when Hester has died she hurried near the grave of Dimmesdale.

Kya kehna :- 

     Kya kehna is the story of a traditional, college girl Priya. She comes from a close middle class family. Priya came her home after completing her high school studies. And started doing college in her own city. Then she Falls in love with the Rahul who is belongs from one of elite family of town. He has not good image in college and everywhere . That's why  Priya's  brother said her to stay away from him as well as he warn Rahul also. Then one day  Priya is with Rahul and then she realised after a few day that she is pregnant but Rahul denied to merry her. But Priya desied to give birth to child. In all this though time her family and her friend Ajay support her. At last when Rahul realise her mistake he proposed her but she desied to marry Ajay who is friend of her and support her during her pregnancy. 

3.  What is the role palyed by society in Hester's life? 

   
Hester is courage woman who take care her child all alone. When we look the role of so We see that society never support her and always create problem for her. It never allow Hester to live life her own way.  Firstly they don't want Hester to live alone and when she gave birth to purle they gave A her to ware so that shows that she has done mistake. Even after her death society won't allow her to free from the letter A they write that on her grave. 

4. What is the role played by society in Priya's life ? 

  If she see the situation of Hester and Priya then its almost same. As Priya was pregnant out of wed-log so firstly her family doesn't accepts her and tells her to leave the house. Same way her friends, society, Rahul no one accepts her she was fighting all alone till some time after that her family accepts her and be with her. After her speech at annul function suddenly the heart of people changes and accepts her. As society accepts her she doesn't have to fight longer as Hester did in novel.

5. Compare and contrast the male characters, Roger Chillingworth, Arthur Dimmesdale, Rahul, and Ajay.

Roger chilligworth : He is husband of Hester. When he come to know about the purle. He blame Hester and desire to take revenge. He live with Dimmesdale and find out that he is father of purle. 

If we take look on the character of Dimmesdale then it seems that because of his power position he couldn't confess that the child was his. He wasn't having the courage to accept it as he was priest and society would not accept it and he would have to leave his position. He wishes to live with Hester and the child but here the society is barrier so comes at night to meet them. He was too taking punishment more though then Hester, but it was known by non.

      If we see the character of Ajay then he is the childhood friend of Priya and also loves her and he is also faithful to her till the end. He is ready to sacrifices his love if Priya is happy. He stands with her in every situation like a best friend does. When Priya is taking wrong decision then also he is with her or try to stop her. He is afraid that if he goes against her decision then he would lost her and the friendship. He is the very ideal person that every parents wish for her daughter to marry.

  6. Compare and contrast ‘The scaffold scene in The Scarlet Letter’ and ‘a year-end performance in Kya Kehna in which a group of students performs a play on Priya and her pregnancy’.

  movie and novel then it is almost one as one have to face the crowd and there insult. It is a situation were in both it tries to make them realize that they have given birth to a child out of wed-log and it was wrong and seen as a sin in eyes of society. During the scaffold the crowd wanted to know the name of the father and in the play they try to make her realize that she should not live anymore as she was the shame for her family and for the society. In Hester her child was her shield while for Priya she has to fight to make space for her and child. Hester was not having any one to support her while Priya was having her family to support her in facing society.
7. What are the reasons that Arthur Dimmesdale and Rahul do not come forward to accept their fatherhood? How do you they differ and what are the similarities?

 If we see in the novel then its seems the first reason would be that he is on high position as a priest and society would not accept him once he has accepted his love for Hester and tells that the child is of his. It seems that he likes his position more then his love and child. For him what society thinks is also important. Its not that he does not love them, he loves both of them only in dark and secret.

    the difference then its that Dimmesdale was taking pain as much as Hester is facing while Rahul was not having any kind of guilt. Both were afraid of insult and what society will think of them. Dimmesdale was loving Hester and wishing to be with them and was also taking care of the child in secret while Rahul was not loving Priya and he did not care what situation she faced after he left her. In both male dominating ego was overpowering them in accepting their child.

8. What is the role played by Chillingworth in Hester’s life? Why do you think he wanted to take revenge on Hester and Dimmesdale?

  He wants to take revange because he thinks that Hester is not faithful to him. And as a wife she must wait for him and she has cross the boundaries of his love. 


9. What is the role played by Rahul's mother in Priya’s life? Why do you think she wants to take revenge on Priya? 

   The  first of all thing I was sowsoabout Rahul's mother is that she is very class conscious. She like to show her Power in society. Because she say that how can we allowed her to live this way in city. After her instructions the play on that Priya's pragnancy was performed. The other reason is can be because of Priya  there was a flight between him and Priya's brother. 

10. Write a note on class difference in Kya Kehna.

  In movie there are something where We see class consciousness. Rahul' s mother show that thing. She always try to prove her power. We see that when Priya's father asked Rahul that when will you marry Priya that time he say that my parents won't allow this merriage because they want me to marry with the girls firm same of our class. 

11. Why do you think the director has lifted the character of Ajay to the ideal state? Is it possible in real life? What are the reasons of your YES or NO?

   As I have mentioned that it is not possible to in real life to find character like Ajay. Because he is too ideal for anyone. He never judge Priya. Though he know that he love Rahul he accepted her. It is quite impossible for anyone to support the person who love someone else. According to me director lifted his character to ideal state to gave happy ending to movie. If Ajay was not ideal then Priya will never have such respect for her and she will never ready to merry him. Because in the end she say that I want to marry the person whom I can give respect.  So I think this can be The reason.

12. How do you see Hester and Priya as individuals?

 The novel and movie in both  the girls are of free will and they always live life the own way they want. They always take desision by them self. They stands for indipandent woman character.

13. Write a critical note on the end of the movie and the novel. Why do you think the novelist has not given happy ending?

  Then we talk about the end of novel and moving we see that it has tragedy end but its quite realistic end. The think I don't setified is that on the grave they write 'A' is not good. It shows they that even death won't allow you to free from your sin.

Sairandhri by Vinod joshi

Sairandhri by Vinod joshi






             

Vinod Joshi: 

             Gujarati વિનોદ જોશી; born On13 August 1955) is a postmorden Gujarati poet, writer and critic from Gujarat. His notable works include Parantu, a collection of Geets (lyric poetry) (1984), Shikhandi, a long narrative poem based on Shikhandi a character from the Mahabharata (1985), Radio Natak: Swarup ane Siddhant (Radio Drama: Form and Theory, an abridged Ph.D. thesis) (1986), Tundil-tundika, a form of padyavarta, a Gujarati medieval literary genre (1987), and Zalar Vage Zoothadi, a collection of poems (1991). He is the recipient of the Jayant Pathak Puraskar (1985), Critic's award (1986), Kavisvar Dalpatram Award (2013), Sahitya Gaurav Award (2015), Narsinh Mehta Award (2018), and Kalapi Award (2018).

 Structures:-     

                                            He published this poem in 2018. This metrical poem composed in prabandha form with seven cantos, 49 chapters and 1800 lines. It is based on Draupadi, one of the characters of Hindu epic Mahabharata. Here poet tried to explain Draupadi's feeling and thoughts. As a part of languages I can find that poet used figurative language, personification, meters, Chopai and Dohra in ' Sairandhri '. Here poet used Shrigar rasa also. Moreover I added that ' language always applied and each language has own valluations '. Normally creation of poem is reflection of poet's thoughts and reflection of background language. So here Vinod joshi born in rural area so He handed down his rural words in poem.

• Sairandhri:-
  
                                        We know that this poem based on Mahabharta. In Mahabharata one part of ' Virat Parva '. It's call ' Agnat Vas ' which living into hidden form and without self-sameness wherever. Here question is that What's purpose of remaining in hidden way ? Draupadi was daughter of king Drupad. She known with variuos name into  Mahabharta like as Krishna, Yagnaseni, Paanchali...etc. Behind her name responsible various story and problem. But here Vinod Joshi presented droupadi as lover of Karna. As a queen of Hastinapur Draupadi How she became Dashi during in Agnat Vas? and How she faced various problem in her life ?.  It's very interesting way interpreted by him.
•  Loss identity :-                                             Generally We find that Human being has hidden ambition of fame and power position. People many time work for praise and promotion. Even government make strictly rule of Adhar card. Government work to think about public identity. Why need identity in nowadays ? People prefer to die for save indistinguishably. Here Sairandhi has not proper one identity. She played vital roll in Mahabharata without one certain identity. She loss her identity with sacrifice of body for five male pandavas. Is it right for her ?  Same as happening in our present life also. When we separate away from our selves at that time we lost our root form and personal identity. In Mahabharta She don't raise question for her identity who has not freedom to express own desire. She can't protect herself with praise. In the poem she was powerful woman described by him. This poem explain about only one woman condition,emotions and feelings, not included male character here.
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  • Love for Karna :- 
                                             In the poem different way interpreted love story of  Sairandhri and karna rather than Mahabharta's story. This poem represented that her first choice for love is Karna and second choice is Arjuna. So here Karna & Droupadi both are love each other but they don't share publicly. Same condition we find in our society. Many time young boy and girl has not proper platform to said who is their true lover ? Then they chose bad way for satisfaction. As a woman it is difficult task to say in Indian family . So here both are remain with hidden themselves. They don't tell to other about relationship. Karna was brave man although he had hidden his ownership. Poet's one objects of the create poem is that woman has to power to fight without hesitation.
    

Academic visiting : Ankur School (Bhavnagar)

Academic visiting: Ankur school {Bhavnagar}

                                          Before two day, We visited 'Ankur School' at Sardarnagar in Bhavnagar. I have visited this school three times bt, first Time I went to there through the organization by the Department of English ( MKBU). Once upon a time in India Disable child has not proper space in education journey and even in a family membership. I saw mostly people misbehave with any types of disable children and person also. So My question is that, Why society hate with  them ? May be you will listen the name of " Stephen Hawking". He was Physically disable. He can't wear own clothe himself but he worked a lot as a Scientific researcher. Can you imagine how he do it ?. Every person has own hidden ability but Who is searching this ability?  

                                               The students of the department of English visited ' Ankur School ' for special Children. When We go to Ankur School for special children during that I felt that We  were going to meet of "God". First of We managed vehicles for how we wil go through there ? It is nice experience for me.

Film Scrining Charlie Chaplin

 

Thinking Activity : On movie "Charlie Chalin in Modern Times..."     

                                             Charlie Chaplin’s films are mostly minimum use of language. During his time known age of ‘Silent era film’. So He said many things and critical view without language. It means that he try to say in movie through facial expression, body languages, gesture – posture. So I can say that his films like as Controversy film. He was played roll as an actor, comedian, Director and critics also who working in motion pictures spanned from 1914 to 1967. 

 

→The Theme Of The Movie

⇢Comedy

⇢Tragedy

⇢Joblessness

⇢Idersrialism

⇢Gender Eqalitiy

⇢Hardwork

⇢Imagination

⇢Think Positive

⇢Happyness

→ Symbolism 

     ⇢ Dawn

                                              I liked opening of film also because Movie started with ringing clock- running Sheep – Coming crowd of people like as Sheep also. It is nice organization by director. Another thing I can found development of technology and machine like as, CCTV Camera, Automatic machine for eating food. It is symbol of Industrialization and madness for machinery. How technologies help us? And how it’s harmful? There are good example and experiment in the film. In this movie I saw controlled by capitalist people on laborer. They don’t do work but also give only order and sit in front of CCTV Camera. Laborer has no time for deep breath.

 

                                                             

•  Many times Department of English organized academic movie screening. So that Nowadays We will learn in sem-3 Paper no. 9 ‘Modernist English Literature’ by Pro. Dilip Barad Sir Who decide to See movie 

  
  
                                                 One scene is ‘flag of red color’. Our hero picks up flag at that time crowd come behind him and he became leader of group but we know that police caught him and he closed into jail. Many comic scenes in cell. One is when police searching for smuggled ‘nose-powder.’ It’s very interesting part. There was a one scene in the prison of knitting. When woman had not freedom for writing or express their opinions or feelings they were doing knitting also. It was also symbolism. 
                                            Last part of the movie both are get steady (permanent) job in cafe but police found them and both are run away from there. Here I can find that camera don’t close up of women body. It means that during that time society and people haven’t hunger for women body. So this film is example of beyond modern female working. At the End of movie very symbolic way like as “Dawn”. It is symbol of new days and also hopes. Both are walking on the road. Road also passed through mountain which indicates happy journey.    
  
         Thanks to Pro. Dilip Barad sir for organizing this movie screening session and thanks for give ideas of new way looking of movie.
  
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Five word of different languages

  Language                word

 (English)                   (Simple)

1)Danish .                Enkel
2)French.                 Simple
3)Irish.                     Simpli
4)German.                Einfach
5)Catalan .                Senzill
6)Latin.                     Simplex


  (English)                (Something)

1)Danish.                Niget
2)French.                Quelque chose
3)Irish .                   Rud eigin
4)German .             Etwas
5)Catalan.               Alguna cosa
5) Latin .                 Aliquid


  (English)                 (Right)

1)Danish.               Hojre
2)French.              Droite
3)Irish.                  Ceart
4)German.            Recht
5)Catalan.             Dret
6) Latin.                Iustum


   (English)           (Positive)

1)Danish .            Positiv
2) French.            Positif
3)Irish.                 Dearfash
4) German.          Positiv
5)Catalan.            Positiu
6)Latin .               Positive


  (English)             (Without)

1)Danish .           Uden
2)French .            Sans pour autant
3)Irish.                 Gan
4)German.           Ohne
5)Catalan.            Sense
6)Latin.                Sine


   (English)          (Art)

1)Danish .           Kunst
2)French.            Art
3)Irish .               Ealain
4)German .         Kunst
5)Catalan.           Art
6)Latin.               Artem