Justice as a Social Tragedy The term tragedy is broadly applied to dramatic representations of serious and important actions which turn out disastrously for the central character or the tragic protagonist. Aristotle defined tragedy as 'the imitation of an action that is serious and also having magnitude,…

Character of Falder Though Falder is not a hero in the Aristotelian or Shakespearian sense , the entire dramatic action of Justice emanates from him, right from the first Act. Everything happens around him; he claims all our attention, sympathy and pity. He does everything and suffers not for himself, but for …

Pygmalion as a Romance Shaw, the Anti-Romantic Bernard Shaw has called the play Pygmalion , and added a subtitle to it, "A Romance" . As is well known, Shaw was an anti-romantic and in one play after another he has punctured age-old romantic notions. Thus in his Arms and the Man , he has shattere…

Intro: Drama is a composite art form. It is mimetic like all other performing arts in literature. It imitates life, particularly reflecting the three unities of time, place and action. “It is designed for representation on the stage by actors who act the parts of the characters of its story, and among wh…

The title of the play is a deliberate choice of Galsworthy who intends to make it sound ironical. In fact, the main tune of the play deals with the crux of justice, or rather the edifice of justice that appears majestic and awe-inspiring, but in the name of justice it crushes the poor under its wheel. The title…