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Most important Short Questions with Answers Sea Fever by John Masefield

  Sea Fever 1) Who wrote the poem ‘Sea Fever’? Ans:- John Masefield wrote the poem ’Sea Fever’. 2) What was the favourite place of the poet?  Ans:- To see the sea was the favourite place of the poet.  3) What do you mean by steer?  Ans:- Steer means to control the direction of movement.  4) What was the colour of mist on the sea’s face?  Ans:- The colour of the mist was grey.  5) What thing did not the poet deny?  Ans:- The poet can not deny the call of running tide.  6) Write the name of Sea-bird?  Ans:- Sea-gull is the name of a sea-bird.  7) Who wants to live a gypsy life?  Ans:- The poet wants to become a gypsy life.  8) Write the name of the sea-animal?  Ans:- Whale, a name of the sea-animal.  9) What do you mean by whetted knife? Ans:- Whetted knife means sharpened knife.  10) What kind of day does the poet prefer for siling?  Ans:- The poet prefers vagrant gypsy lives in a sea-gull and whale’s way.  11) What does the poet do when the
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Absurdism (1950-1960)

 







Absurdism (1950-1960)



Theme

  1. Materialism

  2. Absurdity

  3. Cruelty and Violence

  4. Domination and Language

  5. Futility and Passivity

  6. Longlines and Isolation

  7. No meaning of life and death (Suicide)

Style

  1. Characters

  2. Denouement

  3. Dialogue

  4. Plot

  5. Setting

Historical context

  1. World War II

Coined by

  1. Martin Esslin(Theatre of Absurd)

Movement

  1. Dadaism

  2. Surrealism

Features

  1. No meaning of life

  2. Repeatation of work

  3. Absurdity

  4. Realistic characters

  5. Vulgarity speech

  6. Absurdity of life and death

  7. Nonsense talk of intellectual man

Works

  1. A group of Western European and American.





Writer

Country

Work

Samuel Backett

Dublin, Ireland

  1. Endgame

  2. Waiting for Godot

Eugene Ionesco

Statina, Romania

  1. The Bald Soprano 

  2. The Chairs

Harold Pinter

London, United Kingdom

1)The Homecoming

Jean Ganet

Paris, France

  1. The Maids

Edward Albee

New York, America

  1. The American Dream

  2. The Zoo Story

Arthur Adamove

Kistovodsk, Russia

  1. Ping Pong

Fernando Arrabal

Melilla, Spanish Morocco

1) Picnic on the Battlefield

Vaclav Havel

Prague, Czech republic

1)The Garden Party

Tom Stoppard

Zlin, Czechoslovakia

1)Rosencrantz  and Guildenstern



Work

Writer

Published

Characters

Absurdity Element

American Dream

Edward Albee

1961

Mommy, Daddy,Baby

Artificial Value

The Bald Soprano

Eugene Ionesco

1958(English)

Mr.& Mrs.Smith,Mr.& Mrs. Martin

Chairs

The Chairs

Eugene Ionesco

1952

Old Man, Old Woman

Clock

End Game

Samuel Backett

1957

Hamm,Clov,Nagg,Nell

Chess

Ping Pong

Arthur Atamov

1959(English)

Victor, Arthur

Pin Ball machine

The Zoo Story

Edward Albee

1956

Jerry,

Central Park

Waiting for Godot

Samuel Backett

1953

Vladimir, Estragon

Godot

The Garden Party

Vaclav Havel

1964

Hugo,Kalabis

Garden Party

Homecoming

Herold Pinter

1965

Ruth, Teddy,Joey

An Old house

The maids

Jean Genet

1947

Claire, Solange, maids

Poverty


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