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JOHN GALSWORTHY’ ‘STRIFE’: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY
Prof. Surekha Baburao Bhosle Jr. Lecturer, Higher Secondary Ashram School, Chavanwadi, Tq. Mukhed, Dist. Nanded. E-mail: bhoslesurekha123@gmail.com
Paper Received On: 25 NOV 2022 Peer Reviewed On: 30 NOV 2022 Published On: 1 DEC 2022 Scholarly Research Journal's is licensed Based on a work at www.srjis.com
INTRODUCTION: John Galsworthy is well known as both a novelist and a dramatist. In his works the characters are governed by the social forces that dominate men’s life.
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Galsworthy’s characters are “As powerless to escape society as the tragic hero is to escape his fate.”(1) Moreover he states that, society is a corrupting force operating with a dual standard of morality and justice, one for the rich and the other for the poor. John Galsworthy has written his play Strife in 1909 in London. The thing that makes this play interested is that the play foretells the great strike in 1911 and 1926. This play does not retell the Industrial history. John Galsworthy’s Strife is called is called a prophetic foresight drama. It was his third most successful play of the three.
Galsworthy was a modern
dramatist. He wrote well made plays dealing with social problems. He follows the trend set by realist and naturalist theatre. As a pragmatic, social thinker and oritic. Galsworthy established himself as one of the prominent and influential playwrights in the history of English Literature. He wanted to shed new light on the dark aspect or his contemporary society to bring about a significant change in the outdated social structure or the day. In order to fulfill the craving or his spirit, he wanted to focus on social, economic, domestic or personal problems : the disparity between the rich and the poor, the clash between the labour and the capital, social and legal injustice, domestic tyranny, the class conflict, and unhappy marriage. He wanted to focus on the sensibility or awareness concerning the evils of the people through the burning social problems of his contemporary England. He had a profound
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