The comedic play The Misanthrope offers a critique of aristocratic French society in the 17th century. The main character, Alceste, dislikes those around him and isn't afraid to share his opinions on matters. Throughout the play, Alceste points out the hypocrisy around him. His outspokenness lands him in trouble. The marquis Oronte brings a lawsuit against Alceste after he harshly critiques Oronte's poem. He ends up alone at the end, after his love, Celimene, refuses to live a quiet and isolated life with him.
The novel Twenty thousand leagues under the sea describes the battles in the sea that many people experienced while operating vessels in the sea These people had always reported cases of either meeting a naval wreck submerged a giant whale ramming them or going into an island floating in the sea Many people had therefore met face to face with death from this unknown creature Different people had viewed this creature in different forms and there was a need for its identification to reduce the nu
CHAPTER I INDRODUCTION ALDOUS HUXLEY AND THE MODERN NOVEL It is rightly said Aldous Huxleys writings express the disillusionment of the 1920s the cynicism of the 1930s and the questioning of the 1940s 45 Paul W P S Huxley was the product of the times and his novel and essays are the expression of his beliefs and concerns Huxley was twenty when the First World War began in 1914 His book of stories Limbo was published in 1920 and his last novel Island in 1962 His work covers forty there years whi