paper no.3 Criticism

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Dryden-Ancient v/s Modern
Illustrations from other field

Quarrel between both of them is not a new thing to discuss about. It is the tradition as old as the existence of human being on earth. It is something like that that it cannot survive together and also cannot live without each other. They are not absolute; they are depended upon each other. If one is not there, we cannot distinguish the other one.

As a critic, one’s view should remain free from biases. His first duty is to see that where is it bias and where is not. A balanced opinion should be built up. Let us discuss the same thing from three dimensions.

1.     Ancient’s view, 2.Modern’s thoughts, 3.critical notes.

Ancients

They always stand for the things they had had in their times. It is because of sentiments which are connected with things are subjective. They do not like the new lifestyle of youngsters at all. They will always find so many problems with every little thing. They will always favor their age and rules and tradition. e.g., people who are very much fond of movies made during the decades of 1950s and 1960s, they will always find problem with movies coming today. Costumes, concepts, songs, settings, the way of getting entertainment in movie all are not suitable for them.

If we take another example from field like music, those who listens classical music will never get interest in listening Honey Singh and that hip-hop songs. They will get frustrated by listening it.

On one day or the other my generation is also going to take place as Ancients or olds. There was a telecast named SonPari 
I used to watch that serial regularly when I was a child. It is fictional fairy tale. It helped me at so many extend to built-up imaginary world. By watching that telecast, concept of the other world started taking place in my mind for the first that there might be something like OTHER WORLD.

But today, if I see the same kind of TV program Bal veer, I get disappointment at some level that what a kind of fairy tale it was when I was child.

I saw some of the episodes from this serial. It seems childish to me. Then I thought how the fairy tale at my time. This thing can never stand in front of that fairy tales made that time. This point of view becomes subjective. Why only SonPari is prolific? Why not Bal Veer? It is because when I was child, my sentiments got connected with that prticular serial. 

There are some very popular phases which favors Ancients. According to Greek Mythology Moderns are the infants who stand on the shoulders of Ancients. They are like a dwarf standing on shoulders of giant. They are sitting on the height and claims that they can see the things from distance. And they can see it more clearly. But at the time he forgets that cause of that clear image is THE ANCIENTS. If Ancients were not there, that dwarf can never see the things.Another example is Ancients are like lamp and moderns are like mirror. Lamp has its own light to give to the others while mirror have to borrow the light to reflect. In a way the argument wants to prove that ancients were original and what moderns are doing is just copying what ancients have done. They are more depended on the things than the ancients.

And some scholars also compared faze with Honey bee and spider. Those Ancients are like honey bees and moderns are like spiders.

Honey bees go to nature, it wonders from flower to flower to gather the food. Then it comes back to home and prepares the sweetest honey. And by preparing honey, there comes wax as byproduct. Honey stands for sweetness and wax stands for lighting.

Sweetness and lighting is highly symbolical for Ancients as sweetness stands for Aesthetic delight and Lighting stands for enlightenment, knowledge and wisdom. Ancients tend to get it from nature and their purpose is holly. They wanted to cater it to the society and do not wanted to have its fruit all alone.

And then comes spider. What he does? Spider makes a cobweb to stay in. Spider makes it out of dust and its own saliva. Its cobweb works like antenna it catches the bees and the other insects. Spider comes and kills them.

  

Moderns are compared with spiders. They go to library and mug up old and dusty books. They sit and gather knowledge which is thrice removed from live experience.

These are some of the examples which favor Ancient people.

Contemporary being would think differently. They cannot think in the same manner they did. Everything cannot sustain in the same manner. When time changes everything need to have change. If we repeat the same examples, we can have contradictories from juniors.

Films:

As we saw earlier, ancients are not satisfied with films coming out today. But we can say that medium of films are now even better then that era of films. Now we have colors, effects, dimension, screen, cinematography, acting all have new aspects. And if we talk about concept, it is also going to change with time. It will represent what is going in society today. When Ancients were modern, at that time their ancients were not happy with their lifestyles. How they can forget that?

Music:

Just like movie, they also do not like music of new movies or albums. In music also, now we have more effective instruments. Moderns have number of instruments that can create a music which is more effective. They would say that it is not so we have only pop-up songs we also have high quality music like they had. But everything has their own charm. If moderns are in mood of having party then obviously that classical will not work at all. What is wrong in enjoying during party time?

TV program:

If particular program is good and other same kind of program is worse, what is it? Fairy tale- good v/s bad, helping the others, Imaginary world almost all the elements are same.

Effect emerged in mind of child is also the same. But at that level, perhaps most of us become subjective. That time and other elements effects the most in personal liking and disliking.

Cloths:

This is most favorite topic of all to argue upon. No matter of which age group they belong to. Moderns always contradict with their old family members to wear stylish jeans and t-shirts and so many other things. Cloths are often related to customs, nationality and traditions and so on. One obviously won’t carry that much huddles with them as they will have lots of other things to focus upon.

Three phases about ancients:

Ancients are to be taken as giant on which the dwarf is standing and thus is able to see longer ahead. Without any doubt, that dwarf is fortunate enough to stand higher cause of the giant. But moderns would rather put their counter argument they want all moderns to remain grateful ever in life. And by that gratefulness they want moderns to remain their sophisticated slaves in form of most obedient children of family. It is a kind of system perhaps made up by those Ancient who were not so intelligent but then even any how wanted to rule over their next generation.

They are like the stairs to go upwards. Alright they admire it. But if they had not been there then even moderns have had their progress. Not this much progress is possible. They had to start with 0 perhaps.

These are some points and counter points from both the side. But if we are to conclude some core part from it, we again have to check relativity of both of term. We have to minutely observe the thing objectively.

The fact about controversy between Ancients n Moderns are thus

-         They cannot survive all alone and even cannot stay happily with each other.

-         It is but obvious and natural thing. That quarrel started with mankind and end with it.

Questions which make us thoughtful-

-         If history is not necessary portion to be followed then why we go on studying history again and again?

-         What to see in history?

-         Which kind of sense is needed to understand history?

We cannot say that one is absolutely right and another is wrong. They both are right with their own standing point. But what our job is to stand at a distance and observe that what is more appropriate.

We cannot cut down the strings fully with history. It teaches us what not to do. Reading of history with proper manner becomes most crucial part of all.

What I’ve found in history is that, each n every era is working like a pendant of watch. It goes right n left. When extreme point comes, it starts moving in opposite direction. Each an era worked upon that basic. Weather we take English history or world history. There is nothing like new and old. Ancients and moderns. Today which is in fashion will become outdated tomorrow. And day after tomorrow, same thing will take place again.

Time and again we need to check out that is it right thing for what I am standing or not. Is it fruitful or not.

Concluding here, both are equal and here is no need to prove their selves better than the other one. It is never ending process. We should learn from them as much things as possible. Then and then it will work out. 




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