Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

General Introduction 1

Part 1: Character Dynamism in Tom Stoppard’s Undiscovered Country
1.0 Introduction 3
1.1 Sketching the Concept of Character Dynamism 4
1.2 The Study of Character Dynamism in the Play 5
   1.2.1 The Initial State: Hypocrisy and Falsehood 5
   1.2.2 The Growth to Maturity 13
Conclusion 21

Part 2: Child Education in Sarah Kane’s Phaedra’s Love
2.0 Introduction 23
2.1 Evidence of Lack of Sound Child Education in the Family 24
2.2 The Self Ruin, and the Ruin of the Family and Society by the Wayward Child 28
2.3 The Place of Education in Child’s Upbringing 34
Conclusion 40

Part 3: Incestuous Child Sexual Abuse in Arnold Wesker’s Denial
3.0 Introduction 41
3.1 Normal Parent-Infant Relationship and Parental Abuse in the Play 42
3.2 Psychotherapy in the Play 46
3.3 Investigation into Sexual Child Abuse and Social Resistance 49
Conclusion 52

Part 4:Crisis and Risk Management in Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year
4.0 Introduction 55
4.1 The Nature of Crisis in the Novel 56
4.2 The Risk of the Crisis in the Novel 59
4.3 The Risk Management in the Novel 61
4.4 Limits to Risk Management 64
Conclusion 67

Part 5: Sin and Redemption in Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan
5.0 Introduction 69
5.1 Human Sinful Nature in the Play 70
5.2 Human Redemption through Love in the Play 79
Conclusion 85

Part 6: Romance and Frustration in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet
6.0 Introduction 87
6.1 Romantic Love and Idealization between Romeo and Juliet 88
6.2 The Frustration of the Romantic Love between Romeo and Juliet 94
Conclusion 99

Part 7: Incest as a Communicable Disease in Sarah Kane’s Phaedra’s Love
7.0 Introduction 101
7.1 Communicable Incest in the Royal Family 103
   7.1.1 Stepmother’s Sexual Obsession toward her Stepson 103
   7.1.2 Daughter and Stepbrother’s Incestuous Relationship 106
   7.1.3 Stepfather and Stepdaughter’s Incestuous Sexual Act 108
7.2 Priest Involved in Sexual Immorality 109
7.3 Didactics toward Redemption from Incest Taboo 112
Conclusion 113

Part 8: The Esthetics of Humour in Oliver Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer
8.0 Introduction 115
8.1 Humour and Related Theories 116
8.2 Definition and Functions of Humour 117
   8.2.1 Definition 117
   8.2.2 Functions 120
8.3 Humour through Disguise and Mistaken Identity in the play 121
8.4 Humour through the Devices of Dramatic Irony and Situational Irony in the Play 125
Conclusion 129

General Conclusion 131
Works Cited 133