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Item Evolutionary Consciousness in H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds(Department of English, 2010) Ramauli, Shyam BahadurThe War of the World selucidates Wells' extraordinary power and imagination of making perfect fusion of literature with science. The central story is an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians using tripod fighting machines, equipped with advanced weaponry. It is a seminal depiction of alien invasion of Earth. The novel compares the nature of the Martian inhabitants to human evolutionary progress. In the novel, the conflict between human kind and the Martians is portrayed as a similar struggle of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. Hence, Wells applied Darwinian evolution to his depiction of Martians in this novel, creating an apocalyptic invasion fantasy with monstrous aliens that have a simple bodily form, though they are far advanced in their mental capacities. This is the truth of evolutionary theory which noone can deny.Item Freedom and Confinement: A Modernist Representation in Ibsen’s Ghosts(Department of English, 2017) Dhungana, Bhuwan RajThe research tries to investigate the main issue of freedom and confinement in Ibsen’s Ghosts. It meets its aim by applying insights from George Simmel’s concept of modernism. Moreover, this paper is based on the concept of city developed by Marshall Bermann, the concept of Apollonian and Dionysius aspect of human life by Nietzsche. Beside this, it is based on Marx’s notion of capitalism, Darwin’s theory of Social Darwinism. This drama deals with psychological confinement of western people. Characters look free but psychologically they are in trap because of the social structure practice in western culture. This work helps us to intersect some facts and fictional incidents of the Victorian woman. Moreover Ibsen’s asserts more distinct attitudes, philosophical insights and psychological reactions of the western people. Beside, this research has criticized the effect of capitalism and issue of prestige in middle class woman. In the name of prestige and reputation, they are ready to give up their freedom. The internal mind of the character is shaped by external environment. Ibsen shows how internal consciousness of human mind is based on the external and internal social structure.Item Social Darwinism in Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure(Department of English, 2009) Maharjan, ReshaThis dissertation basically makes a study of Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure with the concept of Social Darwinism. All beings in this world have to face the challenge of Nature at every step. The one who succeeds can survive and others must extinct. Apart from Nature, human beings are chained with the rules and regulations of society which never allow one to step forward. The forces like fate, destiny, chance and coincidence always pull them down. Tragic consequences that the protagonist of this novel confronts, is the result of Nature and other social forces. The protagonist of Jude the Obscure is victimized by his fate. He is destined to be doomed. The main character of this novel, Jude dies at last as he could not fight against these forces. Whereas, the other characters survive as they are able to change themselves according to the Nature. So, here the researcher has explored the truth of life with the help of Social Darwinism. It is an attempt to show the other side of Nature, which is cruel.At the same time it is an effort to throw light upon the relation between the tiny human being and vast Nature.