Functions of Literature,Anna Karenina, in Nilo Cruz'sAnna in the Tropics
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Nilo Cruz'sPulitzer Prizewinning play,Anna in the Tropics(2003),shows
importance of literature in life.Literature performs differenttasks. Firstly,it educates human
beings. Secondly,it provides pleasures to them.Thirdly,it makes them serious and
thoughtful.Leo Tolstoy's novel,Anna Karenina,as a representativetext of literature,
performs all these tasks in the play,Anna in the Tropics. It educates characters like Marela,
Conchita, Palomo andSantiago. Similarly,it also provides pleasures to them.But, it makes
Chechen and Palomo serious and thughtful. It reminds Chechen of his ghost past?Mildred,
and Palomo, of his duty to his wife, Conchita. Thus, they feel tortured in two different ways.
So,the play shows dual functions of literature in life?