Interpretation In Literature

Interpretation has been a phenomenon existing from the time immemorial. It s basically what we do to whatsoever is sensed by our physical senses. There has been a long tradition of interpretation in all walks of life. Interpretation of arts and literature has taken shape of a discipline and has grown as a methodology and an art itself. The history of Interpretation can date back as to origin of human realization of his/her own senses. Eliot says that “We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing”. Method of Interpretation has long been a subject of discussion among intellectual circles and it has been under a constant evolution ever since it came into being. Moreover the conventional methods has alway been circling

Contrary to the popular Victorian myth about the fallen woman, these women, they had higher standards of living, as long as she wasn't quitting her occupation. They were primarily young, single women, ranging from the age of 18-22. Their health was also better compared to other working, middle class women who worked for upto fourteen hours a day, with lesser wages. The women in the picture seem to confident furthering fuelling the idea that they could be prostitutes.”

by Akanksha Singh

Deshbandhu College

“This picture seems to belong to the era of great depression , there is a sense of underlying chaos and meaninglessness in the scene. Men and women from almost all walks of life can be seen in here.The clown who is present in the extreme right of the picture seems of little use. People are devoured of happiness and look invested in

Also the fear of God and superstition is employed to curb the instincts of artists. The man with telescope seems to have disturbed the Christian notion of earth-centric universe, where man is at the centre of the universe. Similarly the others like a painter, a musician and a biologist are suffering in the prison given to their audacity to question the established hierarchy of the society.

The picture seems to showcase a milieu of renaissance period, where growing humanism has landed these men into a prison. They all are grief-stricken and hopeless at the mercy of authority. Bars and arrows give gothic touch to the picture. Sunlight from a window-pane can be seen as a ray of hope and the cross in the mid-air seems to be representing christianity as hope or new light.

The picture can also be seen as an act of curbing the growing humanism of renaissance times. A man on chair seems to be an artist on stake; perhaps he has indulged in something