Open AccessThe Leitmotif of Expedition in Auden's Plays
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of recent technology and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2277-3878
DOI - 10.35940/ijrte.d1024.1284s419
Subject(s) - theme (computing) , ideology , realisation , dance , politics , aesthetics , sociology , literature , philosophy , art , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , operating system
Besides political and social themes, one finds the theme of Quest in the plays of W.H. Auden. It is a quest for several things: a quest for a new society as seen in The Dog Beneath the Skin, a quest for new human values as brought out in Paid on Both sides, a quest for new ideology as shown in the Dance of Death and a quest for a spiritual rebirth as exemplified in The Ascent of F6 ultimately leading to a quest for the realisation of self where it can ‘fly alone To the alone (The Dance of Death, P.27). Above all he seems to believe strongly that the quest of modern man to establish a new world and a new life would be successful.