1. E. M. Forster
Forster's best-known novel, illustrates the cultural dichotomy of Indian and British lifestyles in the age of imperialism. Perhaps one of the greatest incongruities in this dichotomy is the differing view of life held by the Christian, Muslim, and Hindu characters within the novel. Forster divides the novel into three sections - Mosque, Caves, and Temple. In each of these sections Forster addresses, albeit elusively, issues of spirituality and human existence. Forster's symbolic elements within A Passage to India require the reader to contemplate the deeper issues of the human psyche. Perhaps the most important symbolic element within the novel - in both structure and theme - are the Marabar Caves. Here, deep within the recesses of the dark caves, the characters within the novel confront the deepest recesses of the unconscious mind. .
A Passage to India begins in the city of Chandrapore in British ruled India, a location best known for its proximity to the famous Marabar Caves. The most crucial events in the novel take place within the caves, and characters such as Mrs. Moore and Adela must face their deepest inner fears because of the events that occur within the caves. In Part Two of the novel, aptly named Caves, Forster's initial description of the geography of Marabar is rich with imagery that hints at deeper meaning: .
There is something unspeakable in these outposts. They are like nothing .
else in the world, and a glimpse of them makes the breath catch. They rise abruptly, insanely, without the proportion that is kept by the wildest hills elsewhere, they bear no relation to anything dreamt or seen. To call them "uncanny- suggests ghosts, and they are older than all spirit. (Forster 136) .
Forster subtly evokes feelings of spirituality and solemnity, ideas that foreshadow later events in the novel. Yet, Forster departs sharply from these mystical images in the passage that follows, as he describes the impression the caves might make on a visitor:.
During his life he only published five novels, the last of them being A Passage to India in 1924 (Kelvin: preface). ... In the following paper information will be found on Howard's End (1910), A Room with a View, A Passage to India, and Forster's life. ... (Rose: 80) A Passage to India is a novel more than a propagandistic call for political tolerance. ... In a Passage to India and A Room with A View the settings of the novels became a character themselves. A Passage to India was Forster's last novel. ...
Forster became very well traveled after graduating from Kings College, living in Italy for several years as well as spending time in Greece, Germany, and India. ... For several months during 1912-1913 he traveled India with Syed. After this tour of India Forster spent three wartime years in Alexandria, Egypt doing work for the Red Cross. ... Upon his return to England he wrote A Passage to India which was about his experiences while traveling in that part of the world. ... Unfortunately Forster's fears about A Passage to India being his last novel proved to be true. ...
A Passage to India "They didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices, no, not yet, and the sky said no, not there'- (Forster, 362). ... Forster's novel, A Passage to India, there is a clash between two cultures, England and India. ... The difference in cultural mindsets is evident during the trip to the Marabar Caves. ... He explains his good nature and how Aziz would never commit such a crime. ... That is best- (Forster, 160). ...
Fosters novel A Passage To India, Foster starts out with a short, brief description and introduction about the setting, tell us exactly where the story is going to take place. ... Chandrapore is a prototypical Indian town, neither distinguished nor exceptionally troubled, therefore this town can be taken symbolic of the rest of India rather than an exceptional case. ... Foster then goes on to describe the Marabar Caves as a center of uncertainty, but the caves will serve as a physical manifestation of the events that takes place around the caves. ... In this manner, Foster ends A Passage To...
Setting and Diction Passage to India takes place in the early 20th century when the British are still in control of India. The story takes place mainly in Chandrapore, which is a made up place in India. Chandrapore is predominantly Moslem, and its unique attraction is the Marabar Caves, which is a good train ride away from the city. ... The narration is formal also, but it is not the fact that Forster uses a large vocabulary but the oration is rather elegant and calm. ... (Forster pg 103). ...
In his novel A Passage to India, E.M Forster offers the reader a critique of English colonists, or Anglo-Indians as he refers to them, in colonized India. ... Moore and Adela Quested, Forster demonstrates the differences between the attitudes of the English who have lived in India for an extended period of time and those who are newly arrived in India and tend to have a more sympathetic, unbiased view of the native Indians. ... In contrast to the privacy of England, "India contains none, and consequently the conventions have greater force- (A Passage to India 49). ... This theme is perha...
As the Passage to India progresses, many of the characters take form and evolve. ... She depresses me- (Forster, 129). ... I travel light- (Forster, 131). ... Moore was the reason why she came to India. ... As Passage to India gradually continues, the true personalities and feelings of the characters within the novel become evident. ...
Passage to India The film showed many things about the way some British people behaved toward the Indian during the early 1900's. ... Forster had Dr. ... Forster broke his back cuff Dr. ... Forster. ... The relationship that Forster is trying to illustrate between the British and the Indians are that even though the British are in India they still seem to think that it is there country and they can do anything they want to do with it. ...