Introduction
JOhn Dryden was a prominent English poet critic , translator and playwright. He was a Neo classic poet and his age come after the Elizabeth age. Dryden was father of English literature especially on drama are presented in dialogues from on an essay on Dramatic poesy . His some works here I note down The wild Gallant . The Indian Queen . The tempest all for love an evenings love sir Martin Mar all the assignations limberham or the king keeper.
A play ought to be a just and lively image of human nature representing it's passion and humours and the Change of fortune to which it is subject for the delight and introduction of mankind
Throughout the essay of dramatic poesy Dryden treats drama as a form of imagination literature and hence his remarks on drama apply to poetry as well.
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A play ought to be just and lively image according to this definition of drama is an image of human Nature and the image as is just and lively. By using the word just Dryden seems to imply the literature imitate human action for Dryden poetic imitation is different from an exact servile copy of reality for the imitation is not only just it is also lively . He insist on the words just and lively image of human nature.
What is role of imagination in the Play?
Many writers give us their view on imagination as like Plato says imagination is copy of imatate imagination as like something less than reality otherthing it is not slavish imagination creation that Dryden means by just and lively image of human nature . Because it is also lively for it is more hieghtens and beautiful reproduction thus the irregular plays of Shakespeare are praised for their loneliness for example Shakespeare play like Hamlet Othello Macbeth this type his plays like nowadays it is like loveliness.
Before the discussion of which is better whether rhyme of blank verse .we have to have a clear concept of rhyme and the blank verse. A rhyme is a repitition of similar sound or the same sound in two or more words most ifren in poems and songs on the other hand a blank verse is the poetry written with regular metrical but unrhymed lines almost always in lambic pentameter . It has been described as probably the most common and influential from that English poetry has taken since 16th century and Paul fusel has established that about three quarters of all English poetry is in blank verse.
Questions and Answers
1) Do you any difference between Aristotle's definition of tragedy and Dryden definition of play?
Yes we see difference because Aristotle says that tragedy is an imitation of an action Aristotle believes that there is natural pleasure in imitation where as Dryden define play as just and lively image or human nature representing it is passion and humours and the change of fortune to which it is subject for the devite and instructions of mankind.
2) Do you think that the. Arguments presented in favour of the French plays and against English plays are appropriate ?
I think arguments are presented in the favour of English play the plots of French play's are burren while English ones are copious to further the same action . The English plays have numbers of plots with the main plot and audience is important because of that in English plays there are all types of themes.
3) what would be your preference so far as poetic or prosaic dialogues are concerned in the Play ?
I like poetry because dialogues of poetry are psychological and given better understanding of human nature and the work of human mind . But it is for illiterate also and prosaic dialogues are easy to understand by every people.
