Essays

Like footprints on a beach, every age leaves its mark in the form of art that further serves not just as a remembrance

of the time gone by but also-as a foundation for the generation to come. Literature, as a whole, asserts the right to mirror the society or the age of which it is a product. While it exhibits the subtle make up of human heart, at the same time it presents before us the intricate workings of human mind that formed history and shaped the future. Driving the vehicle of humour, irony and satire, it span time and often transports the reader's gullible mind to traverse lands in ages that once brimmed with life.

While history verifies facts, literature glorifies them with a play of words and binds the readers in its spell. Be it Victorian comprise, illustrating the fusion of science and religion, or Pope's satirical yet humorous lampoon on the English society, literature has at all times and in all ages held readers' attention, even crossing the barrier of

nationalities, religion and societies.

Not just that literature built castles and streets and towns and counties and crammed them with people and their stories, it also defined beauty in almost its every occurrence. It takes objects that are supposed to be ugly under such

conditions of light and shade that every aspect of their exhibits beauty. From novels of manners to encyclopedias of dates and events, literature has contributed much to our generation.

Even before psychology spread the wisdom of the intricate workings of human mind, novelists like George Eliot lay bare the sequence of thoughts and the functioning of the heart and brain in front of the readers. The contribution of

the novelists, poets and dramatists proved significance not just in the history of literature but also in real life. Thoughts and ideas promoted by them shaped life of not one but many. History bears out the evidence of the significance of

literature in encouraging warriors fighting on the battlefield not for a breath of life but for the liberation of their nation, the pride of their king. At the same time as one finds poets with inspirational words, there also exist works of writers that lighten life with humour or obliquely show a track in the else darkened ways of life. Without a doubt, literature remains attached to life not just for cause but also for effect. Be it the cause that affects literature or the literature that causes effect on life, the two remain bonded forever.