Literary Criticism In The Last Laugh By D. H. Lawrence

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Literary works provide us with excitement and relaxation. Apart from that, literary works convey to us messages and ideas of the author. Despites enjoying the art of their works, critics are also very important in order to dig the deeper meaning and understanding of the literary works. Literary criticism, as defines by Roger Webster (1996), inlvolves reading, interpretation of and commentary on a specific text or text which have been designated as literature. By looking at the defination, literaty criticisms are based on reading followed by analysing and providing commentary about the text. When criticising literature, there are many aspects to look into. One of the aspects is the social aspects of literature.
In analysing the social aspects
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It was a great story. The writer had focused on certain issues in the short stories. Lawrence focused on the crucial aspects of the world nowadays which is considered ‘broken’ as we read the story. This story is about the reality of the broken world nowadays where peoples no longer holding their faith by making sin. A deaf artist, Miss James who was some sort of having a nymph-like power after hearing a ‘laugh’ on her way back from Lorenzo house. The policeman who was also with her on that night also was posses by a supernatural being called Pan. Their new abbilities signal that the world will be reconstructed from the …show more content…
Marchbanks following the prostitute into the house. In our society, that are based on the Islamic and eastern culture dooesn’t allowed the practice of free sex. For the western culture, the practice of free sex might not be a problem and challenge the social etiques. But, for our society, it was considered as a sin and untolerable acts that could brings harm and problem to our social system. In Malaysia, social problems are becoming worst because of the practice of free sex by teenagers. This situation results in the increasing of before marriage pregnancies and child

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