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Department of English
Najmul Hassan
BS in English
Department of English
University of Malakand
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
PAKISTAN
In The Name
OF
ALLAH
The Most Merciful,
Compassionate the Gracious
And Beneficent whose help and Guidance
We always solicit at every step and
At every moment.
CERTIFICATION
This is certified that this thesis entitled “The Tragic Elements
Supervisor: ´
Prof essor Sulaiman Khan
External Examiner: ´
Prof essor Shafi−ul −Haq
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DEDICATION
it to bloom
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am very thankful to my Almighty Allah who has created me and the whole
and courage.
Postgraduate College Dargai who were always a source of inspiration for us, who
our academic endeavors. They were always a strong pillar for us throughout our
BS academic career.
First of all I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Mr. Fazli Sadiq
Chairman Department of English for providing us fatherly care and guidance .He
was a source of inspiration for our BS students .He was the person who accepted
the challenge of starting the BS English program at GPGC Dargai. He was the
living spirit of the Department. He tried his best to provide every possible facility
Sulaiman Khan for being my supervisor. He provided me guidance care and full
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during our academic session at the campus. My thanks also extend to Assistant
Professor Abdurrazaq and Lecturer Ziarat Khan who taught us dedicatedly and
Najmul Hassan
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Certification............................................... …………………...iv
Dedication…………………………………………………..…v
Acknowledgement ....................................................................vi
Table of contents..................................................... ………...viii
Abstract...................................................................................... x
Chapter No.One Introduction.................................................1
1.1 Introduction of the Study…..................................................1
1.2 Scope and Significance of the Study…….…………..….....2
1.3 Objectives of the Proposed Study…………………….........3
1.5 Research Questions…...……………………........................3
Chapter No.Two Literature Review………………………...4
Chapter No.Three Research Methodology…………………7
3.1 Population…………………………………………….…...7
3.2 Delimitation…………………………………………….....7
3.3 Research Planning………………………………………....7
3.4 Nature of Research………………………………………...8
3.5 Data Type and Resources……………………………….....8
3.6 Data Collection Tool……………………………………....8
3.7 Research Instrument………………………………...….….8
Chapter No .Four The Tragic Elements ……………………9
4.1 Escapism………………………………………………….16
4.2 Life is a Trouble…………………………………………..21
4.3 Love is Lacking………………………………………..…23
4.4 Fear of Death……………………………………………..24
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4.5 Melancholy……………………………………………….27
4.6 Palsy (Disease)……………………… …………………..29
4.7 Shortness of Beauty………………………………………31
4.8 Shortness of Life…………………….……………………32
4.9 Torture in Imagination……………………………………33
Chapter No.Five …………………………...…...……….......36
5.1 Findings…………………………………………………..36
5.2 Conclusions……………………………………………….41
References………………………...………………………….42
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ABSTRACT
The researcher has tried to develop an analysis of the tragic
elements in the poetry of John Keats. John Keats’s all poems are
full of sorrows and sufferings. But here the main concern of the
researcher has searched and found out the tragic aspects of fear of
of his failure in love reflecting the actual failure of his love with
trials and tribulations of human life. The poem is the human drama
and fear from the imminent death. The state of Nightingale has
been held as a reference point by Keats and longing for the world