Abstract
The mind-blowing confession and the subsequent recantation is a hard riddle to
solve in Shaw’s Saint Joan. The scene has already been dealt with in detail, but,
to our knowledge, very little has been said about Lamarckian perspective which
can brilliantly demystify the conflicting voices of the protagonist. This study
highlights the dramatic worth of recantation scene and applies the literary
parameters of Lamarck’s theory of evolution as a tool for analyzing the
conflicting attitude of Saint Joan. The study, however, does not recognize the
scientific principles of Lamarck. It takes the aesthetic and literary dimensions of
the theory which the researchers have borrowed from K M Newton’s analysis of
Lamarckian and Darwinian evolution and which they have duly acknowledged in
the text of the paper.
Mohammad Iqbal, Amjad Ali, Ghani Rahman. (2016) The Dilemma of Recantation and the Quest for Lamarckian Ideal in Saint Joan, Putaj Humanities And Social Science, Volume-23, Issue-1.
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