Answer:
The answer are the major characteristics of Modernism in Literature.
Explanation:
Modern literature has a strong and international break with tradition against established religious, political, social views with no connection with history or institution and no things as absolute truth-all are relative with all individualists making their own meaning in the world.
By examining the characteristics of Modern literature from the perspective of these Crane's "The bride comes to yellow Sky,"Yeats' "Second Coming," Frost's "Death of a Hired Man, " or Green's "The Destructors, indicated the following characteristics form of modern literature...
1) Literature exhibits perspectives - meaning which comes from the individuals perspective
2) Interiority is represented - meaning inner psychology, stream of consciousness
3) Perception of language change - meaning language is "thick" with multiple meanings
4) Emphasis on the experimental - meanig its open ending, note of pessimism, disillusionment and melancholy in writing, sense of fragmentation and loss of faith, use of symbol and scientific methodology, reflection of the modern chaos and confusion, the decay of plot and characters in writing, passion for humanity and humanitarianism.
Relating these to Australian slang words, if "banger" relates to a sausage, then "cocky" would be short for a cockatoo. A cockatoo is a bird that is a native to Australia. Though "cocky" may also mean someone who is overconfident in a bossy way, seeing as how banger is used as a slang word, cocky as a cockatoo is more fitting.
Anton Chekhov conceived of this play, which turned out to be his last, as a comedy,designating it “A Comedy in Four Acts” and even emphasizing to the Moscow Art Theatre that the last act should be “merry and frivolous.” He suggested that some portions were even farcical. Nevertheless, most interpretations and theatrical productions have emphasized its tragic aspects. It is understandable why the playwright’s intentions have been largely disregarded; the subject is a serious and depressing one including the family’s loss of their ancestral home and removal from it and other sad developments as well. The destruction of the orchard also represents the destruction of illusions—sad, to be sure, but perhaps hopeful.
Thus, as the inevitable change in society with the dawning of the 20th Century comes, the play represents this time period and portrays an end of an aristocratic era with both tragic and comic elements. The play is best characterized as a tragicomedy.
