Tragedy and Pain Transcended In Hemingway- With Special Reference to ?The Old Man And The Sea?

Abstract

Abstract

The present article proposes to bring forth the tragedy and pain that are transcended in ERNEST HEMINGWAY?S ?The Old Man and the Sea? through the fisherman named Santiago. The striking quality of Hemingway’s novels is that they emphasize what man cannot do, and define his limitations, cruelties or built-in-evil. But, in a stark contrast to the other novels, The Old Man and the Sea is remarkable for its stress on what men can do and on the world as an arena where heroic deeds are possible. ?The universe inhabited by Santiago, the old Cuban fisherman, is not free of tragedy and pain but these are transcended, and the affirming tone is in total contrast with the pessimism permeating such books as The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms.