Recarving the Present Times by Retrospecting the Canonical Masterpieces of the Literary Legacy from the Past

Abstract

The classics, being the backbone of the present times and literature, can be used as a tool to cope up with life in this century. There are various classical works with valuable insights that can be very useful for our practical life. Frankenstein and Othello, being two of the greatest classical works, has a lot to teach about the dangers which are timeless. On top of it, applying the lens of Post Humanism can aid humanity to learn life lessons, especially warning moral values. This paper tries to revisit these works to understand the combats we face in the present world by relating to the characters of the past. It deals with the concept of finding out how the people of the past had faced similar challenges, committed mistakes leading to a tragic fall, highlighting the differences found while applying post humanism theory in Frankenstein and Othello, where the former literally deals with a non-human entity and the latter deals with a human entity having non-human characteristics. It will aid us to combat the critical situations of the present times through the lessons learnt from the past.