1. Definition of Drama by
Dryden
“Just and lively image of human nature,
representing its passions and humours, and
the
changes of fortune to which it is subject, for
the
delight and instruction of mankind”
Prepared by
Gohil Hetalba C
M.A-2 , SEM.-1
Roll NO. 05
Department of English

2. Image
Just Lively

3. Lively
Beautif Interestin
ul g

4. Instruction and Delight
Passions
and
Humors
Changes
of Reaction
Fortune
Testing
Circumstances

5. Dryden’s words “To affect the soul, and excite
the passion, and above all to move
admiration”
 Instruct as it delight

6. Works Cited
 1
 Parry, Graham. The Seventeenth
Century: The Intellectual and Cultural
Context of English Literature 1603-
1700. New York
2
 Longman, 1989. The Norton
Anthology of English Literature, 5th
ed.