LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 7 July 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Cognitive Dissonance of the Cordite Mayoites in
The Playboy of The Western World

C. Ganga Lakshmi, Ph.D. Candidate
G. Baskaran, Ph.D.

John Millington Synge

John Millington Synge is one of the greatest dramatists from Dublin. He is well known for his use of the native dialects in his plays. His play The Playboy of the Western World remains as a milestone of his achievement. It is a social satire which pictures the Irish characters. The simple theme and the effective construction of the plot around the chosen theme function as the pivotal point in the play. The play has Mayo, a small village in Western Ireland, as the major backdrop. The tragic comical instances which take place raise the satirical tone of the Mayo society. This article focuses on the dilemma of the Mayoites society, the cognitive dissonance and their shift in behavioural traits.

Cognitive Dissonance in Mayo

Cognitive dissonance represents the problems that arise in the mind because of the conflicting ideas. The article presents the conflicting ideas in Mayo on hearing and observing a fatal scene. The Playboy of the Western World starts at Mayo, where the people lead humdrum lives but search for joy in improper and false bravery.

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C. Ganga Lakshmi, Ph.D. Candidate
Assistant Professor
Kalasalingam University
Anand Nagar
Krishnankoil 626126
Tamilnadu
India
gangalakshmi.c@gmail.com

G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of English
Gandhigram Rural Institute Deemed University
Chinnalapatti 624302
Tamil Nadu
India
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