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INTRODUCTION

The power and the glory is a novel written by graham Greene who was born on 2nd O tober 1!"#$ the son o% a %armer head master o% &en'hamsted ( hool. )e was ed* ated at this very s hool *ntil he went *p to &alliol ollege$ o+%ord. )e is one o% the modern novelists. )e is being very %amo*s as novelist. )is %irst novel was T), -.N /I0)IN. )e has written aro*nd thirty1one novels$ thirteen o% whi h are t*rned into %ilms. )e has been hono*red with several literary awards.

The power and the glory 21!345 is a politi al religions novel. The title o% the novel per%orms that it deals with the theme o% the on%liet between religions and politi s. It tells the story o% the advent*res o% a Roman Calholie priest who is wanted by the poli e be a*se he is a priest. The setting o% the novel is a -e+i an state where the totalitarian government has introd* ed prohibition and has also abolished religion.

)owever$ this st*dy deals with the *se o% psy hologi al analysis by Greene in 6the power and the glory 78 as a means o% hara ter1portrayal. It introd* e this analysis thro*gh the stage in the li%e o% the protagonist and other

hara ters thro*gh whi h$ the written reveals the inner or ambigons hara teristi s or traits o% the hara ter$ besides the other methods lili e o*tward a tions and also thro*gh dialog*e.

2. T), 9(:C)O0OGIC.0 NO;,0 . psy hologi al novel$ also alled psy hologi al realism$ is a wor' o% prose %i tion whi h pla es more than the *s*al amo*nt o% emphasis on interior hara teri<ations$ and on the motives$ ir *mstan es$ and internal a tion whi h springs %rom$ and develops$ e+ternal a tion. The psy hologi al novel is not ontent to state what happens b*t goes on to e+plain the motivation o% this a tion. In this type o% writing hara ter and hara teri<ation are more than *s*ally important$ and they o%ten delve deeper into the mind o% a hara ter than novels o% other genres. The psy hologi al novel an be alled a novel o% the =inner man$= so to say. In some ons io*sness te hni>*e$ as well as interior monolog*es$ may be employed to better ill*strate the inner wor'ings o% the h*man mind at wor'. ?lashba 's may also be %eat*red. /hile these three te+t*al te hni>*es are also prevalent in =modernism$= there is no deliberate e%%ort to %ragment the prose or ompel the reader to interpret the te+t.

3. The power and the glory as a psy hologi al novel

The writers@ novelists or dramatists *s*ally *se their o*tward and dialog*e to reveal their hara teristi . &*t there is another method whi h Greene employs to reveal his hara ters in the novel 6The GloryA and that is the method o% psy hologi al analysis.

Interior monolog*es also reveal the nat*re o% Greene8s hara ters. The method helps *s to st*dy the inner minds o% the hara ters. Greene wants to *n%old the mental and moral %eat*res o% his hara ters. This is done thro*gh their a tions$ dialog*es and stream monolog*e. ons io*sness te hni>*e or interior

311. The (tream ons io*sness te hni>*e or interior monolog*e (ome riti s and writer *se 6stream o% ons io*snessA intangible with the term 6interior monolog*e.A Interior monolog*e is then reserved %or that spe ies o% stream o% ons io*sness whi h *nderta'es to present t the reader the o*rse and the rhythm o% ons io*sness pre isely as it o *rs in a hara ter8s mind. In interior monolog*e the a*thors does not intervene$ or at any rate intervenes minimally$ as des ribe$ g*ide$ or ommentator$ and does

not tidy. The interior monolog*e$ in its radi al %orm$ is sometimes des ribed as the e+a t presentation o% the pro ess o% ons io*sness @ b*t be a*se sense per eptions mental images %eelings and some aspe ts o% tho*ghts itsel% are nonverbal$ it is lear that a*thor an present these elements only by

onverting them some sort o% verbal e>*ivalent. -* h o% this onversations is a matter o% narrative onventional rather than *nedited$ point1%or1point reprod* tion and ea h other p*ts his or her imprint on her interior monolog*e that are attrib*ted to hara ters in the narrative.2-.)..brams$ . ).ND&OOB O? 0IT,R.: T,R-($ 9.2#$ T)IRD ,DITION5

Greene has made *se o% his method I his novel 6The 9ower and the GloryA. )e has employed it thro*gh several hara ters@ the %irst one is the

protagonist o% the novel$ the priest$ the lie*tenant$ 9adre Cose and -r.Ten h. The a*thor delves into the inner ons io*sness o% a hara ter or into his s*b ons io*ness minds reveals what is going on *nder the s*r%a e o% a man8s mind. O%ten the a*thor ma'es I seems that the hara ter is tal'ing to himsel%$ and this made a >*ainting *s with the wor'ing o% his mind is 'nown as the interior monolog*e.

3.1.1. The 9riest8s interior monolog*e on his way to -aria8s village

Greene8s *se o% psy hologi al analysis in the ase o% the priest begins in the very beginning o% the novel. /hen he is in the way to a dying woman8s home in the interior o% the o*ntry and when he begins to pray we ome a ross some detailed psy hologi al analysis. /hen the priest is travelling on a m*le to -aria8s village. The priest tho*ghts here go ba ' to his pas. )e re alls his b*%%oons %a e$ good eno*gh %oe mild Do'es to women.

Then he thin's o% the s*rrenders he has made proving his wea'ness o% hara ters. ?ive years be%ore$ he had given way to despair$ the *n%orgivable sin and now he his going ba ' to he s ene o% his despair$ be a*se he had had got over his despair. )e reali<es that he his bad priest and that he is 'nown as a 6whis'y priestA. )is %ail*res$ he thin's$ will one day hoose *p

altogether the so*r e o% gra e. Until then he will arry on with %its o% %ear$ mode o% weariness$ and a shame %a ed lightness o% heart.

3.1.2. The priest8s sense o% g*ilt .%ter the arriving o% the priest to -aria8s village. )e his only priest le%t in the state$ tho*gh he his not a good priest. )e thin's that i% he to leaves his d*ty as a priest the e+isten e o% god wo*ld ome to an end. (o the priest has

to stay doing his d*ty even tho*gh he has evil a t li'e drin'ing whis'y and his se+*al a t with -aria witho*t any live o% the so*l. 3.1.3. The priest8s past li%e One o% the psy hologi al elements is the memories o% the past li%e o% the hara ter. In this novel 6the power and the glory8$ the priest $ the protagonist o% the novel. )e remembers the party at on eption and powders over his hild %*t*re whom the priest remembers the party at on eption$ this enables *s to learn that the priest was ri h and living in prospero*s days. (o he was a happy man in the past and also was pro*d and ambitio*s.

Then again he thin's o% his hild and %eels that now he has a hild and m*st ta'e are o% her and this hild was more important than the whole ontinent.

3.1.#. The priest8s pride On his Do*rney$ the priest made *ndesirable ompanion$ the mesti<o. )e s*spe ts him o% betrayal vario*s tho*ghts pas thro*gh his mind$ the priest was tal'ing to himsel% not to sleep be a*se the mesti<o seems to have some plan. )e tho*ght that mesti<o was li'e C*das who betrayed the Ces*s.

Then$ he inwardly ompares himsel% with padre Cose and thin's that padre Cose his the better man be a*se he was so h*mble that he as ready to tolerate any amo*nt o% mo lery. 69riest reali<e that he has been pro*d and that pri<e had been even behind his e%%ort o% his shirt to mesti<o who his having %ever$. ,ven his attempts at es ape had been hal%1hearted be a*se i% his pride. )e has been %eeling pro*d o% the %a t that he his only priest le%t in the o*ntry.

The reali<ation o% priests pride ma'es the priest pray. Th*s the method o% the interior monolog*e has here been employed to onvey to *s the priest pain%*l reali<ation o% his %a*lt and pride.

0ove %or his da*ghter

/hen the priest leaves the hotel where he dran' there two m* h with the governor8s o*sin and the poli e hie%$ he is *n ons io*s o% the %a t that a Red (hirt is hasing him with a do*bt that the person be%ore him is arrying li>*or with him. The red shirt tries to at h hold o% this man who is none b*t the priest b*t who8s identity is not 'nown be a*se o% disg*ise. .ssisted by a %ew other ompanions$ the Red (hirt s* eeds in overta'ing the priest a%ter a hot hase. The priest thin's it is the beginning o% where he

is %inished %ive pesos. )e %eels inwardly on erned abo*t the %*t*re o% the hild. The priest %eels that sin in begetting a hild is now so old that it has %aded and le%t a 'ind o% gra e. This there$ the priest8s ons io*sness o% his g*ilt in having ommitted deba* hery is mingled with his overwhelming love %or the hild born o% that sin.

The priest8s tho*ght in the 9rison

The tho*ght o% the priest in the prison when he is among the prisoners he e+perien es %riendship the remembers how people 'issed his gloved hands thro*gh his interior monolog*e he reali<es that i% he es apes %rom the prison hw will es ape %or ever. )e reali<es that he is not a saint. .%ter the arrest o% the priest the state o% his mind d*ring the night whi h he spends in prison be%ore his e+e *tion is also revealed to *s thro*gh an interior monolog*e. )e thin's o% himsel% going to god empty1handed with nothing done at all. )e thin's o% himsel% as a man who has missed happiness by a very narrow margin. Th*s$ tho*ght the priest has some short oming o% drin'ing whis'y or brandy as establishes se+*al relation with the -aria and gives birth to

&rigita. )e has also some good traits that show that he is a good man or priest sinner he does his d*ties as a priest li'e listening to the on%ession o% the people or the villager and bapti<ing the hildren8s. The interior

monolog*e o% the priest revels the inner tho*ght o% him.

The minor Re%eren es o% Interior -onolog*e.

There is psy hologi al analysis in the ase o% other hara ters thro*gh whi h the a*thor also reveals the inner or what is going on *nder the s*r%a e o% their minds. These -r.Te h. hara ters are li'eE the lie*tant$ 9adre Cose and

The Interior -onolog*e o% the 0ie*tenant

The lie*tenant too is a given dreams and interior monolog*e. ?or e+ample$ as he lies on the bed in his ho*se he thin's o% the priests whom the Red (hirts had shot against the wall o% the emetery *p the hill. The lie*tenant thin's o% one priest$ 9adre Cose$ who has got married and had hildren. The lie*tenant thin's that this is the best sol*tions to the problem o% priest.

The interior monolog*e shoes the lie*tenant is obsession with one o% the aims o% the new government. The interior monolog*e o% the lie*tenant reveals his strong desire %or se *lar state.

The interior monolog*e o% 9adre Cose

9adre Cose is one o% the priests whom give *p o% their d*ties. )e is presented in ontrast to the whis'y priest. )e avoids his holy d*ties. )e is so a%raid o% the se *lar government that he re%*sed to show even a priestly gest*re to anyone. There is a on%li t in his mind between what he wanted and what he has be ome.

The interior monolog*e o% -r. Ten h -r.Ten h is mainly related to the setting o% the novel$ the -e+i an state. )e has ome %rom ,ngland %or ma'ing %ort*ne b*t annot %*l%ill his aims. )e does not do his wor' properly$ he postpones things. )is wi%e is not with him. The a*thor also gives *s a %ew glimpses o% the mental state o% -r.Ten h. he thin's o% his past li%e$ his %*tile plans to go ba ' to ,ngland and his relationship with his mother1in1law. &*t the most important pi t*re

o% his mind omes at the end when his distress and grie% on seeing the e+e *tion o% the priest are onveyed to *s.

Con l*sion1

The novel has e%%e tive psy hologi al element as Green employs to reveal the hara ter. This is the method o% psy hologi al analysis. .%ter all$ a hara ter is not only what he does and he says$ b*t also what he thin's. The tho*ght that go on in the mind o% a person also provide a l*e to his hara ter. The psy hologi al elements have been shown thro*gh the stream ons io*sness or interior monolog*e o% the protagonist and that o% other hara ter in the novel. The interior monolog*e o% the priest reveals the inner minds o% him and the traits o% the hara ter o% the priest .The interior monolog*e o% the hara ter li'e the lie*tenant. 9adre Cose and -r. Ten h. Th*s we an say that the method o% psy hologi al analysis is an important method that helps the reader to 'now more abo*t the hara ter.