The Significance of the Title of "A Passage to India" by E.M. Forster
Introduction: The Source of the Title “Passage O soul to India! ---- Passage to India! Lo, soul! seest thou not God’s purpose from the first? ---------- A worship new I sing, You captains, voyagers, explorers, yours, You engineers, you architects, machinists, yours, You, not for trade or transportation only, But in God’s name, and for thy sake, O soul. ” -- " A Passage to India" by Walt Whitman Walt Whitman in his poem "Passage to India" wants the soul to take a journey to India for further advance. The ‘passage’ that Forster explores is also a similar journey. Like Whitman’s cry: “Passage to more than India”, Forster’s novel is more than a historical novel about India; it is a prophetic work in which Forster is concerned not only with the path to greater understanding of India but also with man’s quest for truth and understanding about the universe he lives in. The title word of E.M. Forster