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• Roll No :2.
• 1130002• Semester : 1.• Year :2013-14.• Email –id :
Paper -4 : Indian Writing in English.Prepared by:Ankita Makwana M.
Topic : Tagore as a Dramatist.
Introduction• His novels, stories, songs,
dance-dramas , and essays spoke to topics political and personal.
• He won the Nobel prize in 1913 for Geetanajali.
• His works are frequently noted for their rhythmic, optimistic, and lyrical nature.
(1861) – (1941).
His Love for Nature
• Tagore is essentially a river poet so far as his love for Nature is concerned.
Tagore’s drama
• Chandalika.• Mukta – Dhara.• Natir Puja.• Malini.• Sacrifice.• Gandhari’s Prayer.
Theme of Love in Tagore’s Drama“ We live in this world when we love it ”.
-Tagore.
• Theme of love present in Chandalika by Tagore
• The word “ Chandalika “ means a person belonging to he lower class of society.
• There are three character Prakriti , her mother who posseses magic powers , Ananda ,the Buddist Bhikshu.
Theme of Freedom• Theme of Freedom
present in Mukta – Dhara by Tagore.
• This is regarded by some readers and critics as Tagore’s greatest play.
• This play is symbolic play.• The Yuvaraja’s love for
Freedom.
Natir Puja
• This play depicts a conflict between the temporal power of a king and the spiritual power of Lord Buddha.
• Srimati is the court-dancer’s who is murdered by the royal guard under the order of the king .
Malini
• Malini is a princess with strong Buddhist views and the Bramins, feeling scared by what they regard as her heresy , demand her banishment from the country.
Sacrifice
• The protagonist in this play is a Queen by the name of Gunvanti who think only of the expected joys of motherhood.
• She sends flowers and also animals to be offerde as a sacrifice to the terrible mother , Kali.
Gandhari’s Prayer
• Gandhari was a great and large – hearted mother of kauravas.
• Dhritarashtra know that their son Duryodhana is wrong ;
but,while the father
• Arrives at some sort of compromise , the mother does not.
•Thank you.