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Patriarchal Elements in Girish Karnad’s Play
The Fire and The Rain

Smitha Sankaranarayanan
M.A., M.Phil. (English), Ph.D. Research Scholar


Abstract

This work is constructed on the frame of the famous Indo -Anglian writer Girish Karnad’s translated Kannada play The Fire and the Rain which heavily borrows from the myth of Yavakri from VanaParva of the Mahabharatha. This paper attempts to reveal the male hegemony that surface in Girish Karnad’s play. This story revolves around a seven year long sacrifice which is to be conducted by Paravasu who is the Chief Priest of the village.The paper highlights the pathetic condition undergone by the women characters in the play, Vishakha and Nittilai. Their oppression at the hands of the men forms the crux of this study. We can also visualise how the patriarchal order undergoes subversion by these tormented women.

Keywords: Girish Karnad, The Fire and the Rain,Patriarchal order, ekdosis, honour killing, social recognition, sexual slavery, subversion, vengeance, liberation.

Introduction

It has been noted that women can acquire dignified positions today but they still cannot adorn religious positions like the post of priests performing religious ceremonies in the temples, churches or mosques. There are many cases where they are denied entry into holy places. They are pushed away from roles that claim social recognition and they are always treated as inferior objects whose sole purpose is to enhance men’s lives. Women are used as ladders by menfolk to reach the pinnacle of their selfish motives or goals.

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Smitha Sankaranarayanan, M.A., M.Phil. (English), Ph.D. Research Scholar
Non-Vocational Teacher in English
GVHSS Ayyanthole
Thrissur-680003
Kerala
India
smitha.dileep123@gmail.com
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