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Beauty in Karnad’s Play Flowers

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


Abstract

The play that I have selected to explain the various aspects of beauty in the works of Girish Karnad is Flowers. The priest is the protagonist of the play and being a reserved man, he has lived all his life in isolation from the mechanical world. As John Keats mentions in his most celebrated Ode on the Grecian Urn,
Beauty is truth, Truth Beauty
That is all ye know on Earth
And all ye need to know.

As we turn the pages of the work, our senses are enlightened by the many glimpses of beauty. Beauty is celebrated at various levels in this particular play of Karnad. But the play also shows certain foibles of human beings.

Keywords: Girish Karnad, Flowers, sensuousness, male gaze, menstrual seclusion, patriarchal norms, dereliction, sacrilege, whims and fancies.

Beauty of Nature

The only sights familiar to the simple priest are the temple, the tank, the rough grey boulders, the flowering shrubs and trees and such, of his village. Most of his time is spent with the (symbol of Shiva) linga- talking to it and decorating it with flowers. The names of the various flowers that he uses to decorate the linga as well as the courtesan, Ranganayaki are mentioned. We also come across the description of the constellation in the sky, Scorpio. This constellation makes its appearance before the readers, both before and after the play. The priest is a humble man who has no particular ambition in his life.

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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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