Roll No :2.

1130002
Semester : 1.
Year :2013-14.
Email id :
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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.
Tagores drama

Chandalika.
Mukta Dhara.
Natir Puja.
Malini.
Sacrifice.
Gandharis Prayer.

Theme of Love in Tagores 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
Tagores greatest play.
This play is symbolic play.
The Yuvarajas 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-dancers 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.
Gandharis 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.