metaphor; mare is a female horse; she is on her own, not tied down as a

sister or wife or daughter

being described as a thing that bakshi OWNS; portrays her status portrays the
status of
women in
society
steals money; gold-digger
house was a treasure as she never had that before. she was the queen and the one in charge and she was enjoying the
control she had
 brothel(?)

no sexual activity
verses from quran
new experience for her
qualifications of being a bride is to be a virgin
for her marriage was a
punishment
 lehnga here
is a symbol
of freedom
as she was
asked not to
where, her
right to
symbol of choose her
sexual freedom clothes, her
that she enjoyed freedom
was lost

her freedom is set on fire

 she realizes that
she was now
caged

getting used to it, his love makes her reconcile with the newness

being harshly
compared with an
inanimate object
like a stone slab
 diction as if she was a
criminal

okay with
sharing her
husband but
not the house
his honor is more important
Foucault: a French philosopher, economist, psychologist. he talked about the direct relationship between pleasure and power
here the toppling of this theory can be seen. marriage entails power, a place in society and an ultimate achievement but
when she was married, that pleasure did nit come her way. U can comment on this when asked about power politics.
The big question: is marriage a jail/cage? this what Chughtai feels and she has portrayed it in this story