Dramas

Girish Karnad’s play Tughlaq is a political allegory, using the historical figure of Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlaq to comment on the political landscape of 1960s India.

There are  contrasts and opposites in the Play Tughlaq by Girish Karnad. Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq presents a striking tension between the ideal and the real, capturing the clash between the Sultan’s lofty vision and the grim political circumstances of his reign.

Role of Ariel in the play The Tempest is very important. In The Tempest, William Shakespeare introduces a rich variety of characters, each contributing to the play’s themes of power, freedom, and reconciliation.

Yet beneath its themes of power, forgiveness, and reconciliation, we find humour and comic relief in the play The Tempest.

In George Bernard Shaw’s play Candida, the famous “auction scene” in Act III stands as the dramatic and thematic climax of the work.

George Bernard Shaw’s “Candida” (1898) is a play that sparkles with the playwright’s characteristic wit and humour, which he uses not merely for entertainment but as a vehicle for social and intellectual criticism.

The story of this play “Candida” is based on conventional theme of love. It is generally called the eternal triangle.

Both the scenes the sleep-walking and dagger-scene are very significant in the play Macbeth. In the sleep-walking scene, A doctor has kept watch for two nights with a waiting gentlewoman, that he may observe the fit of Lady Macbeth.

“Chandalika” is one of the important plays of Tagore. It is a psychological drama of intense spiritual conflict. The play beautifully analyzes the thoughts and feelings experienced by Prakriti, the outcast girl, her mother and the Buddhist Monk Ananda.

“The Tempest” is a romance. There is a blending of romance and realism in the Tempest. It is a separate category of plays.