The dress worn for the ball has symbolic significance. Alka wears the costume of Rani Janshi though not brave like her. Dolly wears the mujra dress of a prostitute expresses her keen desire to love and to be loved outside marriage.The dance costume decided for the crippled Daksha is also symbolically significant. In the words of Krati,
The old beggar woman who appears in the play under the tarpaulin time and again has a symbolic meaning. First time she appears, at the reference of the name of Praful and second time she appears when Alka recalls Praful’s cruelty of burning her hair on the stove and third time she appears at the reference of Daksha and the Thumari of Naina Devi. She is the symbol of the bitter realities of the characters of the play which are hidden as she is hidden under tarpaulin. Praful’s …show more content…
Initially, during the first conversation, only the back of the head of the doll is seen.With ensuing taped conversations, the audience witnesses the profile.The full face of the doll is same only after Deepak’s taped conversation.
To the quote the words of Dattani,“Lights on Lightning, the doll is fully visible now. We cannot see the doll’s face, just its ragged limbs. The dress on the doll is lifted and pinned at the doll’s forehead. The doll remains lit throughout the following scene” (CP Vol II 45).
The progress of Mala’s unfolding of her trauma in the tape simultaneously, is symbolically correlated with the doll. To quote,“Mala stares at the doll which is now facing her. The Man walks to the doll and picks it up, holding the doll by its skirt so that the skirt covers the dolls face. He rocks the doll while he speaks. Mala looks at the man” (CP Vol II 57).
As the taped conversation comes to an end, the following words of Dattani reveal Mala emerging victorious The Man slumps in the chair as if dead. “Mala heaves a sigh of relief. Mala picks up the doll, smothers its dress and comforts it”
(CP Vol II
The old beggar woman who appears in the play under the tarpaulin time and again has a symbolic meaning. First time she appears, at the reference of the name of Praful and second time she appears when Alka recalls Praful’s cruelty of burning her hair on the stove and third time she appears at the reference of Daksha and the Thumari of Naina Devi. She is the symbol of the bitter realities of the characters of the play which are hidden as she is hidden under tarpaulin. Praful’s …show more content…
Initially, during the first conversation, only the back of the head of the doll is seen.With ensuing taped conversations, the audience witnesses the profile.The full face of the doll is same only after Deepak’s taped conversation.
To the quote the words of Dattani,“Lights on Lightning, the doll is fully visible now. We cannot see the doll’s face, just its ragged limbs. The dress on the doll is lifted and pinned at the doll’s forehead. The doll remains lit throughout the following scene” (CP Vol II 45).
The progress of Mala’s unfolding of her trauma in the tape simultaneously, is symbolically correlated with the doll. To quote,“Mala stares at the doll which is now facing her. The Man walks to the doll and picks it up, holding the doll by its skirt so that the skirt covers the dolls face. He rocks the doll while he speaks. Mala looks at the man” (CP Vol II 57).
As the taped conversation comes to an end, the following words of Dattani reveal Mala emerging victorious The Man slumps in the chair as if dead. “Mala heaves a sigh of relief. Mala picks up the doll, smothers its dress and comforts it”
(CP Vol II