Analysis Of A Woman's Conversion To Islam By Rabindranath Tagore

Realism is a literary movement in the nineteenth century and is used in literary works to depict real life of this world that we are living in. When an author uses realism in his writing, all aspects of the works are taken into account; the characters, the setting as well as the themes should portraying the reality of this life. The protagonist in the realist works usually is from common people and is dealing with the same thing as the people at that particular era are dealing with, for instance, the inequality between gender, the separation of people between class and social status and many more. Realism literature is a work of art that most of us find relevance with our life and we can really relate with the story. Besides, realism also can make people outside this story understand the routine of people belong to other social status and class. Even if we cannot find the story relevant to our life, we can at least understand how the society works in the past and how it affects today’s society. In this paper, I will discuss realism in three short stories written by Tagore which …show more content…
She is regarded as a “danger” and “burning torch of destruction” to her family (Tagore 251). In the short story, if a female baby was born, the family members will get rid of the baby as it is believed to cause them misfortune and calamity. Kamala’s aunty said “she is like a burning torch of destruction in their midst. She attracts the attention of all kinds of wicked people. Someday we’ll be ruined just because of her” (Tagore 251). Also, if a girl has grown up, the family will send them off to marry someone. One of the reason to girls being regarded as such perhaps because it is the girl who needs to prepare dowry and not the man. Tagore depicts this scenario in this short story where Kamala’s family married her to someone which analogically is like passing down the burden to someone