Preeti, the daughter -in -law is young, charming and attractive lady who has the focus on the property of Mehta. She is the wife of Ajit, a shrewd, cunning and manipulative woman. She changes Hasmukh’s medicine which leads to his death. She is caught red handed by Kiran while getting rid of the evidence. When she is confronted by Kiran she is given a chance for reformation at the end of the play. Like Sonal to Hasmukh, Preeti is a counterfoil to her husband Ajit. She is quite calculative and aggressive. Hasmukh knows her well. To quote his words, “That’s my daughter-in-law, Preeti, pretty, charming, graceful and sly as a snake” (CP 456).
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. . Moreover both the women are ambitious and outspoken. Nonetheless Ratna is a failure. But she is confident that Lata can soar to the heights which she could not achieve because of Amritlal’s opposition. She accuses Jairaj’s incompetence and stifled masculinity, and holds his spinelessness as the prime reasons behind her frustrated ambition . . . . Jairaj sees dance as worship, a passion that is ‘more’ than ‘money’, while Ratna hankers after eminence by commercializing the art form. (Deb 7)
Ratna is ambitious and craves for name and fame in the field of dance. She has many disputes with her husband, but both of them realize their dream only after their death.The character of Ratna is quite different from Jairaj who suffers the most in the drama and feels isolated in the play. She identifies herself with Lata and derives satisfaction in the realization of her dreams of desires.
Lata is vibrant and realistic. For the sake of her parents she undertakes to dance. To citeher words to Viswas,“When I was a little girl, I used to stand near the door and watch mummy and daddy practice. It was magic for me, I knew then what I wanted to be” (CP 389). She takes dance only as a pure art form. Her marriage with Viswas is also important to her and she is very clear that she does not want to sacrifice her love for the
In Dance Like a Man one cannot forget that all the members of the family are obedient to the will and authority …show more content…
. . Moreover both the women are ambitious and outspoken. Nonetheless Ratna is a failure. But she is confident that Lata can soar to the heights which she could not achieve because of Amritlal’s opposition. She accuses Jairaj’s incompetence and stifled masculinity, and holds his spinelessness as the prime reasons behind her frustrated ambition . . . . Jairaj sees dance as worship, a passion that is ‘more’ than ‘money’, while Ratna hankers after eminence by commercializing the art form. (Deb 7)
Ratna is ambitious and craves for name and fame in the field of dance. She has many disputes with her husband, but both of them realize their dream only after their death.The character of Ratna is quite different from Jairaj who suffers the most in the drama and feels isolated in the play. She identifies herself with Lata and derives satisfaction in the realization of her dreams of desires.
Lata is vibrant and realistic. For the sake of her parents she undertakes to dance. To citeher words to Viswas,“When I was a little girl, I used to stand near the door and watch mummy and daddy practice. It was magic for me, I knew then what I wanted to be” (CP 389). She takes dance only as a pure art form. Her marriage with Viswas is also important to her and she is very clear that she does not want to sacrifice her love for the