IJELC

 International Journal of English Literature and Culture
 

International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 4(7), pp. 115-122, August, 2016

 ISSN: 2360-7831

DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2016.055

 

Review paper

 

The Dominance of power and mythological significance in Girish Karnad’s The Fire and the Rain-A Study

 

1G.Sankar and 2S.P. Suresh Kumar

 

1Assistant Professor, Department of English, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-641 004

Tamilnadu, India. Email; sankarliterature@gmail.com

2Head & Associate Professor, Department of English, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-641 004

Tamilnadu, India. Email; sps@eng.psgtech.ac.in

 

Accepted 23 July 2016

 
Abstract

 

The play The Fire and the Rain occurs in a small region of India long ago that has experienced a lack of rain for ten years. The king proposed to propitiate the Gods through fire sacrifice. So that God would be pleased and send rain to the parched land. In this fire sacrifice Paravasu the son of a learned Brahmin Raibhya, was appointed as the Chief Priest. And the play deals with this appointment and the disappointments of certain other characters. One disappointment definitely with reference to the father going by ancient Indian tradition, a lot of emphasis was put on age seniority i.e. age has always been respected. Older people have always been considered wiser because of their wider experience. Going by this tradition the learned Raibhya should have been appointed as the chief Priest but for practical reasons longevity of life span, the King chose to appoint Paravasu, the elder son as the Chief Priest. This appointment had disappointed and agonized the senior. The high priest of the temple, Paravasu is eager to perform a ceremony to bring rain. the play ‘The Fire and The Rain opens with the representative of an actor`s group expressing their desire to give a dramatic performance as a means of entertainment for the Gods. After much discussion the group is given permission to perform at the fire sacrifice.

Keywords: Dominance; power; region; performance; entertainment
 

Cite This Article As: Sankar G, Suresh Kumar SP (2016). The Dominance of power and mythological significance in Girish Karnad’s The Fire and the Rain-A Study. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 4(7): 115-122

 

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