Gender Discrimination in Vijay Tendulkar Silence The Court is in Session
Journal Title: Notions A Journal of English Literature - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 4
Abstract
Vijay Tendulkar is a leading contemporary Indian playwright. His Shantata ! Court chalu ahe (1967) is a well known Marathi play. Priya adarkar translated it as silence. The court is in Session (1978). He emerged as an artist with national reputation and recognition. In his plays he successfully depicts the social problems. Silence! The court is in session is his best known play. In this play, Tendulkar has been depicted the plight of a young educated urban women in a male dominated society. A traditional male dominated middle class society is reluctant to any social change. Benare, The heroine of the play is in search of a happy life after a few frustrations in her life. But society does not allow her to live quietly. It has elaborate stage directions, which enables the action of the play become very play wright, Tendulkar supports feminists, so he highlights women as sufferer of the male hegemony and oppression. Women characters are depicted as helpless victim of the conspiracies originated by men class. Thus Benare ill-treated by her friends and male characters menus and male characters.
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