Drama (Option 2): Tughlaq - Girish Karnad

Elective English · Chapter 4 · II. Drama

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Girish Karnad's life and his use of history and myth in modern Indian drama
Plot and key incidents: the Sultan's reforms, the shift of capital to Daulatabad and the copper currency
Muhammad bin Tughlaq: idealist and tyrant, scholar and murderer
Other characters: Barani, Najib, the Step-mother, Sheikh Imam-ud-din, Aziz and Aazam
Themes: idealism and disillusionment, power and politics, religion, and the play as political allegory
Dramatic devices: irony, humour, symbolism (the chess game, the python, the prayer) and personal response