Dance Like A Man Character Analysis

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The Guruji, Viswas’s father, Ratna’s son Shankar, the old lady who is a Devadasi are characters who are absent in the play Dance Like a Man. Praful the brother of Alka and Dolly, the deformed Daksha, the granddaughter of Baa, Baa’s husband, Kanhaiya the fictitious character who fulfills the love fantasies of Dolly, the auto - rickshaw driver in Bravely Fought the Queen and Mala’s father in Thirty Days in September are other invisible characters, who are absent in the plays,but yet play significant roles in the life of the major characters in the plays.
In Bravely Fought the Queen for Dolly and Alka, the fictitious Kanhaiya, Daksha and the auto-rickshaw driver are characters who are absent but their presence is strongly felt. Dolly takes resort …show more content…

Her mother, Dolly is kicked by her husband in her pregnancy which results in the premature birth of Daksha with deformity. Her father does not even mention her name before anyone. Dolly does not even want to mention about her daughter to anyone. In the words of Alka, “. . . She hardly ever mentions her daughter to anyone . . . She does not tell anyone that her daughter is training to be a dancer! She is going to be a famous dancer, isn’t she?” (CP 259). On the contrary Daksha is under physiotherapy.
Baa’s husband who is absent in the play has a major impact on Baa’s mind. He is Devi L.Amritshwori in her article rightly says, a dominating and violent man who has not only prevented her from singing but also beats her up time and again. He also ill-treats their sons. His nature towards Baa and their sons is so rude and brutal that she becomes affected even after the death of her husband whenever she recalls him of making her unable to live in the presen . (190)
His sons too follow his footsteps. When Baa meets him before her marriage and come to know about his dominating nature she remarks, “You want me to sing only for you? I will sing for everyone! Why are you so angry” (CP

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