The Theme Of Conflict Between Individual And Society In Nissim Ezekiel's Plays Song Of Deprivation And Don't Call It Suicide"
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Nissim Ezekiel's plays are statements of human relationships. Like his poetry, his plays are also simple introspective, and analytical. All his five published plays--Nalini, Marriage Poem, Sleep Walkers, Song of Deprivation, and Don't Call It Suicide--examine the predicament of individuals in a world of complex realities H.H.Anniah Gowda remarks that Nissim Ezekiel has "an aptitude for writing plays composed of gusto and social comment." The treatment of social complexities is cent and dominant in Ezekiel's plays. If Nalini is a drama on the plight of the artist, Marriage Poem dramatizes hollow human relationships. Sleep Walkers ridiculed the mad imitation of Americanism, and Song of Deprivation speaks of freedom-loving lovers. Don't Call It Suicide portrays the situations confronted by the 'non-adjustment people of the society.
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1.Nissim Ezekiel's Plays," The Literary Half-Yearly’ 14.1 (January 1973) 15.
2Nissim Ezekiel, "Nalini," Three Plays of Nissim Ezekiel(Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 1969). All subsequent references with page numbers in parentheses in this part (II) are to this edition 3.H.H.Anniah Gowda, "Nissim Ezekiel's Plays," 11.
4. Nissim Ezekiel, "Marriage Poem," Three Plays of Nissim Ezekiel (Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 1969). All subsequent references with page numbers in parentheses in this part (III) are. To this edition.
5. "Nissim Ezekiel, "The Sleepwalkers," Three Plays of Nissim Ezekiel (Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 1969). All subsequent references with page numbers in parentheses in this part (IV) are to this edition.
6. H.H.Anniah Gowda, "Nissim Ezekiel's Plays," 14. 7.H.H.Anniah Gowda, 15.
8. Nissim Ezekiel, "Song of Deprivation," Enact 31 (July 1969). All subsequent references with page numbers in parentheses in this part (V) are to this edition.
9. Nissim Ezekiel, "Don't Call It Suicide," The Bombay Literary Review 1 (1989). All subsequent references with page numbers in parentheses in this part (VI) are to this edition.
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