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- 1. The Post Office a play by Rabindranath Tagore
- 2. Rabindranath Tagore Bengali poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter He introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature. May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1941
- 3. Rabindranath Tagore He was highly influential in introducing Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and he is generally regarded as the outstanding creative artist of early 20th- century India. In 1913 he became the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 4. Manasi (1890) - The Ideal One Sonar Tari (1894) - The Golden Boat Gitanjali (1910) - Song Offerings Gitimalya (1914) - Wreath of Songs Balaka (1916) [The Flight of Cranes] Poems: Plays: Raja (1910) - The King of the Dark Chamber Dakghar (1912) - The Post Office Achalayatan (1912)- The Immovable] Muktadhara (1922) - The Waterfall Raktakaravi (1926)- Red Oleanders Short Stories & Novels Gora (1910) Ghare-Baire (1916)-The Home and the World Yogayog (1929) Crosscurrents 2,000 songs, which achieved considerable popularity among all classes of Bengali society.
- 5. The Post Office Bengali in 1912, ‘Dak Ghar’ Originally written in was translated into English as The Post Office. performed in 1913 by the Abbey Theatre Company in several countries in Europe
- 7. Mahdav Gaffer/Fakir The Physician Sudha The Dairyman/curdseller The Watchman The Headman The State Physician Amal Characters: Formalistic Analysis The 3 boys The King The King’s Herald
- 8. Setting: India during the British occupation Madhav’s house, specifically, Amal’s window Tone: hopeful, melancholic Formalistic Analysis
- 9. Loneliness and Isolation The Power of Imagination Themes: The Transience of Life The Beauty of Life’s Small Joys Death as Release
- 10. “Your village is under some very old big trees, just by the side of the red road” “Indeed, they live among the green hills; and in the time of the sunset when there is a red glow on the hillside, all the birds with their green wings flock back to their nests.” “I can’t say; but it’s quite clear to me. I fancy I’ve seen it often in days long gone by. How long ago I can’t tell. Do you know when? I can see it all: there, the King’s postman coming down the hillside alone, a lantern in his left hand and on his back a bag of letters climbing down forever so long, for days and nights, and where at the foot of the mountain the waterfall becomes a stream he takes to the footpath on the bank and walks on through the rye; then comes the sugarcane field and he disappears into the narrow lane cutting through the tall stems of sugarcanes; then he reaches the open meadow where the cricket chirps and where there is not a single man to be seen, only the snipe wagging their tails and poking at the mud with their bills.” Imagery:
- 11. The Post Office/ the letters: the post office represents a metaphorical bridge between the confined world of the protagonist, Amal, and the outside world that he longs to explore. Amal’s Window: represents his longing for freedom and his desire to explore the world beyond the confines of his room The Characters: Each character in the play represents different aspects of Amal’s desires, fears, and aspirations. Symbolism:
- 12. Pyschoanalytic Analysis Amal insists on staying by his window to talk to every people that come across him and ask them of their life and what they do. As he listens to these stories, he also desires and dreams to experience everything he has heard from everyone if he were healthy enough to go on these adventures. Unfortunately, these desires only remain as dreams because of his worsening health condition and impending death.
- 13. 1.) If Amal’s parents were still alive, would he have been in much better health than in the care of Madhav? Why or Why not? Questions: 3.) If you were one of the people who passed by Amal’s window, what would you have said to him? 2.) What would Amal and The King talk about if The King visited him before Amal went to sleep forever? 4.) Why did Tagore end ‘The Post Office’ the way he did?