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Class Conflict in The Purpose by
T. P. Kailasam
Vaidehi Hariyani
(Research Scholar)
S. B. Gardi Department of English,
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
• T. P. Kailasam (1884 –
1946) was a prominent
playwright, writer, and a
poet of Kannada and
English.
THE PURPOSE
• Divided into two acts
• Central Theme: based
on Adi Parva of The
Mahabharata
• Central Characters:
Eklavya, Drona, and
Arjuna
• The purpose of learning
archery (ધનુર્વિદ્યા)
Dominance of Power
• Arjuna is a Kshatriya
– Powerful upper caste
– Arjuna - arrogant and
prodigal prince
• Eklavya is a Nishadha
boy
– A weak person from
lower caste
– Eklavya - a savior of
Animals of Jungle
MARXIST THEORY OF CLASS CONFLICT
INDIAN CONCEPT OF CLASS
• General Category
• Scheduled Class
• Scheduled Tribe
• OBC
Significance of The Purpose
Arjun
Arjuna:"Useful Archer"? Why,
Gurujee, I want to become the
greatest archer in the world!
Ekalavya: (Sotto Voce)
WHAT, HE TOO? What is his
reason... I wonder?
Eklavya
….and THE ONLY WAY THAT
I CAN SAVE THE DEER AND
FAWNS IS BY KILLING THE
WOLVES.
Guru Dronacharya
Drona: KARMANAA SWAARTHAHA... a man whose labour is no more but
MEANS to GAIN HIS SELFISH ENDS! If I had started MY bow craft at the feet of
my Guru with that aim... I should have never learnt to lift a bow, let alone how
shoot a bolt!
Arjuna: But Gurujee, I seem to remember having heard you speak of your own
self as a "Kaarmi" too?
Drona: Yes, but that was in the 'madhyama sense'! KARMA EVA ARTHAHA; He
whose labour IS IN ITSELF THE END AND AIM of his labour!
The Guru is Someone who
constantly punctures your ego
and yet is your friend….
Thank You

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The Purpose

  • 1. Class Conflict in The Purpose by T. P. Kailasam Vaidehi Hariyani (Research Scholar) S. B. Gardi Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
  • 2. • T. P. Kailasam (1884 – 1946) was a prominent playwright, writer, and a poet of Kannada and English.
  • 3. THE PURPOSE • Divided into two acts • Central Theme: based on Adi Parva of The Mahabharata • Central Characters: Eklavya, Drona, and Arjuna • The purpose of learning archery (ધનુર્વિદ્યા)
  • 4. Dominance of Power • Arjuna is a Kshatriya – Powerful upper caste – Arjuna - arrogant and prodigal prince • Eklavya is a Nishadha boy – A weak person from lower caste – Eklavya - a savior of Animals of Jungle
  • 5. MARXIST THEORY OF CLASS CONFLICT
  • 6. INDIAN CONCEPT OF CLASS • General Category • Scheduled Class • Scheduled Tribe • OBC
  • 8. Arjun Arjuna:"Useful Archer"? Why, Gurujee, I want to become the greatest archer in the world! Ekalavya: (Sotto Voce) WHAT, HE TOO? What is his reason... I wonder?
  • 9. Eklavya ….and THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN SAVE THE DEER AND FAWNS IS BY KILLING THE WOLVES.
  • 10. Guru Dronacharya Drona: KARMANAA SWAARTHAHA... a man whose labour is no more but MEANS to GAIN HIS SELFISH ENDS! If I had started MY bow craft at the feet of my Guru with that aim... I should have never learnt to lift a bow, let alone how shoot a bolt! Arjuna: But Gurujee, I seem to remember having heard you speak of your own self as a "Kaarmi" too? Drona: Yes, but that was in the 'madhyama sense'! KARMA EVA ARTHAHA; He whose labour IS IN ITSELF THE END AND AIM of his labour!
  • 11.
  • 12. The Guru is Someone who constantly punctures your ego and yet is your friend….