everything arranged & question of dowry

7/17/2019 Everything Arranged & Question of Dowry

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EVERYTHINGARRANGED &

A QUESTION OFDOWRY

Task 3

By : Sattiyan Nayar S/O SaarT!i"a#s$ari D/O T!ir%a"ai

Na"ini D/O Ba"an


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Literary Criticism'%"t%ra" 'riti(is

EVERYTHINGARRANGED

'%"t%ra" 'riti(is

A QUESTION OFDOWRY


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Cultural Criticism

EVERYTHING ARRANGED

Modern VersusTraditional Indian

Culture

Gender

Stereotyping

Love marriage Is

Forbidden


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EVERYTHING ARRANGED

Modern Versus Traditional Indian Culture

Rukumani studies at University which makes

herself to expose to new world with different

culture or way of life. Rukumanis mother that she cannot control her

daughter when she grows up while studying in

university

Rukumanis mother is also very strict and never

gives freedom for her daughter to talk to any guy.


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EVERY!"#$ %RR%#$E&

$ender 'tereotyping

Rukumani is not given full freedom to

explore the outside world compared to her

younger (rother.

#adara)ah is given a special care and

treatment at home especially when

Rukumani is in heavy trou(le withparents.


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EVERY!"#$ %RR%#$E&

*ove marriage is for(idden

!uge humiliation to the family

%rrange marriage proves that their children

respect and o(ey the parents

hey react violently when get to know that

Rukumani passes love letter to +ohnny ,hew.

%rrange marriages steal the rights of womento voice out their opinion and interest.


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Cultural Criticism

A QUESTION OF DORY

Form of payment or

things such jeellery!

car and land properties

to to the bride"s family #

$ory system as

originated in uppercaste families as a

edding gift#


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%&'STI() (F $(*+,

hiruchelvams mother asks twenty-

thousand dollars as a dowry which really

puts r Ramachandran in surprise.

r Ramachandran tells his wife that they

could not a(le to fulfil the dowry re/uest

and also the necklace.

hiruchelvaam re)ects the marriage(ecause the 'ivasothies family fails to

settle the dowry as promised (efore.


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0UE'"1# 12 &13RY

&owry makes things worst for poor families

like r Ramachadran family to arrange a

marriage for their daughter.

'ome unfortunate parents have desire toprovide (etter life for their daughters4 so they

are willing to pay a very high dowry.

his is looked as an advantage forhiruchelvams family to earn more in the

form of dowry although they !" #"t #ee! it.


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Conclusion

2ew similarities can (e identified from (oth

stories in the aspect of cultural criticism.

'ome parts of our culture need to (e fixed.

3e should provide (etter lifestyle rather for

younger generation rather than following old

traditions (lindly.

3e should voice out and act (ravely if thesome norms of culture give us a (ad

treatment4 for example dowry system.


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