Final blog of the term and the final assignment as a freshman! Feels quite odd that the year went by so quickly but it feels good to almost cross the finish line. Well since I started out my blogging journey with a feminist view might as well finish it that way!
Bringing it back a couple weeks ago I challenge you all to think back to March 27th when we were assigned Tagore's "Punishment". This story was short and sweet. It started out with a bang and ended with one too, my type of poem. This story depicted a stereotypical husband who expects his wife to bow at his feet. Brothers Dukhiram Rui and Chidam Rui go to work while they leave their women at home, upon their arrival home, "Dukhiram, famished, said gruffly,"Give me my food". This sequence sets the stage for his wife's, Radha, death. He is so mad that he "plunged his knife into her head" killing her.
If that is not enough Chidam fears that his brother will be put in prison or even put to death he tries to blame the death on his own wife! In doing this he tries to have his cake and eat it too, in saving his brother and keeping his wife. This plan horribly backfires as Chidam's wife, Chandara, defies him in a heroic "girl power" stance sacrificing her own life just to show her husband that she is not his property and will not do everything he asks of her.
Chandara's last line, "To hell with him" was just the icing on the cake to leave Chidam feeling like a fool.
Yours in Writing,
Hailey Browne
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