Eden - Part II English - II Year UG
[alert-success] DARK ROOM - R.K. NARAYAN
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The novel Dark Room is
one of the darkest novels, where the society treats men and women differently.
This novel focuses on themes like domestic violence, male dominance and exploitation
of women. The novel Dark Room revolves around Ramani’s family,
consisting of his wife Savitri and three children – Kamala, Sumati and Babu.
Savitri is the protagonist
of this dark novel. She tries to be a perfect, submissive wife to her cruel
husband Ramani. She puts up with years of abuse before running away, but she
realises she can't change her situation and comes back to protect her children
and accept it as her only real choice in life.
Ramini is a secretary at
an insurance company. He feels disrespected and talked down to all the time at
work, so he takes it out on his wife when he gets home. He beats his wife,
criticises her, ignores her, and makes fun of her, and he never lets her make a
decision on her own. Savitri is a sensitive woman who was brought up to be a
good Indian wife. She tries to protect and keep her two daughters' innocence
while never raising her voice or hands against her husband. Ramani controls
everything, his wife and his daughters - from what they eat to who they invite
to their home.
Savitri stays quiet and
takes the abuse while trying to keep her family together. She is beautiful,
kind, loyal, and respectful, making her the perfect Indian wife. No matter how
much she wants Ramani's love, she never gets even a smile from him. Even the
three daughters do not get his love.
Ramani gets tired of
tormenting his quiet wife, so he starts having an affair with a beautiful woman
at work named Shanta Bai. When Savitri's neighbour tells her about it, she
tries to keep quiet about it, even though it hurts her. She is too afraid of
Ramani's anger to do anything, and years of abuse have made her feel so bad
about herself that she thinks she is to blame for the affair.
After Savitri's many desperate attempts to
save the marriage, she finally breaks it. She throws down her wedding necklace,
and pours out years’ worth of rage and grief to Ramani, lamenting that she has
no rights in society.
So the solution is to just
die. Savitri tears up and runs out of the house to jump into the Sarayu River.
She tries to drown herself but floats to the surface. A local thief named Mari
sees her and feels sorry for her. He pulls her out of the water and pumps the
water out of her lungs. He asks her why she tried to kill herself and tells her
that there is always hope in life and always another way. Ponni, the thief's
wife, cleans Savitri up and tells her that she can find peace in a life of
spiritual reflection. So, Savitri becomes a Hindu nun and goes to work in a
temple. She hopes that will help her find peace.
Instead, she is molested
and eyed by other men. She is always at odds with the sexist priest, who
doesn't like it when a woman works in a temple, which is a place where the male
Brahmins of the Hindu clergy are in charge. Savitri starts to miss her
daughters and wonders if it was selfish and irresponsible of her to leave them.
She also wonders how badly Ramani is treating them.
She realises that no
matter how hard she tried to get away, she couldn't. As a woman in this
society, she has nowhere to go but to her family, whether she likes it or not.
Leaving the home won't keep her daughters safe or give her peace of mind. Therefore,
Savitri goes back to Malgudi and to her home. She is quiet and thoughtful, and
she seems to be at peace with her life. Nothing changes. Ramani is happy that
his rebellious wife has finally learned her place, and continues to behave as
he always did. And Savitri continues to tolerate it.
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