Mahesh Elkunchwar’s play “Flowers of Blood” as Theatre of Absurd
Sai Prateek & Dr. Prem Prakash Pankaj
1Research Scholar, Department of English, Patna University
2Assistant Professor, Department of English, Patna
University
ABSTRACT
The play “Raktapushp” or Flower of Blood is
written by a Marathi writer Mahesh Elkunchwar will be analyzed in
this article. Evaluation of Mahesh Elkunchwar as a playwright of
“Theatre of Absurd” in context of Indian and Western context will be
looked into to understand the elements of Absurdity in the play
“Raktapushp” and the behavioral pattern of the characters in the
play will be evaluated based on the psychoanalysis theory especially
using the ideas proposed by Sigmund Freud in his work “Civilization
and its Discontents”. The plight of the characters, mainly focusing
on Padma, will be illustrated. Conclusion and the overall assumption
of the play will be established. Discursive and Qualitative analysis
of the play “Flowers of Blood” will be done.
Keywords: Absurdity, Culture, Psychoanalysis, Existentialism,
Civilization, Oedipal..
