eklavya as a tragic hero

M.K.BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY

Name : Bhumi V Joshi.

Roll No : 3Enrollment N0:PG 14101020

Paper No :4 Indian Writing In EnglishTopic : Eklavya: as a tragic hero.

Submitted To : Department Of English

What kind of character is tragic hero ?

Aristotle agrees with the condition of – “Rather Good Man” as ideal tragic hero who comes to bad end with an ideal situations.

•Nishadha boy who belong to Bhal community.•Son of Vyatraj Harinyadhary.•Aimbition to be the best archer .

Guru Drona’s refusal to Eklavya:

1. Guru Drona teaches only to princes“ Indian caste & creed system where a talented person is not equally seen.”

2. Though he has impersonal Purpose to learn archery & has also quality but he can’t because of his belonging.

3. Guru promise Arjuna that he becomes him the best Archer of the world.( Partiality)

Fast learner than Arjuna.

Even though ,he learns himself he embarked upon a programme of self –study in presence of clay image of Guru Drona.

He achieves a level of superiority in archery than Arjuna.

He has no hunger of fame but his aim was the welfare of helpless fawns residing in forest.

In short , he has noble purpose to learn archery.

Seeing his Guru’s dilemma, Eklavya willingly gives his ‘Right Hand Thumb’ as Daxina to Guru Drona.He has to pay fee because of his aimbition to learn archery. He becomes a ‘Scapegoat’ of dominated of caste hierarchy.

Though he has quality he becomes helpless character in whole play.

Belonging to the lower class he becomes victim of domain society.

The loyal Eklavya cripples himself, and he himself reducing his ability as in archer.

Eklavya faces all the problems and comes out with flying colors and emerge as the tragic hero of the play – ‘ The Purpose’

Because of his own Error of judgement , he becomes the tragic hero of the play.

Because of his sacrifices

Arjuna becomes the

best archer of the world.

Only because of his own Error Of Judgment,he suffers a lot .Taking suddenly decision to give Daxina leads him his tragic end because no one can take his responsibilities to save his innocence animal niether Guru Drona nor Arjuna.

Being a common man Eklavya suffers a lot . He faces all problems and comes out with flying color and emerges as the tragic hero of the play: “ The Purpose” by T.P. Kailasam.