WEEK12: NAGA-MANDALA
Naga-Mandala

Week #12

You can't depend
on your eyes
when your imagination is
out of focus.

Mark Twain


  1. Why is it significant that the play begins in a ruined temple?

  2. What is the significance in the man telling us that if he falls asleep, he will die?

  3. What is the significance of the "naked lamp fumes?

  4. What do the flames gossip about? What are the implications of their gossip?

  5. What do the references to Rani sleeping between her mother and father mean?

  6. What's the significance of Kurudavva saying that Rani's husband has "got himself a bride--and he still goes after that harlot?"

  7. What's the significance of the blind woman and her son?

  8. The blind woman's son is called the dark one. Why is this significant?

  9. Rani tries to follow through with her directions concerning the "root" aphrodisiac. But ultimately things don't go as planned, and she ultmately dumps the root paste into the ant hill. What is the significance of the fact that things don't go as planned?

  10. What is the significance that the root paste turns blood red?

  11. What is the significance of the bird imagery in the play?

  12. What is the significance that Naga is not excited about the news of the pregnancy?

  13. What is the significance that at the end of the play Rani notices that Naga's heart is "fluttering like a bird ambushed in a net?"

  14. What is the significance that several times Rani is urged not to question things. Isn't this counterproductive to improving her situation?

  15. In her mirror, she actually sees Naga in the form of a snake. What is the significance of this?

  16. What is the significance that several times the husband is compared, either directly or indirectly, to a snake.

  17. How is hair used as a major symbol in this play?

  18. What is the significance that the blind woman's boy at the end of the story disappears?

  19. So what is the ultimate point of the play?

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