Name :- Pritiba B. Gohil 

Roll No. :- 23 

Course No. 4/A :- Indian Writing in English Pre - Independence

 Presentation Topic :- Significance Of The Title “The Purpose”

Enrolment No :- PG 14101016  

M.A. English Semester - 1Batch Year :- 2014 - 2016

 Submitted to :-

Department of EnglishMaharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar

University

“The Purpose” Play By T.P.Kailasam :-

About T. P. Kailasam :-• His full name is Thyagaraja Paramasiva Kailasam.• Born on 29 July 1884 at Bangalore, India.• Died in 1946 at Bangalore, India.

His Famous Works :-• Plays :-• Fulfilment• Purpose• The Brahmin's Curse• The Burden

What is “The Purpose” :-

Here we can take about Three

different “Purposes”

Purpose of T.P.Kailasam.

Purpose of Arjuna

Purpose of Eklavya

Different Purposes of two Characters :-

Arjuna :-

Yes, Taataajee! Why, I shall HAVE to remember it, as it is my personal ambition to be the most famous archer of all time!

Ekalavya :-

“I HAVE TRIED HARD EVER SO HARD, SIR, TO LEARN BY MYSELF….BUT IT DOES SEEM NOT POSSIBLE, SIR, TO LEARN ALL BY ONE’S OWN SELF!”

Purpose of Arjuna for learning Archery :- Arjuna :-“Yes,

Taataajee! Why, I

shall HAVE to remember it, as it is my

personal ambition to be the

most famous

archer of all

time!” 

After we listening

Arjuna’s this dialogue we can say that in this play

Arjuna is very self centered person in this

play and throughout the play. We can say that he has the

aim to become world’s

number one archer. He is gentle, too. It can be seen when Arjun's

takes with Bheeshma.

Arjuna called his aim as

“own longing”. In

the very young age his aim was very

personal.

• After this we can say that Arjuna’s purpose for learning archery is very personal. Arjuna’s aim in his life that he only wanted to be the best archer of this world by hook or by crook means from one way or by another way but he want to become best archer of this world.

Purpose of Eklavya for learning Archery :- • Eklavya is the Protagonist of

this play “ The Purpose ”. He is a Nishada boy. He also wants to become the best archer of the world. He always speaks whatever he thinks to be true. He had great esteem. He really likes the technique of Guru Dronacharya but he also recognized Arjuna as his companion.

• He also wants to learn archery from Guru Dronacharya.

Comparison between Arjuna and Eklavya :- • The similarity between both

the characters is that both want to become the world’s best archer.

• Though the aim is same, the purpose for it is different. Arjuna has the personal purpose and Ekalavya’s purpose is to save the animals.

• So, we can say here that this all the things are about “The Purpose” or based on the “The Purpose” that how the purpose is differs from each other.

• So, here we can say that the title of this play is appropriate and well chosen by the playwright of this play.

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