Gender Based Violence in the Plays of Poile Sengupta

Abstract

The present research paper is a critical and comprehensive study of the popular plays of Poile Sengupta. In her plays, she highlights various problems related to women who are subjugated and oppressed in the male dominated society. Through her plays, Poile Sengupta dramatizes several types of violence that are inflicted on female body. Violence is used as a tool of subordination to control mobility and free will women in the society. She reveals how women are exploited, tortured and victimized in the system of patriarchy. The main purpose of Poile Sengupta is to provide an insight to audience or readers and associate them with the reality of modern society where justice, equality, liberty and unity have no place at all. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the plays of Poile Sengupta. In this paper the attempt has been made to explore the patterns of violence dramatize in the plays of Poile Sengupta. It has also been investigated that violence is a mechanism to impose male authority on female body. This research paper is a profound study of several types of violence that are prevalent everywhere in the society.

Keywords- Violence, Discrimination, Gender, Women, Resistance, Exploitation, Patriarchy.