Studies in English Language and Literature

What is the definition of ‘aside’? / What is ‘aside’? / How do you define ‘aside’? / What does ‘aside’ mean to you? Write down the gist of Nitin’s aside as found in Bravely Fought the Queen by Mahesh Dattani. We come to discern the occurrences of or the examples of ‘aside’ in a drama or in a play. An ‘aside’ is a remark made by a character in the play or in the drama. However, the remark is made to the audience but not to the other characters in that play. The other characters are unaware of what is said in an ‘aside’.             Through his aside, Nitin gives a vent to his homosexuality in the concluding part of the play. In the course of the play, we come to find that Nitin had a homosexual relationship with Praful, who was Alka’s brother and who has been called deceptive. Since Alka was a sound sleeper, Nitin took advantage of her weak point.         After all of the lights were extinguished, Nitin, lyi...

  Character portrait/Character/Character sketch of Sridhar in Bravely Fought the Queen by Mahesh Dattani In the drama named Bravely Fought the Queen by Mahesh Dattani, Sridhar is depicted as Lalitha’s responsible husband. He, a worker of the Trivedi brothers, remains busy at taking care of advertising for the Re Va Tee product. He is a sincere and hardworking person. Also, he is very efficient. In this play, Jiten Trivedi stays obstinate and does not pay any attention to the intellect of Sridhar. In this play, we come to know Jiten’s character pretty well, especially when he argues that their aim is to attract men but not women, since it is the men who have the purchasing power. In this context, we can discern and find the male domination in the advertising world. However, Sridhar cautions them of the possible hostile consequences of the existing advertisement, since he is a very liable employee. Again, as and when Sridhar utters, “This is professional suicide”, Jiten, in utmo...