Human Nature In Munshi Premchand's 'Kafan'

Summer Project

On

Real presentation of Human Nature in Munshi Premchan’s

“Kafan”

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for Award of Degree of

Bachelor of Arts (Hons. English)

Submitted By: Submitted to Nikita Chaudhary Ms. Shaily Dabra

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Research Objective

To explore and observe the themes of Munshi Premchand’s ‘Kafan’. Focusing mainly on the theme of Realistic presentation of the early 20th century Indian society. The project will also through some light upon the social norms mentioned in Kafan, sicoal inequality and human suffering.

Although the society saw gheesu as a stealing, lying slacker, but he depicts tones of gray to me. There have been depictions of Gheesu stealing potatoes and beans from villagers to eat, but never did he steal any valuables. He stole for his bare survival. He doesn’t works because he knows suffering was inevitable at that time. He mourns his daughter in law, but drinks off her shroud’s money, and then inturn gives away the leftover food to a hungry beggar. The same food he could’ve kept for the next day.

‘If she’s to die, why’s she lingering? What’s the point in seeing?’

Gheesu is a character which is beyond classification into white and black. Life has painted so many colors into him that he’s a perfect epitome to life itself. Gheesu had lived out sixty years of his life in this sky-like freedom, and Madho, like a good son, was following in his footsteps, or rather outshining his