Broken Images (Girish Karnad)
CBSE · Class 12 · English
Summary of Broken Images (Girish Karnad) for CBSE Class 12 English. Key concepts, important points, and chapter overview.
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Overview
Broken Images is a monodrama that uses a television studio setting and a live confrontation between Manjula Nayak and her own televised Image. The play explores bilingual writing, public identity, private truth, family sacrifice, and the uneasy gap between appearance and reality. Through sharp dialo
Key Concepts
The play centres on a single
The play centres on a single live character, Manjula, who interacts with her televised Image after the broadcast ends. The Image behaves like an indep
Manjula is a Kannada writer who
Manjula is a Kannada writer who unexpectedly writes her first novel in English. She explains that the novel came out in English naturally, not by deli
Manjula's novel becomes a worldwide bestseller
Manjula's novel becomes a worldwide bestseller, but her success also brings criticism from intellectuals who accuse Indian English writers of dishones
Malini
Malini, Manjula's younger sister, had meningomyelocele, lived in a wheelchair all her life, and became the emotional centre of Manjula's life after th
Manjula compares herself with Malini
Manjula compares herself with Malini and admits that Malini received more attention and care. The play shows how family love, illness, and sacrifice s
Learning Objectives
- Understand the central conflict between Manjula Nayak and her Image.
- Recognize the themes of bilingualism, identity, memory, and self-deception.
- Explain how Malini shapes Manjula's emotional life and creative work.
- Describe the role of Pramod, Lucy, and the televised broadcast in the plot.
- Identify how the play uses irony, satire, and dramatic monologue to question public performance and private truth.
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