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“Those who are deeply attached sometimes deliberately present a rough exterior to each other and that is also one way of enjoying the married state. Some wives in this world show their deepest love only by nagging, and the husbands also enjoy putting on air of being victims” Keeping the above extract in mind, describe the relationship between Captain and his wife in the novel ‘A Tiger for Malgudi’. |
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Answer» • Captain’s relationship with his wife remains tense as both are attracted by their own interests • Captain was deeply concerned with the promotion of his circus and its animals • The wife was tired of blindly following the wishes of captain in her role of acrobat • Opposition of taste often resulted in heated arguments between the husband and wife • Narayan downplays the petty domestic feuds between husband and wife as a token of their personalized love • Same wife after the tragic end of Captain commits suicide as both were unable to live without each other though they complain of their misunderstandings |
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