Question

1.Analyse the character of Rabbu in Lihaaf.(within 700 words 20 marks).
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Answer 1

Answer:

The character of "Rabbu" in "Lihaaf" is as below:

Explanation:

• Although not particularly attractive, the servant girl Rabbu is quite skilled with her hands. The narrator discovers that Begum Jan has many secrets, despite her earlier devotion and love for her, when her mother leaves her at Begum Jan's home.
• The author uses a child narrator to cover the vulgarity of the story, yet reveals issues of marriage, sexuality and patriarchy. Lihaaf means quilt.
• It was the figure made under the quilt in the night, which the child storyteller describes, which she did not know the meaning of.
• So, by using a child narrator, the author covered obscenity, yet presented taboo subjects, just as Lihaaf covered truth and reality.

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