Question

© Comment critically in the dramatic significance of the Ring episode in Abhijanashakuntala.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Based on that, there are a few possible answers

Explanation:

1. According to natyashastra an object or a symbol is introduced to invoke the external agency- the influence of fate (the lakshman rekha is another popular symbol)

2. The ring becomes a sink that assumes the negativity - while keeping the drama alive. If not for the ring, dushyant is a guy who forgot the woman he slept with.

3. The ring is a symbol of promise. It is a physical manifestion of resolve.

4. The ring is the sutradhar. The story without the ring is, rich guy sleeps with a woman, forgets, denies it when she claims she is bearing his child and does whatever he feels like. The ring forces the story to orbit in set patterns around the plot