discuss the themes of deception, revenge, and irony of the life in AN ASTROLOGERS DAY
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In the story of An Astrologers Day, there are various themes discussed.
The theme of irony of life is discussed in a way that a character, Guru Nayak comes to this astrologer seeking some answers.
Those answers revolve around the question that, "who is the man who tried to kill him?".
The irony lies in the fact that this astrologer is the very same man, who Guru Nayak is looking for.
Another theme is discussed of deception This theme is shown in the story when the character traits of the astrologer are described. How this happens is through the way that the astrologer pretends to be a credible, learned astrologer which is why people come to him seeking answers. But he is actually not learned. He doesn't know much about astrology and instead pretends to know about it, this shows that he is deceiving his audience.
And theme of revenge is seen when one character is looking for the man who tried to kill him, in order to seek revenge from him.
Explanation:
Explanation:
The main themes of R.K. Narayan’s ‘An astrologer’s Day’ is deception, revenge, and irony.
The astrologer is not a real astrologer and knows nothing of astrology. He merely wears a saffron robe and sacred ash and deceives people that he has religious knowledge. His speech and predictions are laced with religious and astrological jargon, that he has picked up all through his deceitful life.
The irony is that the astrologer has put on this facade of an astrologer to escape from the alleged crime he had earlier committed in his village. He had assaulted Guru Nayak, whom the astrologer thought he had killed. He ran away from his village years back to escape being caught.
The irony is that Guru Nayak himself comes to the astrologer asking for the whereabouts of the person who had assaulted him. The astrologer has gone beyond any retribution and so tells him that the man he is searching for is dead.
With this, the astrologer seals any chance he had for reforming himself and starting to live a new true life. Instead, he chooses to deceive and make people believe in him as a religious person. This is the irony.
He has ceased to feel guilty at all.
Guru Nayak although, revengeful, at least is honest and does not hide his intentions. To that extent, he is a better person than the astrologer.
Thus, these themes are unraveled in the story.