Question

Short note of benare charecter

Answer 1

• Leela Benare is a talented young school teacher in her mid 30s.

• While she is clever, she is also manipulative and sly at times.

• At the same time, she is frank, rebellious, sociable, extrovert, and assertive.

• She is very dedicated to her profession and works hard for the upliftment of her students without deviating from her duties.

• This makes her extremely popular among the students, while earning the jealousy of the management and her colleagues.

• Benare questions the management’s desire to mix her profession with her personal life.

• She pays a heavy price for this.

• Leela has always been betrayed in love. This is one reason she has always been a spinster.

• She is also a member of an amateur dramatic troupe based in Bombay known as the Sonar Meticulous Tenement Progressive Association.

• Some jealous colleagues in the troupe suspect her of having a relationship with Prof. Damle of the same troupe.

• To know the true facts, they enact a drama with a mock trial that unfolds her past and reveals that she is an unwed mother.

• However, she is determined to give her baby a home and security and also a father’s protection.

• For this, she approaches many people but is turned down.

• Finally, the court declares that she has committed a grave sign by embracing motherhood without marriage.

Answer 2

Answer:

The play's protagonist, Leela Benare is an unmarried teacher in her early thirties and a member of the cast of the Living Courtroom. Benare has been carrying on an affair with Professor Damle, another member of the cast; after she became pregnant, however, he cut her off.