subplot of Hayavadana
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Hayavadana, Karnad uses conventions of folk theatre. This play is about the search of identity in
the complex human relationships. It reveals friendship of two persons and their love towards a
woman. This play presents how all the characters become victims in the hands of fate. It is also a
search for completeness. Karnad exemplifies incompleteness in three levels (human, animal and
celestial) of creation in the world. Elephant headed Ganesha has human body, so even though he
is divine he does not have single complete form. Devadatta, Kapila and Padmini don’t possess
completeness even though there is transplantation. Even Hayavadana cannot become complete
man as he desires but becomes a complete horse. The present paper depicts how wonderfully the
playwright dramatizes the events and incidents in the lives of the characters to explore the search
for completeness.