Write a critical summary of the play sacrifice by tagore
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Summary of the Sacrifice
Sacrifice play by Tagore relies on the tradition of worshipping the Hindu goddess Kali, once a poor, lady named Aparna complained to the King of Tripura, that one amongst her goats was taken by force for sacrificing. The king(Govinda) asked (Jaisimha), the son of (Raghupati) Priest of the temple to understand the explanation for having taken it. When Aparna knew that the goat had already been sacrificed, she cried with a shock. Seeing her in such a tragic condition, the choice to prevent the tradition of sacrificing. Raghupati protest against the king's order and his fury urged jaisimha whom he had mentioned from childhood and whom he loves, to kill the king for the sake of the god, Jaisimha offers himself to save the king.
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'Sacrifice' is the Rabindranath Tagore play conveyed the message of kindness as well as love to prevent unwanted sacrifice of living beings in the name of religion.
The faith of priest was shattered as he failed in his attempts to sacrifice either the king or the little boy but instead his dearest Jaising was killed.
Tagore’s relationship on the Indian Independence movement was complex.