ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Plot summary Savitri has three children Kamala, Babu and Sumati. Savitri would flee to her dark room when she could not tolerate the pangs of intolerance and maltreatment meted out to her unfairly. She discovers sadly that her husband is having an affair with another woman.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Dark Room Summary The Dark Room, Narayan’s third novel, was published in 1938. Critics do not rate it very high.

Detailed explanation-3: -The central character or protagonist of this story, The Dark Room is Savitri, married to Ramani. R. K. Narayan portrays that being a submissive housewife she gives birth to three children. Her husband always dominates her and whenever his tortures become unbearable to her she retires in a dark room in their house.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Dark Room (1938) presents the struggle of a sensitive woman, Savitri struggling to come into terms with her predicament as the wife of an adulterous husband after having married for fifteen years. Savitri has received nothing from her husband Ramani except rebukes and abuses. He treats the children similarly.