2019 Year 12 IB Extended Essays

simultaneously serve as a sociology class. While cultivating what is there in reality, they discover what is oppression, who is the oppressor, how do the oppressed think; they are either submissive or they want to protest.

4. Performance Analysis of ‘Khelar Ghar’ The plot of “Khelar Ghar/ A Doll’s House” revolves around a troubled housewife Aparajita (Apa) who conceals a secret financial burden from her idealistic and morally righteous husband Himobonoto (Himbo), who earns a modest income as a high-school teacher. Whilst raising her two kids, and working long hours as a seamstress, Apa constantly worries about a secret loan she borrowed earlier in their relationship, to cover hospital bills when her husband was extremely sick. In the dire situation, nobody trustworthy including her own father was able to help, except Bidyut, a perceived immoral man who works as headmaster at the same school that Himobonoto teaches. To avoid displeasing her husband, she lies about the identity of the loaner, claiming her Dad took care of the bills owed. Unfortunately, Apa is blackmailed by Bidyut when Himobonoto is promoted as headmaster at the expense of Bidyut's demotion. Bidyut threatens to expose Aparajita, revealing she forged the signature of her father who acted as trustee of the loan. Reluctantly, Bidyut threatens to destabilise her relationship by revealing the story to her husband if she is unable to convince Himobonoto to not terminate his employment. Apa fails miserably in vouching for Bidyut however and he eventually mails a letter to Himobonoto, revealing all - the loan, the forgery and the court papers he will file against the couple unless he is reemployed. Himobonoto furious blames Apa, accuses her of deceit and betrayal and demands she never sees the children again lest she poisons their minds. "Your sin has swallowed my whole life!" He

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