The Bull by Bhimnidhi Tiwari (Themes, Summary, Analysis and Interpretation)- NEB Grade 12- English


Bhimnidhi Tiwari (1911-1973) is a well-known poet, story writer, and dramatist from Nepal. An ardent social reformer, Tiwari established Nepal Natak Sangh (Nepal Drama Society) in 1949. Through this organization, he promoted the Nepali plays by staging plays and encouraging the Nepali writers to write plays. In order to sustain this organization, he also wrote plays like Matoko Maya, Shilanyas, and Sahansheela Sushila, among others. Tiwari won Madan Puraskar for literature in 1970.

Characters

Ranabahadur Shah- The king, 23 years

Laxminarayan Dahal (Jaisi)- Subedar with Samarjug Company, bichari of the Ita Chapali court, and bull doctor, around 40 years

Jitman- Cowherd

Gore- Cowherd

Setting

Place- Yard

Time- Dawn

Month- Ashwin (V.S. 1854)

The Play

It was the late eighteenth century. Ranabahadur Shah, the grandson of Prithvi Narayan Shah, was the king of Nepal. Ranabahadur Shah was fond of bulls. In his one-act play “The Bull,” Bhimnidhi Tiwari dramatizes an incident related to Ranabahadur Shah’s craze for bulls to make a biting satire on the feudal system, which dehumanizes human beings to such an extent that their existence depends on their deferential treatment towards the four-footed animals like bulls.

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