Patriarchy
PATRIARCHY
Patriarchy is a social system in which males are the primary authority figures central to social organization, occupying roles of political leadership, moral authority, and control of property. It implies the institutions of male rule and privilege, and entails female subordination.
Silence! The Court Is in Session originally titled Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe is a Marathi play written by playwright Vijay Tendulkar. In this play we find a group of teachers who were planning to stage a play in a village. One of the members of the cast does not turn up. A local stagehand was asked to replace him. A rehearsal was arranged and a mock trial was staged to make him understand the court procedure. A mock charge of infanticide was leveled against Miss Benare one of the members of the cast. Then the pretend-play suddenly turned into an accusatory game and it emerged from the witness that Miss Benare killed an out-of-wedlock child by Prof. Damle, the missing member of the cast.
In Silence! The Court Is in Session; Vijay Tendulkar represents the futile struggle of a woman in the male-dominated society of post-independence India. He exposes the hypocrisy of the male chauvinists and severely attacks the sham moral standards of the so-called civilized society. Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence is a critique of patriarchal values and institutions and shows how law operates as an instrument in silencing the voice of woman. The word ‘silence’ in the title has different levels of significations. Literally is means the judge’s order for maintaining silence in the court-room but metaphorically it implies legally silencing the weaker sex’s plea for justice.
The co-actors of Benare deliberately choose her as the accused in the imaginary trial. They forget the privacy of Benare’s life and continually attack below the belt. She is being accused of a grave socio-moral charge—infanticide. She is also accused of trying to seduce every male member of the group into marriage. She is
Patriarchy is a social system in which males are the primary authority figures central to social organization, occupying roles of political leadership, moral authority, and control of property. It implies the institutions of male rule and privilege, and entails female subordination.
Silence! The Court Is in Session originally titled Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe is a Marathi play written by playwright Vijay Tendulkar. In this play we find a group of teachers who were planning to stage a play in a village. One of the members of the cast does not turn up. A local stagehand was asked to replace him. A rehearsal was arranged and a mock trial was staged to make him understand the court procedure. A mock charge of infanticide was leveled against Miss Benare one of the members of the cast. Then the pretend-play suddenly turned into an accusatory game and it emerged from the witness that Miss Benare killed an out-of-wedlock child by Prof. Damle, the missing member of the cast.
In Silence! The Court Is in Session; Vijay Tendulkar represents the futile struggle of a woman in the male-dominated society of post-independence India. He exposes the hypocrisy of the male chauvinists and severely attacks the sham moral standards of the so-called civilized society. Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence is a critique of patriarchal values and institutions and shows how law operates as an instrument in silencing the voice of woman. The word ‘silence’ in the title has different levels of significations. Literally is means the judge’s order for maintaining silence in the court-room but metaphorically it implies legally silencing the weaker sex’s plea for justice.
The co-actors of Benare deliberately choose her as the accused in the imaginary trial. They forget the privacy of Benare’s life and continually attack below the belt. She is being accused of a grave socio-moral charge—infanticide. She is also accused of trying to seduce every male member of the group into marriage. She is