The Thakurs Well

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The Thakur’s Well

By Premchand

Presented by: Shafa Mahroof (BEd-12-2020-14)


Outline of the lesson

About Premchand
What is caste?
Characters in the prose
Themes
End of the lesson shortnote
 Questions
WHO IS PREMCHAND?

Premchand was a
His works include
prolific writer of He is regarded as He used literature
more than a
Premchand is the Hindi and Urdu one of the for the purpose of
dozen novels ,
pen-name of literature and foremost arousing public
around 250 short
Dhanpat Rai translated various Hindustani awareness about
stories, several
Srivastav. works of English writers of early national and
essays and
into the 20st century. social issues 
translations.
vernacular.
WHAT IS CASTE?
caste
NOUN
1.each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative
degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status.
2."members of the lower castes" · the system of dividing society into castes.
3.any class or group of people who inherit exclusive privileges or are
perceived as socially distinct.
4."those educated in private schools belong to a privileged caste"
BRAHMINS

KSHATRIYAS

VAISHYAS

SUDRAS

UNTOUCHABLES
CHARACTERS
IN THE PROSE
GANGI

1. BRAVE, KINDHEARTED, LOVING


WOMAN WHO WAS WILLING TO
UNDERTAKE A RISK INORDER TO
QUENCH THE THIRST OF HER
HUSBAND.
2. IGNORANT AS SHE WAS UNAWARE
THAT BOILING WATER WOULD
MAKE IT SAFE TO DRINK.
CHARACTERS IN
THE PROSE
JOKHU
A SICK AND POOR MAN WHO
DRANK THE IMPURE WATER AS
HE COULDN’T BEAR THE THIRST.
A CARING HUSBAND AS HE
WARNS GANGI TO NOT FETCH
WATER FROM THE THAKUR’S
WELL AS SHE WILL HAVE TO FACE
SEVERE CONSEQUENCES.
CHARACTERS IN
THE PROSE
THAKUR
INHUMANE, HEARTLESS,
SELFISH, HYPOCRITICAL
LANDLORD WHO PROVIDED
WATER ONLY FOR THOSE WHO
BE;ONGED TO HIS CASTE AND A
MAN WHO ILL TREATED THE
PEOPLE OF THE LOWER CASTE.
THEMES
1.CASTE DISCRIMINATION

2.HYPOCRISY

3.MALE DOMINANCE/CHAUVINISM

4.GENDER DISCRIMINATION
End of the lesson shortnote
Name of the prose

Name of the writer

Character traits 1.
2.
3.
Themes 1.
2.
3.
4.
Messages 1.

Literary devices 1.
2.
QUESTIONS
1. Why was Gangi unable to get water from anywhere when the story
opens?

2. What did she plan to do, in order to assuage Jokhu’s thirst?

3.What were the two women who came to the well taking about?
What does this show?

4. What happened when the Thakur’s door opened suddenly?

5.Why does Premchand use the title, ‘The Thakur’s Well’ for his
story, and how is this the best title he could have employed?
ESSAY QUESTION
 HOW DOES THIS PROSE BRING OUT THE ISSUES OF
SOCIAL INJUSTICE AND CRUELTY? (10 MARKS)
REFERENCES

o Oxford dictionary
o Sparknotes.com
o poem and prose – textbook
o www.Britannica.com (Premchand | Indian author | Britannica)
o Scribd.com (
The Thakur's Well - Premchand | Dalit | Caste (scribd.com))

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