Representation of Class Struggle in Samrat Upadhyay's The Royal Ghosts

Abstract

The present research entitled “Representation of Class Struggle in SamratUpadhyay'sthe Royal Ghosts” tries to include the inclusion of middle as well as lower class people and exploitation of their innate psychological realities. The novel focuses on the ongoing realities of Nepalese society. It includes different stories from various fields, issues on social problems that are associated to child marriage, polygamy, exploitation over others, status of widows and workers, discrimination against women in the society. Multiethnic, socio-cultural and religious context represent conflicts and struggles with one another among various characters. The novel tactfully handles the stories during a decade long Civil War wages by Maoist where the working class people have to bear overburden of themselves and their family and they have to face the torture, pains and suffering given by the rich people, which reflects the notion of class struggles in the name of haves and have not’s. Novel also reflects the social, political and psychological impact of war on people and deep rooted problems of ills and evils of the conventional society. Similarly, the sign and symbols of conflicts, among the characters indicate the notion of class struggle.