Analysis Of Vikatanitamba

With Egyptian woman being of one aspect of a multi-dimensional look at woman of the ancient times, woman who wrote classical literature in India also played an important part in providing future generations with stories and poems that were skillfully explained with suggestions, compared to the graphic descriptions that were seen in Ancient Egyptian love poems. One of the ancient Indian authors who perfected this technique is Vikatanitamba. Even though Vikatanitamba is similar in evoking passion within her poems, like the ancient Egyptians, she shows her able show her multi-dimensionality, but discretely. One poem where this was skill was shown was “As he came to bed”. Within the first line, she is able to subtly explain her dress falling off

Secondly, to conclude her poem, she describes her sense of euphoria when she in the arms of her lover with the line “but when within his arms, I can’t remember who he was or who I was, or what we did or how.” (Vikatanitamba 572). Vikatanitamba’s multi-dimensionality is demonstrated by the gracefulness of her subdued lyrics. Along with the erotic tone that is created, she shows the ability to explain her true yearnings for her man, but in a form that is completely opposite of ancient Egyptians. Despite the simplicity of her poems Vikatanitamba is able to provide a complete story of her love in an elegant fashion. Indian Sanskrit writer Vidya displays her multi-dimensionality in ways similar to Vikatanitamba. Vidya shows the same subtleness in her literature that Viktanaitamba uses to avoid graphic sexual descriptions, but she differs in her sense of multi-dimensionality with her technique of dhavni in the poem “Good neighbor wife, I beg you.” In the line, “Good neighbor wife, I beg you / keep your eye upon my house a moment; the baby’s father hates to drink from the

But, most of the traits that help provide the multi-dimensionality of these particular woman are that of leadership or intelligence. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for Persian literary pieces such as The Thousand and One Nights and Conference of the birds. With these two poems the woman are portrayed as multi-dimensional but in a very negative light. In The Conference of Bird’s the Sheikh Sam’an is considered to be a holy man, who spent his life in Mecca. Despite being a devout Suffi, he finds himself in a dream that alters the course of his life and causes him to deviate from his faith. Within this dream he realizes that he is not in the heart of Islam, but in Rome, the center of Christianity. Once he wakes up he has a compelling desire the sco go to Rome, where his fortunes turn for the worst. While in Rome, the Sheik meets a beautiful Christian woman who is displayed as being multi-dimensional, but in a negative way. The lines, “There sat a Christian girl who knew the secrets of her faith’s theology…In beauty’s mansion she like a sun/ that never set…” shows the Sheik saw a beautiful woman who’s beauty was everlasting, and thought because she was a Christian, she hid secrets due to her religion. (Farid Ud- Din 34,35,38,39 ). Next the Sheik displays a multi-dimensional aspect of the woman in the form of cunning, and devious