Muniyakka: A Portrait of Dialogical Soliloquy

Abstract

This research paper attempts to trace the concept of Soliloquy in the short story "Muniyakka" written by the Indian writer Lakshmi Kannan. She is the central figure in the story who is an old deprived woman, does all menial jobs in some rich people’s houses as maid. She is turned away by her three sons and lost her husband. On doing these works, she always speaks to herself not bothering about others. It shows her inner thoughts and feelings. Soliloquy is the act of talking to oneself. Muniyakka is one sort of character in terms of soliloquy.