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When Olivia left the Hospital,she felt relieved and knew that she can’t return to either the Nawab not to Douglas. Both expected the baby to be their own and both would be to disappointed in her. Besides the struggle for which man she should decide on, was to much for her. For her it would be the best, if she returns to England and started a new life.
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-Olivia first met the Nawab in his palace–>special meening because she was bored and the dinner was her first event in India (p.19)
-Olivia felt that he put more interest in her than in the other guests–>liked how he looked at her
-She likes to be seen as an attractive woman–>he gave her the interest she was used to (pp.20-22)
-She liked how he ruled the room–>fascinated because he was the master
-Olivia knew that the Nawab would come to visit her–>gave her a better feeling, dressed up for him
-After his visit she was happy (not like usual in tears) (p.23)
-Visit the Begum–> Olivia’s only interest was if they would meet the Nawab, too
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What do we know of Olivias’s life after her elopement? (pp.154-165)
The reader only gets to know a few information about Olivia’s life after the elopement. After leaving the hospital, she went to the palace and since then nobody ever heard a singel word from her. The narrator only can tell things that she read in the letters to Marcia (which were not that detailed as they used to be) or what her relatives and Harry told her. The only information which is given, is that the Nawab bought a house in the mountains, where she stayed for the rest of her life. Olivia never returned to England.
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Describe the narrator’s feelings about beeing pregnant (pp.127-143)
The narrator’s reaction on the news of her own pregnancy is unusual, because first of all she is more impressed by the fact that Maji already knows that she is pregnant than about how she is going to be a mother. But somehow she seems to already have made her decision to have the baby because she is denying Maji’s suggestion of an abortion. The following sentence makes it clear how she feels about having a baby:
“Then my sensations were mainly of amusement and interest , so that I went skipping in and out of puddles, laughing to myself when I trod in them and got splashed.” (p.129 ll.12-15)
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Examine Harry’s character and role at this point of the novel (pp.97-99)
Harry plays an important role at this point of the novel. Because of him the reader gets a more critical view of the Nawab. He is the one who told Olivia that it is not right to continue the meetings with the Indian prince, without Douglas knowing it. Besides, he claims, it is strange that Olivia never got to meet the Begum although she is a very significant person in the Nawab’s life. That is something like a hint to the fact that he might not have the same serious feelings for her, as she has for him. Harry, although a very good friend of the Nawab, sees their relationship as a instrument of the Nawab’s to get back on the British for interferring in his affairs.
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10 March : Write a description of Inder Lal’s wife
Inder Lal’s wife, named Ritu is a very shy person. She barely talks to anyone and her appearence seems to be weak,too. The narrator has the impression that her will is not that strong and that she might be the kind of person who gives in very quickly. Sometimes she tries to overcome herself and visits the narrator but after some minutes she shies away again.
In one night when it got too hot to sleep indoors, the narrator witnessed Ritu having an epileptic seizure.
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Analyse Olivia’s feelings in the graveyard (pp.29-39)
Olivia always has been affected by graveyards. She likes walking around and reading the inscriptions. It is something that she had done in England and might be something that reminds her of home. The graveyard is a place of peace and calmness for her in which she can retire. At the same time, it reminds her of the bad circumstances of having a baby in India because of the medical accommodations. She is afraid that she could experience the same as Mrs. Saunders did or that she could die while giving birth to her baby.
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-live in good living conditions
-big houses with several servants (Indians)
-husbands of families work for administratons
-are in contact with higher Indian society, not with „normal Indians“
-typicall old British values –> polite, distinguished
-women don’t speak the Indian language because they stay among themselves
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The first two pages of the novel „Heat&Dust“, written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, can be seen as an introduction. It gives a great deal of information about the characters, their relationships towards each other, and also an overview about the plot. In „Heat&Dust“ the narrator, a young woman (name unknown), explains how she is connected to the protagonist, Olivia Rivers, who was the first wife of the narrator’s grandfather, Douglas Rivers. He was a British offcial during the times of colonialism in India. Olivia always has been a forbidden topic in the family, because she eloped with an Indian prince. The narrator’s grandmother, Tessie, Douglas second wife, and her sister, Beth Crawford, began to talk about the behaviourof Olivia in their old years. That is how the narrator got to know her story in the first place, later on she was given more information by Harry, a friend of the Nawab, who lived in India while Douglas and Olivia were stationed in Satipur. He also gave letters to her, which Olivia wrote to her sister. Marcia, during her affair. The narrator , curious to know more about her grandfather’s first wife and her story, sets off to India in search for her family’s roots.
