Analysis Of Kamala Das s Projection Of Self Essay

Tension and Moral Dilemma occupies an important place, position and appears to be the kernel of Kamala Das’s poetry. Kamala Das’s projection of self is the projection of tension and dilemma in her life. Her projection is biological, psychological, philosophical, confessional, self-expressive, self-recordative, self-explorative and self-realised. Her autobiography â€Å"My Story† is clearly projected in her poems and she is exception to others. Her tension of life and symbioses of opposites form the nucleus, forte and fulcrum of her autobiography. DISCUSSION A mental state, tension is a psychic affair. It is a kind of duality (double-consciousness), uncertainty, schism and split in mind. Similarly, dilemma is a psychological concept of one’s mind. It is a state of indecisiveness what to do and what not to do a Hamletian to be or not to be. It is a sort of qualm, query, monotony, inner agitation and ambivalent attitude. In other words, Kamala Das’s tension and moral dilemma is not only found in her poetry but also in her novels, prose pieces and autobiography in different stages of her life. The real source of creative tension and dilemma in her poetry is between her pervasive philosophic preoccupation and an insistent awareness of the ties stemming from the surrounding milieu. Her problem of tension and dilemma is due to the dissonance and discrepancies of her present background and her own personal life or private self. Apart from this, her tension and dilemma lies in quest