SAKUNTALA VS. WESTERN PLAYS Unlike Western plays, there is no tradition of tragedy in India, and Kalidasa's plays always have happy endings. In Hinduism, everyone has an infinite number of chances to achieve enlightenment and liberation from the wheel of rebirth. A life that ends badly is only a prologue to another opportunity. Hence the basic premises on which tragedy is based are lacking. Just as ancient Greek drama was part of a religious ritual (…showed first 75 words of 1800 total…

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