(i) Manjula’s resentment towards her sister is distinctly laced in the statement mentioned above. Although she tries to convince the audience of her love for her sister and portrays her sister as a helpless victim of her physical disabilities, yet her statement indicates that she resents her sister’s wit and intellect and all the attention that she received. She is clearly jealous of her sister.
(ii) The statement mentioned above creates a premise for the latter part of the play. Manjula tries portraying her sister as the dependent one living in her shadows always securing the attention of her family because of her disabilities, to her on-screen audience, but the reality is quite the opposite. It was Manjula who had spent almost her entire life in her sister’s shadow, delving deep in resentment. Her sister received all the attention for her wit and intellect and not for her disabilities, a fact that is unfolded gradually and which she purposefully misrepresented to her audience. Thus, the statement serves as foreshadowing to the events that would be unfolded later in the play.