Themes of “A TRUE PRINCESS” BY MUNEEZA SHAMSIE
Themes of “A TRUE PRINCESS” BY MUNEEZA SHAMSIE A True Princess is a very unique story by Muneeza Shamsie which has been written in the backdrop of Partition. After analyzing the story, following themes have been found. 1. JEALOUSY is a dominant theme which may be observed in whole story. This theme has been discussed through the characters of Suraya with sister and with Aalia, and Jealousy of Second wife of Nawab with Amma Huzor Textual Reference “ Soraya's elder sister, Saphia, had looked a lot like their mother, everyone said. Soraya didn't agree. Saphia's eyes had been brown; her short hair wavy, not curly; her features more finely chiselled. Of course Soraya was dark and not in the least beautiful. At thirty thr...