RESUSCITATION OF LOVE AND INTERACTION OF MUSICIN VIKRAM SETH’S AN EQUAL MUSIC

Abstract

This paper attempt to examine reciprocations of music and love inVikram Seth’s An Equal Music. This is a novel about music and how the love of music can run like a passion through life. Seth in An Equal Music chooses Michael and Julia to carry out the main plotelusive search for music. The countries Venice and Vienna, the players of the Maggoire Quartet, Mrs. Formby and other characters contribute in carrying out the story in a lively and appealing way: Inquisitiveness and curiosity arises while going through the novel. Michael and Julia are the dynamic characters, who are complex and regular in existence. They can be
termed as thematic character also as they bring out the theme of music superior to the theme of love.An Equal Music denotes the spirituality of music, its significance and influence in one’s life. The title is appropriate as at the end of the novel music is equal to both - Michael and Julia; since Julia’s impairment of hearing cuts her off from the music world, is unable to hear the sweet voice of the nightingales but she possesses the power to feel the music. Thus, she is equal to those who can hear and her music is equal to other musicians. It was this passion for music which united both Michael and Julia for some time and its spiritual power helped them to take the correct decisions in their lives. An Equal Music also signifies that music is for all the creatures of God.