ANALYSIS OF RAIN BY WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM IN TERMS OF POST-COLONIAL TERMS

This study dealt with the analysis of a short story, Rain by William Somerset Maugham in
terms of post-colonial terms or elements. Before the analysis, the writer of the book was
introduced and then the plot was explained so as to make readers familiar with the short
story. In the analysis section, post-colonial elements or related terms such as missionary,
colonial authority, the state of being subaltern, Manichean allegory, mimicry, ambivalence,
surveillance, imperial hegemony, hybridity, essentialism, monolithic culture, alienation,
dislocation, misuse of power, gender difference were analyzed from some of the excerpts to
see how strong these concepts affect the course of the fiction. The study also aimed showing
the implementation of the post colonial terms or elements in such stories especially for
students of language & literature departments or related departments to understand their
use.