THE MARABAR CAVES: THEIR IMPLICATIONS IN THE ENCOUNTER IMPASSE BETWEEN WEST AND EAST

The Marabar caves of Chandrapore constitute the central part of E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India where the entire events revolve around them. The presence of the caves in the first section, then the setting of the second section, and finally most part of section three refers to their powerful significance in the structure of the narrative. E. M. Forester utilizes the tragic event in the caves to cast light on the impossibility of establishing friendship between East and West as long as India suffers from the British colonization. Forster accentuates this fact in the disastrous end of theMarabar caves’ expedition which Aziz plans for Mrs. Moore and Adela Quested to see the real India.