g means to symbol the bond of love and marriage that keeps them together but, when she loses the ring, it becomes the only thing keeping them apart. When the curse is put on King Dusyanta, he is unable to recognize Sakuntala until he sees the ring. Priyamvada says, "He [Durvasas] refused to change his word, but he promised that when the king sees the ring of recollection, the curse will end." (1206). Because of this, King Dusyanta is unable to see that Sakuntala is his wife. She is desperately in need of something to jog his memory because the words she says have no good result. The ring is the only thing that allows King Dusyanta to see the "whole of reality". Their love may have never been reconciled if the ring had not have been found. These figures are crucial to the plot of the play. They help to reveal the flaws of the main characters to the audience, and symbolize the truth. Without these crucial characters the "whole of reality" may have never been revealed....
