One of the main characters is Nandini, a woman whose sole ornament is jewels made from red oleanders, which she wears as a tribute to Ranjan, the man she loves.
In a 2016 review of a production of Raktakarabi at the Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, the play is called 'Tagore's finest protest against totalitarianism'.
[6] Writer Syed Mujtaba Ali commented that the play was "good but complex" after hearing it from Tagore's mouth.
According to Professor Fazlul Haque Saikat of Bengali Department from National University, it is a theoretical play that highlights the conflict between agricultural and mechanized civilization.
[7] According to Sanjay Sarkar of Sampratik Deshkal, the play shows how the greed of money and wealth is destroying nature, so Tagore's thought about environment is also revealed here.