Voice of Imprisoned Woman in Girish Karnad Nagmandala

The home as a place of comfort does not exist for the narrator; companionship with her husband is lost. Her only real conversations occur on paper, as no one else speaks to her of anything other than her condition. She is stripped of her role as a wife, robbed of her role as a mother, and is reduced to an object of her husband's.

In Khaled Hosseini 's A Thousand Splendid Suns, Henrik Isben 's A Doll 's House, and Kamala Markandaya 's Nectar in a Sieve, women face obstacles that disempower and silence them due to Men 's treatment of women, the societal view of women, and the objectification of women. Within the literary works analyzed this semester, disempowerment is a persisting theme that roots from the various obstacles and hardships women encounter. The woman 's ability to overcome this disempowerment is particularly challenging due to being oppressed by their peers, specifically men. Women countlessly serve as victims of verbal and physical abuse under their husbands, thus contributing to the idea of female inferiority. There are various stereotypical roles challenged between men and women in society leading to discrimination of women. The preconceived notions of women 's roles in society arise from those within society. During this time era, most of society depicts women as uneducated, essentially lacking economical and social opportunities, making the female population highly vulnerable to all types of exploitation. Nonetheless, men in these literary works display objectifying and degrading attitudes towards those of the female gender. The objectification of women notably dehumanizes the female population. Within these literary works, the authors exemplify this reality of obstacles that disempower and silence women. Though these women fight for their liberation and equality, they are victims of

In the short story, the writer tells a woman’s depression which guides her to break the limits and restrictions over woman. The woman who has no name or identity symbolises all women’s suppressed position in patriarchal society. In the story, the woman describes the house and her rooms with the words; ancestral hall, old-fashioned chintz, barred windows, heavy-immovable bed. The descriptions depict the house as patriarchy’s realm. Also, the yellow wallpaper’s surrounding of her shows the woman in a trapped, confined and repressed position. Not only the yellow symbolise the weakness, but the paper also

The author agrees with the idea of women as victims through the characterisation of women in the short story. The women are portrayed as helpless to the torment inflicted upon them by the boy in the story. This positions readers to feel sympathy for the women but also think of the world outside the text in which women are also seen as inferior to men. “Each season provided him new ways of frightening the little girls who sat in front of him or behind him”. This statement shows that the boy’s primary target were the girls who sat next to him. This supports the tradition idea of women as the victims and compels readers to see that the women in the text are treated more or less the same as the women in the outside world. Characterisation has been used by the author to reinforce the traditional idea of women as the helpless victims.

Mahasweta Devi’s short story, “Giribala,” is about the life of Giribala, a girl of Talsana village located in India. Born into a caste in a time when it was still customary to pay a bride-price, Giri is sold to Aulchand by her father. From this point on, we see a series of unfortunate, tragic events that take place in Giri’s life as a result of the circumstances surrounding Giri’s life. There are many issues in Giri’s life in India that Devi highlights to readers. First, the economic instability of the village leads to an extremely poor quality of life for the lower, working classes. Next, the cruel role of women determined by men in society is to either satisfy the sexual desires of men or to reproduce offspring who can work or be sold off to marriages. There are also other social norms and beliefs which discriminate against women that will be discussed.

Tara is a victim of social prejudices. She has all the qualities of an emerging new woman ready to defy age-old prejudices and compulsions. Her emergence as a new woman is reflected in her ability to take decision and assert her identity. The present study focuses on Mahesh Dattani’s concerns and perceptions of the problems arising out of clash of values, old and new, and it is an exploration of the dark secrets of human consciousness that creates tension and emotional turmoil in the present. Pressure of the past is the characteristic feature of Dattani's play. We find various revelations of past experience in this play, where each individual in his own way has to bear the burden of social values and their efforts to go beyond them, bring helplessness in their lives.

The movie gives the message that women must do acknowledge their responsibilities towards themselves, which can and should never be neglected or postponed for the sake of anyone or anything. Nothing in this world is worth sacrificing your own aspirations for. A person’s greatest assets are self-respect, dignity and individuality. Woman should safeguard her identity by not letting her individuality get submerged and by keeping her priorities intact all her life and creating a place for herself.

Men, like in many ancient and modern societies, had a higher importance than women and were considered more useful as they were stronger to handle manual labour. The Hindu scriptures dictate that while men and women have different responsibilities and roles within the community, they should both be treated with equal respect. However in reality, this was not always the case. Sea of Poppies addresses this issue with Deeti, the wife of a veteran and the mother of a daughter, Kabutri. Deeti is raped by her brother in law, Chandan, on her wedding night due to her husband’s infertility and is continuously harassed by him. With the quote “You need a son, to give you a helping hand. You're not barren, after all . . . “ (Ghosh, pg. 11), his prejudice against women as well as his pervasive tendencies towards women emphasise the attitudes of people in mid 19th century India, especially men, that tended to denigrate the role of women. Although Sea of Poppies and Their Eyes were Watching God are set in different cultures, they both portray the privation of women and the damaging effects it can have on an individual. Through the incorporation of accurate historical context, the audience is able to evaluate the treatment of women and men in the modern

Kaushalya, who was meek, accepted her husband’s other wives, as well as the fact that her husband no longer has any sexual relations with her. The book reinforces the idea of strong men and weak women. Where women who

of the upper windows in the apartment house, a man called down: ‘Let that girl alone!’”

Outside of sex, learned women could manipulate powerful men via their intellectual abilities, reflecting the increased amount of knowledge they could potentially gain. Shahrazad takes on this role in A Thousand and One Nights, a frame narrative translated from Arabic into a Syrian manuscript in the fourteenth century centering on King Shahrayar’s disillusionment with women. After seeing his wife, his brother’s wife, and a demon’s wife all have affairs, he decides to take a bride every night and kill her at dawn in an attempt to avoid women’s cunning nature. Yet Shahrazad, the vizier’s daughter, makes the king face women’s cunning nonetheless by volunteering as the next bride to save women. By telling nightly stories that end on cliffhangers, Shahrazad ensures that the king’s desire to listen to her overpowers his desire to kill her. Simultaneously, she weaves moral lessons into her stories that make Shahrayar reconsider his generalizations of women. Unlike the average person, Shahrazad could keep up the charade because she “had read the books of literature, philosophy, and medicine. She knew poetry by heart, had studied historical reports, and was acquainted with the sayings of men and the maxims of sages and kings” (Nights 562). With her unique knowledge of literature and philosophy, Shahrazad wins the king over by producing meaningful stories night after night. In the end, she outsmarts him by manipulating him into changing his plans without even noticing. As she subverts

The man walked up to the door and knocked three times. A women in her late thirty’s opened the door and looked at the man in the eyes “Come in, he’s waiting for you.” She spoke quietly. As he walked in, the lady shuts the door behind him. She took him to a room all the way down the hall. The lady knocked on the door.

As Shahrazad tells stories to Shahrayar many readers are looking for a motivated female side of the story. The men in the story are seen as victims. Instead she tells stories of magic, mystery, romance, deception, and wrong of both sexes. Not only is she telling stories but teaching lessons within in each. The purpose of her tales is to make the king see the errors of his ways. I intend to analyze the cause of Shahrayar’s madness and how his position in society alters his macho ego, the purpose of Shahrazad’s tales, and what she hopes to accomplish.

There is no hint of displeasure on her face as she diligently carries out her duty as an ‘ideal wife’. Also why should she have any objection for ‘as long as she lives, a woman’s God and master is her husband’. This scene emphasises the nature of a traditional marital relationship in Indian culture and the presumed duties of a woman as a wife. The text of the Ramayana is considered to be sacred and is followed religiously by people. If it happens to call a woman’s husband her master and God, its influence on the psyche of the people, especially the women, is self

The raw power of nature has always been an inspiration to the world around us. Gibran Khalil Gibran has depicted the power of nature and applied it in his theories in philosophy, his painting, and his passion for poetry and literature. The style in which Khalil unifies life and its beauty makes his writing very good. His style of writing is very peaceful and ear- friendly. A factor of his sacristy to women, life and beauty is the locations he has been to in his life. Throughout this essay, the exploration of the poetic visions and biography of Gibran will be explored.