In Chemmeen, Karuthamma is a character that is trying to fit into the fishing community by making the right choice. Throughout the story is shown that Karuthamma and Pareekutty grow a forbidden love relationship. As Karuthamma shows the reader that "She stood silently in the shadows of a boat pulled onto the shore. She felt his gaze on her firm high breasts. But she couldn 't say…- Don 't stare at me so, my Bossman" (Pillai 47) expressing that she felt uncomfortable around Pareekutty. The way Pareekutty stares at her symbolizes that he wants her to be his wife. For that reason, Karuthamma feels in a certain way because he likes her, but society does not allow their relationship. According to the moral rules, their love relationship cannot proceed because she as a Hindu cannot relate to a Muslim. However, Karuthamma 's conflict relates to Ammu and Velutha relationship from "The God of Small Things." Karuthamma focus more in the "Big God" rather than in the "Small God " because she feels like all eyes are on her to criticize her decisions. Indeed, she did not give herself the opportunity to live her life with Pareekutty like the Ammu and Velutha did secretly.
Begum Jaan and Rabbu are two
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Karuthamma is a young girl that is always concentrated in “the God of Big Things” rather than in the “Small God.” Karuthamma and Pareekutty love relationship is part of the forbidden love laws that are stated. Begum Jaan and Rabbu are two women that face gender issues. Rabbu and Begum Jaan are homosexual women, that decide to keep it a secret. They were both brave enough in terms of their relationship because their society do not allow the relationship they have. The short story “Draupadi” is a story that shows how she is abuse and brutalize only because she is a woman. The story is a good example of the patriarchy system that they live
Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet "Romeo and Juliet" is a love tragedy based on different kinds of loves. Romeo and Juliet become married in a forbidden relationship over the high tension brawl between their rival families which Shakespeare clearly shows in the play. Despite the family brawls, the pair decides to let their "perfect" love defeat all. Peoples ideas have changed in the space of 400 years, for example back then some loves featured in this play would produce different reactions to the audience, than today. Shakespeare opens the play with the chorus who speaks a sonnet, where love imagery is found; "Two Star-crossed lovers" =
Love in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare examines the concepts of love in the tragic play
Love, an emotion everyone can relate to. This theme draws in many readers as it is a very passionate topic. In Nectar in a Sieve, by Kamala Markandaya, she attempts to use love as a major theme throughout the story to keep the audience engaged. However, this method doesn't work in this case because it is not true love, but rather an undermining theme guised by this “fake love.” The true theme, instead of love, is portrayed as anti-feminism and a degradation in power of women. Therefore, love is not an overlying theme in Nectar in a Sieve, but rather women’s dependence on men, which counters feminism beliefs and gives less power to women.
One of the principles of Hinduism is having the unity of existence through love. In this collection, one of the poems tells of a woman named Kaikeyi, who uses her finger in place of the pin in King Dasratha’s, chariot wheel which prevents his chariot from falling and that ultimately ensures a victory. For Kaikeyi valor, she was given a reward. The reward was two boons, of which Kaikeyi can use at her discretion.
the play is not solely about love but also a lot of hatred is involved
In this chapter Mahasweta Devi’s anthology of short stories entitled Breast Stories to analyze representations of violence and oppression against women in name of gender. In her Breast Stories, Devi twice evokes female characters from ancient Hindu mythology, envisions them as subalterns in the imagined historical context and, creates a link with the female protagonists of her short stories. As the title suggests, Breast Stories is a trilogy of short stories; it has been translated and analyzed by Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak and, in Spivak’s view, the ‘breast’ of a woman in these stories becomes the instrument of a brutal condemnation of patriarchy. Indeed, breast can be construed as the motif for violence in the three short stories “Draupadi,” “Breast-Giver,” and “Behind the Bodice,”
Oates’ novella is a love story between Officer Dromoor and the Maguire women, both Teena and Bethel. It is a tale that morphs a love for justice into one that represents a love for feeling supported. The Maguires are scorned by the people of Niagara Falls. Teena, even more so after the gang rape, is perceived as the town ‘whore,’ drug addict, and a bad parent. John Dromoor’s mere presence on the family creates a mutual respect, or love, amidst such difficult circumstances. Years after the events at the Rocky Point Park occurred and Dromoor is no longer in the Maguires’ lives, the story ends with Bethel’s husband telling her that she “looked so lonely, suddenly” (Oates 154) after
Hess, Linda. Rejecting Sita: Indian Responses to the Ideal Man's Cruel Treatment of His Ideal Wife. Vol. 67. New York: Oxford UP, 1999. Print.
Garg in ‘Hari Bindi’ discusses the story of a common woman and made it extraordinary by the active force she was experiencing in herself to live her life. The husband of the protagonist symbolises the power and control of patriarchy that had restricted her life in such a way
Hate, a passionate dislike for something or someone, has taken part of every war in the world, whether it is a political or civil one. Macklemore, the rapper of the song “Same Love”, uses powerful lyrics and imagery in many of his songs. It is in “Same Love” that he raps about a social issue that the world has been dealing with since, some could argue, the beginning of time. In the song “Same Love” he uses his rap to speak to everyone who can make a change in this world. “Same Love” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis bring awareness to the unjust issue of homophobia by giving people the information they need to obtain a voice and stand up for humans who have had their rights stolen.
Rukumani, the protagonist is studying at the university and has fallen in love with a guy named Devanayagam, also from the same community as she is. So what is the problem one may think. Oh No! Rukumany has created a big problem. She has ruined her family's dignity and respect to an extend that her parents could not face the other members of their community ; Yes, falling in love is a great sin, according to her parents.
On this metaphorical quest of the protagonist Jasmine, start she is first born with the name Jyoti in India where begins to stand up against the traditional path that has been prepared for her by the male-controlled system. Like the other women of her homeland, she under the constant control of her brothers and father. In the Indian tradition, a female is to be married young that includes a dowry. After marriage, it would see...
The poem "Rosimaya" by Atukwei Okai addresses an idea of unrequited love. It describes how his miss is being inconsiderate as a result of distress, frustration, depression and confusion.
Most of socio-cultural and religious traditions in their original form regarded a comparatively low position to woman. Controlled by patriarchy, woman has suffered discrimination, subjugation, otherness either as a lesser being or as a super being. A number of social and literary movements have helped women attain equality and independence. 20th century has witnessed an increasing awareness amongst women about their sexuality, desires, discovery of self-identity and existence. The contemporary writers are striving to provide the desired liberation to women from the socio-cultural confines and the dictatorial myths. In order to achieve gender-equal epics, there has been a resurge in countless revisits/ re-tellings of The Ramayana and Mahabharata. Amish Tripathi, Devdutt Pattanaik, Volga, Kumaran Asan, Vijaya Dabbe, Vayu Naidu and Kavita Kane are some of such authors who have attempted to re-visit/re-tell Ramayana from Sita’s perspective. These writers have emphasized on her humanity, they have perceived her indulging in day-to-day activities, highlighting her involvement in the ordinary works. Sita is portrayed as someone with agency. She is a resourceful woman and an inspiration to other women. She chooses her own actions instead of blindly following someone’s commands. Instead of being a passive character, she actively learns things from different situations and continues to find herself at different phases in her life. The study, for the detailed explication of its hypothesis, would focus on the following as primary
Baby Kochamma also experiences the theme of forbidden love, as she wants to believe that she chose not to accept Father Mulligan’s love, the one thing she desired more than anything. Ammu and Velthu’s foribidden love is disgraceful to her, as this could be because they have what she couldn’t have.