SELF DISCOVERY AND SANGUINITY IN THE NOVEL “THE BETTER MAN”

Authors

  • Prof. Sunita Verma Dr. Sarita Rana Asst. Professor, Peoples College of Research & Technology,Bhopal Asst. Professor,St. Paul Institute of Professional Studies, Indore

Abstract

The paper is a clear picture of an Indian woman who fulfils her duties towards her family and husband. Further she goes ahead to oblige her husband despite of getting hurt. Her all tries to make her husband happy become fail. Then she decided to get rid of all the sufferings and search a new life as a new woman who doesn’t need any man. This paper will examine the expectation that is placed on a woman in the novel The Better Man, be it by her family, her (future) husband, and other people, especially women. It also explores the self discovery of Mukundan who is the centre character of the novel.

References

Interview published in The Hindu Literary Review , 2004

Nair, Anita. The Better Man. New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 1999.

A.A. Bill, trans., The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud (NewYork: Random House, 1938), p. 553 2. Kapur, Promilla.

Marriage and the Working Woman in India. New Delhi. Vikas, 1970

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Published

2015-07-31

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Vol. 1 No. 6 (2015): July 2015

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