The Feminine Anguish Explored In Wife by Bharati Mukherjee

Abstract

Abstract

Bharathi Mukherjee’s heroines are intrepid and firm. They have the strong potential for compliance; they live in the dense land of actuality and accept the sour truth of their lives. The present study aims at discussing, the feminine anguish explored in Wife by Bharati Mukherjee. She has tried to create a new relationship between man and woman based on equality, nonoppression, non-exploitation so that the resourceful latent of both capitalizes on as individuals and not gender dichotomies. The male, as an envoy of the patriarchal society has, at last, being wrenched off the center of woman’s gravitation. The woman is preparing now to be her own gravitational force, beyond the fullness of patriarchy. Dimple in Wife fails to stride the path or play the societal roles traditionally assigned to an Indian woman. She is a symbol of a typical, acquiescent Indian housewife who patiently abides all the plights afflicted with her by the male dominated society