In the post- independence period woman was struggling in patriarchal societal set up for her identity. In 1960, feminism rose against the colonial rule, patriarchal practices and traditions enhance the ideology of female subordination. Shashi Deshpande’s novel In the Country of Deceit is a story of a woman Devayani who began to see the universe with their own eyes and not through the male gaze. She is shown recovering from the stage of catastrophe and mental dilemma through spiritual realization. Deshpande portrays the power of individual self. She presents a fully awakened woman, ready to fight against the patriarchal norms in order to live a meaningful life. The purpose of present paper is to present an inclusive study of different issues
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In classical tragedy Catastrophe is defined as the tragic conclusion of a story or play, an action at the end of a tragedy that initiates the denouement or falling action of a play. Here it is explained as a situation causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster where one can think only about the sufferings, failures and agonies. Unlike the other women authors Deshpande shows a protest against it. Her forte is the quest of sensibility and her writing expose inner realities and psychic echoes of her characters. Their self- realization helps them to get …show more content…
She explores extra-marital relationship-pre-marital, in-marital and post-marital relationships in most of her novels. This novel is not a story of an individual but of the institution of marriage, culture and tradition of society while it is threatened by the forces of change and faces dissolution. She considers marriage a very important institution but not a sacred institution. She thinks that fidelity, loyalty and sacredness of marriage are hard for human beings to adhere to and, therefore, majority of men and women find it to be a very difficult institution. Devayani meets Ashok in a party hosted by K. N and Rani at their residence. Ashok, is much older, married and father to a ten year old daughter feels attracted towards Devayani and proposes her unexpectedly. Devayani having a heart of a woman feels herself in a world of love and desires. In these moments of love, Devayani lets herself be ruled by emotions rather than reason. Deshpande is almost obsessively concerned with the inner world of her characters controls by their intense feelings for love which is also the reason of their psychological trauma. They are alienated from the world, the society and the family around them because they fail to meet the challenges of life. Their inability to face life forces them to regress to their
In classical tragedy Catastrophe is defined as the tragic conclusion of a story or play, an action at the end of a tragedy that initiates the denouement or falling action of a play. Here it is explained as a situation causing great and usually sudden damage or suffering; a disaster where one can think only about the sufferings, failures and agonies. Unlike the other women authors Deshpande shows a protest against it. Her forte is the quest of sensibility and her writing expose inner realities and psychic echoes of her characters. Their self- realization helps them to get …show more content…
She explores extra-marital relationship-pre-marital, in-marital and post-marital relationships in most of her novels. This novel is not a story of an individual but of the institution of marriage, culture and tradition of society while it is threatened by the forces of change and faces dissolution. She considers marriage a very important institution but not a sacred institution. She thinks that fidelity, loyalty and sacredness of marriage are hard for human beings to adhere to and, therefore, majority of men and women find it to be a very difficult institution. Devayani meets Ashok in a party hosted by K. N and Rani at their residence. Ashok, is much older, married and father to a ten year old daughter feels attracted towards Devayani and proposes her unexpectedly. Devayani having a heart of a woman feels herself in a world of love and desires. In these moments of love, Devayani lets herself be ruled by emotions rather than reason. Deshpande is almost obsessively concerned with the inner world of her characters controls by their intense feelings for love which is also the reason of their psychological trauma. They are alienated from the world, the society and the family around them because they fail to meet the challenges of life. Their inability to face life forces them to regress to their