Research Paper Mother, Daughter Relationship in The Dark Holds No Terrors Abstract : Shashi Deshpande a talented Indian novelist has written boldly on man woman relationship, particularly the relationship between husband and wife, father and daughter and mother and daughter. Person to person and person to society relationship are the main concerns to her. In this novel Shashi Deshpande has shown the conflicts between the mother and daughter. Mother is a traditional woman while daughter is a educated modern woman. Sarita the protagonist of the novel hates her mother. She thinks that her mother does not like her. Her mother forced her to stay within the four walls and follow the traditional route but Saru did
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The stress laid upon the feminine functions at the cost of all your potentials as an individual, enraged me............... May be too much of thinking has made me express a sort of dislike for the purely physical aspects of feminine life, making it seem as if I am totally against all feminine functions which is not the truth at all.´´ (3) In this research paper, researcher has tried to find out the fact about the relationship between mother and daughter in the novel The Dark Holds No Terrors. The Dark Holds No Terrors, written by Shashi Deshpande was published in 1980. The novel has been translated into German and Russian. It was Shashi Deshpande´s favourite work. Shashi Deshpande has dealt with the predicament of the modern educated women in the traditional society. According to R. S. Pathak : ´´ Shashi Deshpande deals with the middle – class Indian woman who represents the overwhelming majority of Indian women and is struggling to adjust in it rather than get free from the traditional world.´´ (4) Shashi Deshpande´s leading women characters of her novels are educated, intelligent, professional and understanding women. They recognise and understand the new roles which they want to perform in the new world. Her female characters as wife, mother and daughter tries to …show more content…
Sarita or Saru the main character in Deshpande´s novel, The Dark Holds No Terrors represents the modern or new woman who is confined to the traditional and familial bonds, struggle for her rights and arrives to self analysis. Through the character of Sarita, Shashi Deshpande has presented a realistic picture of middle – class educated urbane Indian woman who despite being educated and economically independent remained a victim of injustice. She told to an interviewer : ´´ I strongly react against any
The stress laid upon the feminine functions at the cost of all your potentials as an individual, enraged me............... May be too much of thinking has made me express a sort of dislike for the purely physical aspects of feminine life, making it seem as if I am totally against all feminine functions which is not the truth at all.´´ (3) In this research paper, researcher has tried to find out the fact about the relationship between mother and daughter in the novel The Dark Holds No Terrors. The Dark Holds No Terrors, written by Shashi Deshpande was published in 1980. The novel has been translated into German and Russian. It was Shashi Deshpande´s favourite work. Shashi Deshpande has dealt with the predicament of the modern educated women in the traditional society. According to R. S. Pathak : ´´ Shashi Deshpande deals with the middle – class Indian woman who represents the overwhelming majority of Indian women and is struggling to adjust in it rather than get free from the traditional world.´´ (4) Shashi Deshpande´s leading women characters of her novels are educated, intelligent, professional and understanding women. They recognise and understand the new roles which they want to perform in the new world. Her female characters as wife, mother and daughter tries to …show more content…
Sarita or Saru the main character in Deshpande´s novel, The Dark Holds No Terrors represents the modern or new woman who is confined to the traditional and familial bonds, struggle for her rights and arrives to self analysis. Through the character of Sarita, Shashi Deshpande has presented a realistic picture of middle – class educated urbane Indian woman who despite being educated and economically independent remained a victim of injustice. She told to an interviewer : ´´ I strongly react against any