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Portrayal of Women in Literature

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Literature is mirror image of life. Generally it realistically presents life in different hues and colours but sometimes it is overstated. Gender bias is not a new phenomenon in the world but age old tradition. Literature of all times realistically portrayed this. Women are ill-treated, battered ,physically abused, deprived of rights and have no freedom to live their lives in their own way. On the one hand we honour women by calling her ashtabhuji, shakti and devi, on the other hand we do not value her sentiments, wishes and way of thinking. The great , time -honoured epic Ramayana presents that even an ideal ,model person and God incarnate Ram exiled his pregnant innocent wife to the forest on the false instigation of one foul mouthed person. If a much venerated, worshipped and loved God-like person can be so hard and indifferent towards the predicament and troubles of his pregnant, guiltless, devoted, loving and truthful wife, then what to say of normal common earthly human-beings. Before her kidnap by the powerful demon Ravana , even Indra’s son Jayant tries to molest her in the form of a crow. Much before Ram, Ahilya, beautiful wife of Rishi Gautam was physically abused by god Indra and in turn cursed by her husband to be a stone to be redeemed by the touch of Lord Rama.. These incidents present the attitude of the society towards women. Even in the Mahabharata epic, a mighty queen of a great empire, was publically dragged, abused and humiliated in the court in front of the elders and so-called learned persons. Her own relatives tried to strip her. In her exile also there were attempts to mistreat her. This is the behavior meted out to women in Bharat where it is said that gods reside where women are honoured. Learning of the great immortal works of the nobel laureate Gurudev Ravindranath Tagore can also add to our ideas about women’s portrayal in literature.

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"Portrayal of Women in Literature", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.464-467, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRK006067.pdf

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"Portrayal of Women in Literature", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp464-467, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRK006067.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIRK006067
Registration ID: 188193
Published In: Volume 5 | Issue 11 | Year November-2018
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Page No: 464-467
Country: Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India .
Area: Other
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
Publisher: IJ Publication


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