LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:4 April 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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The Portrayal of Women in Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe

Deepa. K., M.Phil.

Abstract

Anita Nair was born in Kerala. She is a famous poet, short story writer and journalist. In Ladies Coupe Anita Nair focuses on men and women relationship, marriage and divorce, social and cultural, and psychological issues. Here the character Margaret Shanthi is a chemistry teacher who got married to Ebenezer Paulraj. He is an example of male dominance. He changed her life because of the power he had in her life. She wanted to do Ph.D. but he asked her to complete B.Ed. Finally she changed herself in an artistic way to win her freedom from her husband. Janaki, another fellow passenger of Ladies Coupe, is an example for old age tradition. According to her a woman should be a good daughter, sister, wife, mother and so on. Indian society also believes that woman should always depend on some man in their life. Sheela is a fourteen year old girl, who is very sensitive with a deep insight. At the very young age she understands what is meant by life. Her grandmother also teaches her a negative picture of male domination. Her father used to control her whenever she began to talk. Marikolundhu is another passenger who comes from a poor family. She and her mother work as coolies n Chettiar’s house. She was seduced by one of the Chettiar’s son Murugesan. Marikulundhu shows her love and affection towards Chettiar’s grandson but she hates her own son Muthu, the one who escaped form many attempts of abortion.

Anita Nair’s characters Ladies Coupe have their own pain and sorrow but they overcome their entire struggle and have their own life in their society.

Complementary Nature of Man-Woman Relationship

Men and women are complementary to each other. But, even in this modern era, women are considered not as equal to men but as the weaker class. They undergo suppression in a male dominated society. These women are unvoiced creatures of the society. Anita Nair’s portrayal of women in her novel Ladies Coupe (2001) brings out this fact clearly.

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