LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:7 July 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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Seized by “Furies”: A Study of Salman Rushdie’s Fury

Dr. R. Chakkaravarthy

Abstract

Salman Rushdie’s postmodern characters in Fury are in the grips of “furies”. The unknown anger that wells up within ruins them. Rushdie exposes the inner turmoil of the major characters that spell ruin around. This paper explores the ways in which fury works and spells havoc.

Key words: violence, terrorism, American society, academics, suicide, murder, racism, commercialism, fury, peace

End to Violence and Terrorism?

What causes so much of misery and destruction in the world? Can there be an end to violence and terrorism? What could an individual do to make the world tolerant and better? This paper aims to explore and find out answers for these questions as envisaged by Salman Rushdie in his “American” novel Fury. The novel is anchored in the “furies”* of classical mythology.

Furies in Ancient Classics

“Furies” were the daughters of Earth (Gaea) and sprang from the blood of her mutilated spouse Uranus. They are three in number- Alecto (unceasing in anger), Tisiphone (avenger of murder), and Magaera (jealous). They lived in the underworld and ascended to Earth to pursue the wicked. They were personified as pangs of conscience with a power to kill a man who had broken a taboo. They hound the culprits relentlessly, without rest or pause, from city to city and from country to country.

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Dr. R. Chakkaravarthy
Associate Professor of English
G.T.N. Arts College
Dindigul-624005
Tamil Nadu
India
ajaychakra@rediffmail.com
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