LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 15:11 November 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Women as Revolutionaries in Amitav Ghosh’s
The Shadow Lines and The Hungry Tide

M. Vijayalakshmi, M.A. M.Phil.


Abstract

The article proposes to study Ghosh’s revolutionary women characters with special reference to The Shadow Lines and The Hungry Tide. Ghosh through his women characters has attempted to explore the emotional world of women that helps the readers to understand the feminine sensibility as well as psychology. His women characters are unique as they do not come under the term ‘stereotypes’. In The Shadow Lines and The Hungry Tide, women are presented as courageous as men since they fight the challenges of widowhood, poverty and injustice. In the novel The Shadow Lines, Tha’mma is a revolutionary character. She has strong nationalist feelings. During the time of Indo-Pakistan war she becomes very patriotic. She condemns all those who choose to live beyond the border. Ila, a woman of modern civilization, has a different concept of freedom. She is stubborn and lives in her own world. She chooses to live in London, for she wants to be free of the rigidities of Indian tradition and culture. May is another revolutionary character in the novel The Shadow Lines. In The Hungry Tide, Kusum is a revolutionary woman fighting for the rights of Dalit refugees. She protests against the government until the last moment and sacrifices herself for the underprivileged sections of the society. Nilima, as a revolutionary, raises her voice against the corrupt prawn traders whose business thwarts the livelihood of local fishermen. Like Nilima, Piya also as a revolutionary works for the fisher men by joining hands with Nilima’s Badabon trust. Thus in the novels The Shadow Lines and The Hungry Tide, Amitav Ghosh presents women as revolutionaries and makes them stand out as leading spirits.

Keywords: Amitav Ghosh, women characters, The Shadow Lines, The Hungry Tide

Amitav Ghosh’s Fiction

Amitav Ghosh’s fiction is characterized by themes that go side by side with post colonialism and it may be labeled as historical novels. His fiction reveals that the novelist’s involvement with history is his prime obsession. His fiction is imbued with both political and historical consciousness. He is a novelist who virtually bends his novels to the needs of history; they largely derive their purpose and shape from it. He shows great depth in dealing with history, myth and contemporary events.

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M. Vijayalakshmi, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Sri Kaliswari College
Thiruthangal-626130
Tamilnadu
India
vijimari2591@gmail.com
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