Margaret Syar's Treatment Of Women Essay

Abstract : Indian writing in English has attained an independent status in the realm of Indian literature. Fictions by women writers constitute a major segment of the contemporary writing in Indian English. In the traditional post-colonial society, the question is of women’s emancipation and its women writers are more passionate and serious about it. Women’s effort to seek their independence and self-identity started a revolution all over the world. Anita Nair, is one such writer who portrays realistic female characters in her works. Her strength as a writer lies in bringing alive the everyday thoughts desires and doubts Nair portrays her-female characters as a realistic nature of thoughts and ideas in her novels. This paper focuses

Her life goes through man physical, mental and spiritual crises. Margaret, a chemistry teacher once adored her husband, an obnoxious headmaster but grows to hate him later. She marries Ebenezer Paulraj at her own choice. Ebenezer is most dominating men, is of the worst example of male chauvinism in the novel. Margaret does not understand the male egoism in Ebenezer as her extreme love for him has made her blind. She becomes a dutiful wife to Ebenezer. He controls her completely. Ebenezer asks her not to do Ph.D., long hair doesn’t suit you, cut it off, Margaret do’s everything for her husband wish. Margaret aborts her first pregnancy The more cruel attitude of Ebenezer is that he does not allow Margaret to apprise her pregnancy even to her parents. As Ebenezer is becoming more and more egoistic, domineering and hypo critic, She is unconsciously compelled to teach him to lesson. She chooses flattery as the weapon to bring down Ebenezer’s self-esteem. She flatters and flatters and feeds him with fatty food, till fat founds its home on him and turns him into a fat man, a quiet man, and an easy man who seek her help for every task. Though Margaret suffers a lot, at last she empowers herself and makes herself to come out from the web and finds her