The Honored Heroine In 'The Thousand Faces Of Night'
All the stories and lessons have one moral for Devi and that is how to be a good woman. The Thousand Faces of Night is the story of the emotional alienation of the tormented heroine. Dan, her boyfriend in America, her husband Mahesh and her extra marital affair with Gopal, all men in her life prove to be a failure and cannot fulfill her emotional needs. Hariharan does not raise her voice against the male dominated society. Devi, despite her best education and westernized thinking, is still in confusion and is unable to comprehend her predicament. She cannot adjust herself either to her husband or to her family affairs. Woman is socialized to please and to court male sanction as her highest ambition. The secret fear of rejection and mania for security is enough to prevent her from acting on her own. Devi finally learns about her cravings, her desires, her urges and pursuits-both hidden as well as revealed. To be really a revolutionary, one must step out of the pattern of society. She accepted the fact that a strong, dominant desire never brings peace but builds an imprisoning wall around itself. She spends some time in conflict and alienation like a prisoner within the walls of her own mind, and she decides to go back to her mother with whom she can live a better life. Finally, her happy and cheerful journey from Bangalore to Madras and her confident steps towards her mother indicate her new positive…show more content…
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