Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

A STUDY OF SUFFERING WOMEN IN SHASHI DESPANDE‘S NOVEL THE BINDING VINE

Dr. N. Elayaraja

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    Shashi Desphande studies the issues and problems of contemporary middle class women. Her heroines are sensitive, intelligent and career–oriented .Through her novels she expresses the frustrations and disappointments of women experience social and cultural oppression in the society.  The novel The Binding Vine has three strands running parallel. These are the stories of three suffering women; they are different in age and time. They are Kalpana, who is unconscious, Mira, who is dead and Urmi who discovers the meaning of life through the stories of Kalpana and Mira. The Journey starts with Urmi and many characters join with her. The main plot is about Urmi and her grief at her daughter Anu’s death. The stories of Kalpana and Mira are the sub–plots. They join with the main plot.

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Dr.N.Elayaraja, A STUDY OF SUFFERING WOMEN IN SHASHI DESPANDE'S NOVEL THE BINDING VINE, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-1 | January-2018

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