Gender Inequality and Femicide in Rabindranath Tagore's "Shashi' and "Haimantr: Reading through a Feminist Lens
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2021
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Panini
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09
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The Bengali Nobel-laureate Rabindranath Tagorc (1861-1941) portrayed the helplessness of women in the hands of patriarchy in his famous short stories. "Shasti' (1893) and "Ilaimanti"(1914) are two of them. "Shasti" first appeared in Sadhana, and the monthly magazine Sabuj Patra first published "Heimann" in 1914. Later, Galpaguchchha included it. In these works, the prominent writer is concerned with gender inequality and femicidc of his time, which still exist globally. There has been evident progress of women in the education and health sectors, and they have also achieved more rights over the years. Still, they are undervalued even in developed countries. In these masterpieces, the protagonist Chandaraand Haimanti, who depict mass women, suffer miserably, become innocent victims of femicide in patriarchy. When Chandara received an order for her hanging in the presence of her husband, he did not consider this loss as a stigma in a patriarchal culture. His sexist mindset dismisses and normalizes the verdict of her execution.ln llaimanti's case, no one killed her, but she was pushed to death through continuous humiliations by her in-laws and neighbors. which she could not tolerate. Chandara and Haimanti show that all women are vulnerable to patriarchy no matter what their social positions or roots arc. In this paper, I will examine gender inequality and fcmicide through two appealing women characters Chandara and Haimanti. Through the depictionsof their predicaments. I will also show men's attitudes towards these global issues.
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North South University