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Women are the epitome of love and sacrifice, extending care in all possible ways. They have struggled to gain positions at the forefront, getting educated and employed. They are also expected to carry the double burden of domestic responsibilities and professional commitments inspite of the situation getting better than what it used to be. This paper “Relentless Dissection and Retreat - A Story of the Struggles Of Human Souls: A Reading of Anita Desai’s Fire On The Mountain” aims to analyse Anita Desai’s Fire on the Moutain through the lens of feminism applying ideas from Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, Judith Butler’s Gender Performativity, and Kate Millett’s Sexual Politics. Traditional femininity stresses on women being emotionally expressive and bonded well socially. In the novel, the three female characters Nanda Kaul, Raka, and Ila Das render different responses to the oppression and injustice they have faced. Moreover, patriarchal control over the lives of women is considered to be normal in most societies. The paper explores the resignation of Nanda, rebellious nature of Raka, and resistance shown by Ila Das through a feministic lens.
Keywords:
resistance, patriarchy, solitude, femininity
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"Relentless Dissection and Retreat - A Story of the Struggles Of Human Souls: A Reading of Anita Desai’s Fire On The Mountain", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 3, page no.a418-a420, March-2025, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2503052.pdf
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