Cross Streams of Marital Disharmony in the Earlier Novels of Margaret Drabble: An Investigation

Authors: Dr Rajni Darji

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Abstract: All the three novels center mainly round bright female protagonists struggling to search out their own “identity” within the class structure of twentieth century England – a class structure that strictly follows the “patriarchal” norms and values. And one of the major thematic concerns in these three is the internal struggle or conflict in the mind of blooming hearts – which in turn becomes the cause of conjugal disagreement. A woman undergoes sufferings, particularly because she is “woman,” not of course by birth alone but turned into that position by the social frame – a “patriarchal” iron-frame – that never shrubberies her for a while to breathe freely. She is in chains of conventions and traditions. For her, every male member in her life is a mighty patriarch. She is never in “a room of her own” – never fully self-dependent, always looking to others (including Fate) for help and assistance.

Keywords: Contemporary, Conjugal, Patriarchal, Identity, Conflict, Disharmony

Paper Id: 48

Published On: 2018-05-11

Published In: Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2018

Cite This: Cross Streams of Marital Disharmony in the Earlier Novels of Margaret Drabble: An Investigation - Dr Rajni Darji - IJIRMPS Volume 6, Issue 3, May-June 2018.

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