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The IUP Journal of English Studies :
Deconstructing Feminist Ethics in Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy
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The works of feminists over the centuries have been grounded in the conviction that women have been inordinately subjugated more in comparison with men, but the basis for this comparison is somewhat unjustified. The canon of feminism undertakes to study and interpret feminism from various perspectives, one of which is feminist ethics. Feminist ethics reformulates and rethinks the status and moral experience of women which has been largely criticized in the domain of traditional ethics. The present research, therefore, intends to deconstruct this feminist presumptuous conviction, where Indian and Western lenses have been taken together to be applied as the framework in order to elucidate the shortcomings found in traditional ethics. The female characters in the novels of Amish Tripathi speak for themselves, thereby falsifying the claims of traditional ethics and supporting feminist ethics. The female protagonists of his novels highlight the gendered and ethnically underlined identities, especially of Indian women. They are strong, challenge traditional norms, stay factual to the spirits of investigation, learn the covert art of endurance, and make a position for themselves in a world that seems to plot against them at every step.

 
 
 

The most powerful force in a woman’s life is the need to be appreciated,loved, and cherished for what she is. (Tripathi 2010) The characters in the novels of Amish Tripathi break down the gender roles and stereotypes. These novels replicate the post-feminism wave completely in inspecting and scrutinizing the various aspects of empowerment, independence, and individual choices—a thorough consideration of all these aspects is fundamental to the contemporary society. These novels renew the focus on the female. Female characters like Sati, Kali, Ayurwati, Kanakhala, Anandmayi, Veerini, and Renuka are a strong representation of womanhood who break the conservative grounds of traditional ethics. These characters, under varied situations, redefine the idea of self-assertion. They undergo struggles to get rid of the various social ills like discrimination against lower caste and marginalized people, and honor killing. These are women with strong traits of strength and valor, and not less than any male.

 
 

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