Character of Gauri from Jhumpa Lahiri’s “the Lowland”: Female Independent Representing Westernised woman

Authors

  • Doppalapudi Subbarao Research Scholar, Dept. of English, Department of English, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Maharastra (India). image/svg+xml
  • Dr. Pravin Joshi Research supervisor, Department of English, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Maharastra (India). image/svg+xml

Keywords:

Character of Gauri, Jhumpa Lahiri‟s, The Lowland, three kinds of struggles

Abstract

The core objective of this paper is to study about Gauri’s character that is portrayed by Jhumpa Lahiri from her novel, The Lowland. This paper not only highlights the characteristic features of Gauri like; her diasporic question of assimilation, her unemotional tendency and her stereotypical attitude. It’s this paper which shows Gauri as a protagonist for her domestic persecution, egotistical and selfish by nature and independent who longs for a desire for freedom and independence.

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Published

30-03-2017

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Doppalapudi Subbarao, & Dr. Pravin Joshi. (2017). Character of Gauri from Jhumpa Lahiri’s “the Lowland”: Female Independent Representing Westernised woman. Research Inspiration, 2(II), 359–364. Retrieved from https://www.researchinspiration.com/index.php/ri/article/view/236

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Vol. 2 No. II (2017): March

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