Research Inspiration

Vol. 2 No. II (2017): March
Articles

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

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Doppalapudi Subbarao
Research Scholar, Dept. of English, Department of English, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Maharastra (India).
Dr. Pravin Joshi
Research supervisor, Department of English, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Maharastra (India).

Published 30-03-2017

Keywords

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

How to Cite

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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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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