Post on 23-Jan-2018
Department of English Name: Gohil Devikaba J
Roll no.: 05
Paper no.: 10
Paper Name: The American Literature
Topic name: Comparison between the character of Hester and Sita
E-mail ID: devikagohil13@gmail.com
Submitted to: M.K.B.U
Index:
Natural Elements
Individualism
Feminism
Contrast
Conclusion
Natural Elements:Hester
She was exiled into the forest.
She starts living into the Forest with her daughter Pearl.
Here nature plays the role of ‘Mother-nature’.
Sita
She was exiled into forest.
She starts living into the Forest with her sons Luv & Kush.
Here also nature plays the role of ‘Mother-nature’.
Hester Sita
Individualism: Hester
While living in nature she starts growing individually.
Juxtaposition of ‘Nature’ of mankind and ‘Nature’ of nature.
Forest helps her to re-shape herself.
Sita
While living in nature she starts growing individually.
Juxtaposition of ‘Nature’ of mankind and ‘Nature’ of nature.
Forest helps her to re-shape herself.
Daughter Sons
Feminism: Hester
Authority gave her punishment to wear ‘A’.
Because she was a female.
She was already married.
Sita
Authority gave her punishment to pass through ordeal by fire.
Because was a female.
She was already married.
Hester Sita
Contrast:Hester
She was punished by the society because of her adultery.
She is a character of the novel.
She is the depiction of the suppressed female characters of the Victorian time.
Sita
She was given the punishment to prove her purity.
She is the mythical character in the Indian mythology.
Every Indian women should be as ‘PERFECT’ as Sita
Conclusion:
Society tries to interfere in everybody’s life.
The truth is created by society, it is society’s own ‘So Called Truth’.
But society suffocates individual’s growth.
And society differently towards male and female.