Women

Women ?Hindu goddesses are traditionally conceived to be strong approximates,even unyielding ones. By comparing his female characters to these goddesses, Rushdie attributes them with a force of character.He perceives India as a matriarchy, where maternal power, energy, and love is the means to social cohesion.? (Jennifer Takhar) Durga, the laundress who had nursed Saleem?s son in his sickness, is an important figure in Saleem?s life. As we understand from the description of her (pg:445), she is a powerful woman who is an opposite image of the docile Indian woman. She may be representing the power that is repressed in these women.

Saleem fears her as she symbolizes the hope that he has lost. ? Her name, even before I met her, had the fume of new things; she represented novelty, beginnings, the advent of new stories, events, complexities, and I was no longer interested in anything new.? (pg:445) She is again the one who foretold Saleems death. So, these human body of women as witches ins...If you want to get a full essay, direct it on our website: Orderessay

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