AN ANALYSIS OF THE PLIGHT OF WOMEN IN THE NOVEL “A HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS”

The contemporary world witnesses the heart breaking fate of women under the authority of men. Today, we can see a lot of incidents related with women’s rights and freedom to express herself. The novel ‘ A House without windows ` portrays the life of an Afghan ordinary woman imprisoned by the morality of a patriarchal society. Through the novel, I intend to analyze the captivity and violence suffered by the women folk of our world .The novel tells the story of Zeba, a young wife, is found near the corpse of her husband with a hatchet in her hand.The society convicted her as the murderer of her husband. The novel exposes the life of a housewife who restricted access to the power and privilege that is attributed to men. The struggle of women characters to achieve their rights, is a picturization of the reality of the world itself. The women have no rights to speak in a patriarchal world and they are the victims of exploitation. The novel discusses the various issues suffered by a woman in the society. And apart from this, there is a story of sisterhood and a powerful friendship that gives them courage and strength to protest against their surrounding world. The novel urged upon to fight against the enslavement of women, controlled by the rules and ideologies constructed by a male hegemonic society. This is the eye opening novel about the true life of women in a gender biased society.

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