Chains and Choices: Rational and Submissive Women in Vikas Swarup’s Q & A and Six Suspects
Mr. Santosh Shamrao Thakrele, Research Scholar
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Dr. Kapil R. Singhel, Associate Professor, HOD, Department of English Vasantrao Naik Government Institute of Arts and Social Sciences, Nagpur
Abstract
This paper critically examines the portrayal of women in Vikas Swarup’s novels Q & A and Six Suspects, focusing on their rationality and submission. The paper looks at how female characters cope. They are rational, which helps them live under the rules of society. It shows the subtle push-and-pull between giving in versus doing things their own way. Surviving in such conditions is a complicated matter, after all. The characters must live under constraints of society, of course. Swarup’s female characters often seem to conform to traditional roles of submission, but on closer examination, they reveal a deep engagement with rationality, survival, and subversion within the patriarchal structures that limit them.
Keywords: Women, Rationality, Submission, Indian Literature, Feminist Criticism, Gender Studies
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2511S01V13P003
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