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Female Characters in The Ivory Swing and The Tiger in theTiger Pit Essa
Female Characters in The Ivory Swing and The Tiger in theTiger Pit      With " beautifully executed images", Janette Turner Hospital creates four vivid female character in her two novels. The four characters are Juliet and Yashoda in The Ivory Swing and Elizabeth and Emily in The Tiger in theTiger Pit . Each of the above is invested by Turner Hospital with a deep consciousness.          In the view of Janette Turner Hospital, women are immensely uncertain. They are never sure of what they want. However, when it comes to dealing with external conflicts, they are very strong-willed. On the other hand, she also indicates that maternal love is strong. Women have passionate beliefs in the importance of the family. As the stories follow, these feminine personalities are gradually proved.          Before leaving for India, Juliet had a hard time deciding whether to stay with her professor husband, David, or move to Montreal to stay with her former lover Jeremy. Uncertain as usual, all Juliet wants is to " maintain the balancing act."  She could never summon up the courage to face new circumstances. Her mind is never firm enough to challenge the present state. So she makes her choice in the order of morality. She stays with her husband and leaves for India with him. It is more likely that the fate designated Juliet's future. She is married to Dave on her own accord. Therefore, she does what a good wife is supposed to do.        1. Reviewed in : Booklist v.79 p.994 Apr 1, 1983       2. " The Ivory Swing " p.18           In Kerala, where David is on sabbatical to study primitive Indian culture, the couple encounter... ...hat the situations are, women would suffer to protect their children. Maternal love is always shown in the first place. On top of the above, Tuner Hospital also implies that women have passionate belief in family. Both of the two books The Ivory Swing and The Tiger in the Tiger Pit are written sensitively. Yet the latter is not as successful as the former one. " 50th wedding anniversaries and family reunions of any kind ought to be left to the manufacturers of greeting cards."       12. " Life with Father " by Judith Fitzgerald          Reviewed in : Books in Canada v.12 p.33 Nov 1983  BIBLIOGRAPHY : HOSPITAL, JANETTE TURNER,THE TIGER IN THE TIGER PIT. TORONTO, McCLELLAND & STEWART LTD. : 1987. HOSPITAL, JANETTE TURNER,THE IVORY SWING. TORONTO, McCLELLAND & STEWART LTD. : 1982. Â
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