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'Power'-Ful Women in Literature JAC : A Journal Of Composition Theory ISSN : 0731-6755 1 ‘POWER’-FUL WOMEN IN LITERATURE Ms.Deepthi C P Guest Faculty in English BJCSI Arts & Science College, Mulayara TVPM Email id - [email protected] Ph-9072989120 Abstract The paper titled The „Power-ful‟Women in Literature offers how the life of the so called popular female figures in authority battled with the power politics games of masculinity.Unravelling through their lives offers the readers to understand the myriad shades of this unequal world.Simon de Beauvoir in her magnum opus Second Sex asserts that “women„s idea of herself as inferior to man and dependant on him springs from her realisation that “ the world is masculine on the whole, those who fashioned it, ruled it and still dominate it today are men.”Though the biological distinction between male and female is an accepted fact, the notion that woman is inferior to man is no longer acceptable to women in general and feminists in particular.The old prejudice against woman as being weaker than man in all aspects is also reflected in the language system – particularly English one notice the pronoun is largely male oriented. Now there is not a single position in the society, including administration and government which is not being occupied by woman .Today we have women Presidents, Prime ministers, Scientists, Commanders, Administrators and what not. Thus, the feminist movement aims at overthrowing social practices that lead to the oppression and victimization of women lock and barrel.The contemporary world offers a handful of readings on those “powerful women” who made pronounced accomplishment on their respective fields. Capturing the remarkable stories of their struggle traverses the reader through the path of unexplainable perception on the strength of human soul.The two women quoted below stands for unequitable strength of mind and character who withstood all whirls of war on their feminity with appreciable will and intelligence.. Keywords:Feminity,Power,acceptance Over the years Feminist Writers and critics have keenly felt the complete negation of the female experience in literature. Even the projection of women has been compressed into few acceptable roles. Women are usually cast into a few popular stereotypes of a narrow range of characterization. Simon de Beauvoir in her magnum opus Second Sex asserts that ―women‗s idea of herself as inferior to man and dependant on him springs from her realisation that ―the world is masculine on the whole, those who fashioned it, ruled it and still dominate it today are men.‖Though the biological distinction between male and female is an accepted fact, the notion that woman is inferior to man is no longer acceptable to women in general and feminists in particular. The old prejudice against woman as being weaker than man in all aspects is also reflected in the language system – particularly English one notice the pronoun is largely male oriented. Now there is not a single position in the society, including administration and government which is not being occupied by woman .Today we have women Presidents, Prime ministers, Scientists, Commanders, Administrators and what not. Thus, the feminist movement aims at overthrowing social practices that lead to the oppression and victimization of women lock and barrel. Last December, leader of House Democrats Nancy Pelosi met with President Trump in the Oval Office to discuss a possible government shutdown. During the contentious 15-minute exchange, Pelosi challenged the President, interrupted his interruptions and made clear she would not back down. ―Mr. President,‖ she said, ―please don‘t characterize the strength that I bring to this meeting.‖ A year later, Pelosi has proven why those who misjudge her do so at their peril. As Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the 79-year-old is second in line for the presidency and the first woman to hold the speakership in American Volume XIII Issue II FEBRUARY 2020 Page No: 714 JAC : A Journal Of Composition Theory ISSN : 0731-6755 2 history. She is also the first to return to that role in more than 60 years (her first appointment went from 2007 until 2011, when the Democrats lost control of the House). And she‘s the engineer of the country‘s fourth-ever impeachment proceedings. That is already enough to earn her a spot in the history books, but her wielding of authority is what has catapulted her among World‘s Most Powerful Women at number 3, the highest rank she‘s ever held and the first time she‘s been on the list since 2015, when she was number 38. Pelosi‘s power manifests from the way she‘s directing her authority: on her own terms. She withstood months of pressure from an outspoken wing of her party before initiating the impeachment process, waiting for the strongest possible evidence of the president‘s Constitutional misdemeanors. Elsewhere in her term, she has literally stood up and clapped back to Trump and even executed her own trip overseas to meet with allies and assure them of America‘s continued might in the world. “Don‘t mess with me,‖ Pelosi told a reporter who implied that her impeachment motives were personal. I would make a distinction between power and influence," Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has told Forbes. "Some people have no power really, but they have tremendous influence. You know who they are." Yes , the world now posses a handful of feminist beings who in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ‗s words, ― who have chosen to no longer be apologetic for their femaleness and their femininity. And who want to be respected in all of their femaleness because they deserve to be.‖ The contemporary literary world offers a handful of real life readings on those ―powerful women‖ who made pronounced accomplishment on their respective fields. Capturing those remarkable stories of their struggle traverses the reader through the path of unexplainable perception on the strength of human soul. The Ivory Throne by young historian Manu .S. Pillai focuses on the remarkable life and work of Sethu Lakshmi Bai ,the last and forgotten queen of the House and Travancore ;Cleopatra A Life by Stacy Schiff brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world – Cleopatra queen of Egypt; Becoming a memoir by Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her. The Ivory Throne The Ivory Throne hinges on the story of Senior Queen Sethu Lakshmi Bayi and rightly so. The author moves back the curtains of a forgotten era and reveals to us this stalwart whose policies and life ought to be remembered and honoured.The quiet child of a strong mother and a painter grandfather (the path-breaking Raja Ravi Varma) Sethu Lakshmi Bayi was adopted by the Queen Rani Lakshmi Bayi, as was her cousin Sethu Parvathi Bayi at the tender age of five. Both cousins were taken to Travancore from Mavellikara, where a life of rigorous academics, activities and prayer awaited them. Sethu Lakshmi Bayi was a studious child with a serene nature. She corresponded with her birth parents who encouraged her to stay a steady course with respect to her responsibilities. “As her mother would impress upon her, she was no longer a little girl; she had become an icon and an institution, the traditions and honour of which she was bound to preserve for life.” Sethu grew to be a queen who was willing to listen to all but made decisions on her own. Anyone who made the mistake of thinking her weak due to her gender or mild demeanour was to quickly learn that she was anything but weak. She was a continuing thread in the strong matrilineal line of leadership that Kerala followed. Her regency which lasted from 1924 to 1931 is considered a golden era of enlightened governance. She took charge in an atmosphere of uncertainty and great change. The Satyagraha movement under Gandhi was picking speed, as was the strong opposition to the young queen particularly by the Junior Rani Sethu Parvati Bai. Furthermore, the people of Travancore were deeply divided along caste and gender lines. The general feeling was that the queen was only an interim ruler, her nephew being next in line to the throne. She was also considered as a figurehead by the then Dewan Raghaviah, since that had been the case with the previous ruler Mulam Thirunal. He fought hard to quell the young queen who turned out to be a keen strategist herself. In the first half of the 20th century, Travancore was a battleground of contesting Volume XIII Issue II FEBRUARY 2020 Page No: 715 JAC : A Journal Of Composition Theory ISSN : 0731-6755 3 communal interests. The Nairs had wrested for themselves a significant share of government jobs by displacing the Brahmins, but were now resisting a similar attempt by Syrian Christians, Ezhavas and Muslims for upward mobility and an equitable share in the pie. In a significant departure from her predecessors and her successor, Lakshmi Bayi departed from the practice of pitting community against community, and took a position that favoured equal opportunity for all. This was a landmark progressive measure, but it earned her the enmity of the upper-caste Nair community of the day. The leaders of the Swadeshi movement, however, felt that all citizens of India must be treated as equals in the eyes of the Lord. Naturally there was great resistance from the upper castes. Gandhi came down to Travancore to intervene and resolve the matter. The Queen met with the Mahatma who was deeply impressed with her statesmanship. Moderation, discussion, consensus, patience and balance became the hallmarks of her reign.
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