Representation of Female Experience in Select Short Story of Nandini Sen

Abstract

This research paper analyses the role of female characters and their experience in Nandini Sen’s short story The Second Wife, which is in collection of short stories The Second Wife and Other Stories published in 2021. Here through this research, researcher analyse all characters of the story The Second Wife and explore identity, role of female characters in society. Nandini Sen had said in one of her interviews that women’s struggle is continuous and she has portrait continuous struggle of women in her short stories collection The Second Wife and Other Stories and through this research, researcher explores those continuous struggles of women.The primary goals of this study are to investigate women’s daily lives and the numerous challenges they encounter in diverse social settings. Emotional, social, and power aspects are highlighted in the study’s analysis of women’s relationships with males and other women. Additionally, it looks into how society affects each character and how expectations, customs, and social norms affect their lives and choices. Additionally, the study looks at how one character affects and influences the ideas, behaviours, and lives of other characters in the story. Researcher adopts a qualitative methodology. The study is carried out by close reading and textual analysis of the short story The Second Wife, from the collection The Second Wife and Other Stories (2021). By analysing the original text, researcher examines the depiction of women characters and their experiences of oppression, resistance, subjugation and exploitation within the context of the patriarchal social structure.