Bista, Dil Bahadur2022-03-182022-03-182007https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/9136To read Fowles’sThe Collectoris to explore the causes of women suppression and to prove patriarchal norms and values as the root causes of it. Miranda, the protagonist, who is the victim of male chauvinistic mindset, challenges patriarchy and struggles relentlessly for freedom by avoiding all the physical luxuries provided by Clegg. She attacks by all her means the male-controlled religions, myths and ideologies and wants to set herself free from all forms of domination,but her dream never comes true since patriarchal doctrines still prevail in the society as hindrances for her project.en-USFemale IndependenceReligionMythFictionThesis