A Study on Hegemony of Patriarchy in George Bernard Shaw’s Candida
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2010
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Central Departmental of English
Abstract
This thesis entitled“A Study on Hegemony of Patriarchy in George Bernard Shaw’s
Candida”powerfully portrays the bold and courageous woman, who, however, eventually
becomes dependent onher husband. When the questions arises whether a woman should
continue to stay with her husband even when they are mutually incompatible or go out with her
love with whom there is much greater compatibility. In such a situation, Candida has no other
choices than to obey the social convention i.e. to stay with her husband, because, she takes her
husband as the ultimate protector, the provider of shelter, and thebread-winner of the family.
Her ways of feeling secure with her husband reflects how Candida has been hegemonized by the
patriarchal norms and values.
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literature, Drama