Melancholia in Collin’s The Curse of Caste

Abstract

The research analyzes Collins' The Curse of Caste as melancholic expression. The novel reflects historical facts of racism and its effects in black community. Due to the racial feelings many blacks lost their lives from which blacks got psychological shock. In the novel, Claire traces her past when she comes to know about her family loss. As she goes her past then she came to know the unfair treatment of black and because of the discrimination, her mother lost her life. Her father left her mother when her community did not accept black as a member of the family. In this regard, loss of her mother causes melancholic experiences in her. The novel reveals painful life of Lina who underwent racial suffering in her society. Due to excessive suffering she redeems from physical suffering by committing suicide. Later on, her daughter experiences its pain because of her mother unlawful death.