OPPRESSION OF WOMEN UNDER MALE DOMINANCE IN SOCIETY WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO WILLA CATHER’S A LOST LADY

Abstract

This study focuses on Willa Cather’s very most famous novel A Lost Lady explores the suffering of women and dominated by the male society. In this novel, she raises her voice against male class domination. The novel tells about women among the entire story.A Lost Lady, the greatest novel by Willa Cather, presents the defiance of patriarchal norms by Marian Forster, the protagonist of this novel. Marian is initially presented as a householder who devotes her time as a housewife to helping and caring for her husband. He performs the house chores and controls her desire and intent. As the novel moves forward, Marian is shown as a rigid character that embarks on her journey to Argentina after her husband’s death and settles there.Marian, a lady of exceptional caliber, can work side by side with her male coworker. She disregards the dos and don’ts in favor of adhering to her own set of standards and abhors male norms in the process, breaking the barrier set up by the male-dominated culture.