The main themes of the short story, The treatment of Bibi Haldar are:
Marriage
Differences
Women concerning its community and their roles
Illness
Society, community, everyone is aware
The links to other works previously studied are:
Desperate search for true love and caring -> The Handmaids Tale, Intimate Apparel and Love in the Time of Cholera
The sense of community -> Intimate Apparel and The Handmaids Tale
Differences as a threat -> The Handmaids Tale
Women’s traditional role in society -> Love In the time of Cholera, The Handmaids Tale, Intimate Apparel.
Desire to fit in -> The Handmaids Tale, Intimate Apparel
Existential crisis -> Robert Frost poems and The Handmaids Tale
Tht and Ia: gender and society’s expectations
Ia and LITTOC : pressure that accompanies aging
Ia, LITTOC and Tht : fertility and age of a woman
Tht : Lack of love that the femal character expresses
The themes in Bibi Haldar are mainly marriage, and the expectations put on women in society.
This can therefore strongly link to The Handmaid’s Tale’s gender roles and expectations for women, and Intimate Apparel regarding the idea of love and marriage.
LITTOC/IA/HMT:
Marriage
Womens roles in society
differences
culture
Interpreter of Maladise:
disease sickness
The main themes of the short story, The treatment of Bibi Haldar are:
Marriage
Differences
Women concerning its community and their roles
Illness
Society, community, everyone is aware
The links to other works previously studied are:
Desperate search for true love and caring -> The Handmaids Tale, Intimate Apparel and Love in the Time of Cholera
The sense of community -> Intimate Apparel and The Handmaids Tale
Differences as a threat -> The Handmaids Tale
Women’s traditional role in society -> Love In the time of Cholera, The Handmaids Tale, Intimate Apparel.
Desire to fit in -> The Handmaids Tale, Intimate Apparel
Existential crisis -> Robert Frost poems and The Handmaids Tale
Tht and Ia: gender and society’s expectations
Ia and LITTOC : pressure that accompanies aging
Ia, LITTOC and Tht : fertility and age of a woman
Tht : Lack of love that the femal character expresses
themes:
– mistreatment
– emotions
– marriage
– society expectations
– role of women
Themes: gender inequality, marriage, society’s expectations
Possible links: THT – gender roles / differences; IA – wanting to fit in;
The themes in Bibi Haldar are mainly marriage, and the expectations put on women in society.
This can therefore strongly link to The Handmaid’s Tale’s gender roles and expectations for women, and Intimate Apparel regarding the idea of love and marriage.