Volume III Issue I January-March 2023

Name of Author : B Pavithra, G Lavanya

Title of the paper : Feminism in Anita Desais Cry The Peacock

Abstract: The present paper aims to explore Anita Desais Debut novel, Cry, the Peacock as a manifesto of Mayas psychological predicament. Cry, the Peacock is Anita Desais first novel published in 1963. Anita Desai is one of the most known and distinguished Indian English novelists with worldwide fame and name. She is gifted with extraordinary penetration and sharpness of vision. Her works have provided her with worldwide fame and attention. The novelist is accomplished with prospecting psychological insight. Majority of Anita Desais novels are the true and real manifesto of womens situation and predicament. Cry, the Peacock is a manifesto of Mayas psychological predicament. Desais has very well explored the inner or interior world of woman, her anger, frustration and storm raging inside her mind and heart through the protagonist of this novel. The novelists concern with the emancipation of Maya can be seen in almost every page of the work. She is successful in bringing out the frustration, loneliness and claustrophobia of Maya.

Keywords : Manifesto, Psychological Predicament, Maya, Fantasy

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Page No. : 52-53