Janette Turner Hospital 4 Vivid Female Characters In Her Two Novels E

Janette Turner Hospital: 4 Vivid Female Characters In Her Two Novels With " beautifully executed images" , Janette Turner Hospital creates four vivid female character in her two novels. The four characters are Juliet and Yashoda in The Ivory Swing and Elizabeth and Emily in The Tiger in the Tiger Pit . Each of the above is invested by Turner Hospital with a deep consciousness. In the view of Janette Turner Hospital, women are immensely uncertain. They are never sure of what they want. However, when it comes to dealing with external conflicts, they are very strong-willed. On the other hand, she also indicates that maternal love is strong. Women have passionate beliefs in the importance of the family. As the stories follow, these feminine personalities are gradually proved. Before leaving for India, Juliet had a hard time deciding whether to stay with her professor husband, David, or move to Montreal to stay with her former lover Jeremy. Uncertain as usual, all Juliet wants is to " maintain the balancing act." She could never summon up the courage to face new circumstances. Her mind is never firm enough to challenge the present state. So she makes her choice in the order of morality. She stays with her husband and leaves for India with him. It is more likely that the fate designated Juliet's future. She is married to Dave on her own accord. Therefore, she does what a good wife is supposed to do. 1. Reviewed in : Booklist v.79 p.994 Apr 1, 1983 2. " The Ivory Swing " p.18 In Kerala, where David is on sabbatical to study primitive Indian culture, the couple encounters Yashoda," a widow who does not accept the fate and rigid rules of her culture." Yashoda wants the right to wear jewellery, to appear in public; most of all, she wants love. She does not care about either inauspicious or disgrace. She even runs the risk of being penalized to travel with Annie. For an Indian woman such as Yashoda, it is considered quite difficult adjusting to her society. Among the four female characters, many similarities are found between Juliet and Elizabeth. Like Juliet, Elizabeth has to choose between her husband and lover. The only difference is that the death of her lover has certainly made her life easier. She no longer doubts anymore after Jeremy's death. Her cross-roads becomes one way and ever since then her life is as simple as an ordinary housewife. Elizabeth still recalls her past, but she appreciates that fact that fate decides her future for her. In this case she avoids family and friendship broken. And she has something to remembrance for a life time. Elizabeth's youngest child, Emily, is the mysterious woman of the four. In Montreal where she happens to be pregnant and Sydney where she encounters her lover, Dave. She thereafter moves to England. It is obvious that Emily love Dave a lot; but she is a uncertain as can be. Her leaving Dave without even saying good-bye represents her 3. Reviewed in : Booklist v.79 p.994 Apr,1983 doubts. She is afraid that once she has to face the reality, her love for Dave, she would crush. Juliet and Elizabeth both stay with their husbands after all, yet they do not own what they really want. Dave has noticed Juliet's " staring from the window of their house like a woman behind bars" , so has Emily mentions about her about her mother's " standing at the French window like a caged bird." Emily is aware of her uncertainty. Therefore, she decides to leave Dave for England. In her opinion she only wants to get away from complicated life to sort things out; but instead of talking to Dave about it, she leaves secretly. Her doing so has hurt Dave and sacrificed her son's, Adam, happiness as well as her own. It is easy to get this kind of impression that Yashoda might be the exceptional certain woman because it seems that she fights for her ideas; however, if she has the courage to challenge realities, she should be brave enough to face the results. On the contrary, Yashoda begs for rescue. One can only say she acts as if she was a spoiled kid. The four women all have something in common. The problem is they are afraid to let out their feelings. 4. " The Ivory Swing " p.152 5. " The Tiger in the Tiger Pit " p.32 Although Janette Turner Hospital implies that women are uncertain, she believes that when it comes to dealing with external conflicts,