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Flight of Dhowli
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Dhowli wanted to commit suicide to escape social and cultural traditions in her village which have left her, her son and mother abandoned and starving.
At the same time, Dhowli wanted to free her village, her kinspeople, the Brahmans, & her family from the misery Dhowli is giving them.
Dhowli used her body to feed her self and her family (p.202)
In the end, prostitution has given Dhowli a position in the society because it has become her occupation (p.205).
PROSTITUTION
- It was Dhowli's option to/over her selfish and selfless acts.
- Dhowli's body became her power over the tradition and her love for Misrilal and her family.
Suicide of Dhowli
Dhowli used her body to insult the tradition
Suicide
as a selfish act
- She defeated Kundan's revenge
- She has earned self-assured attractiveness
- She has defied Misrilal's words
Suicide as a selfless act
SUICIDE
- Hinduism condemns suicide because it values human life.
- Sati is a tradition wherein a woman voluntarily or with force burns to death along with her husband.
For Spivak, this tradition is an extreme case of the general laws of Hinduism on suicide and its implication is very patriarchal for it defines a woman as object of one husband.
The Women in Dhowli
DHOWLI - unyielding to the kind of life predetermined for a Dusad girl but submissive to the power of Misrilal (p. 190)
Dhowli's MOTHER - submissive to the power of the society - its tradition; over protective and violent to Dhowli (pp. 187 & 195)
MOTHER of Misrilal - controlling and abusive over Dhowli and her mother, but submissive to her sons (pp. 188 & 193)
SANICHARI - has her own authority because of her knowledge on medicinal herbs (pp. 197 & 202)