A COMPARISON OF THE PROTAGONISTS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË’S JANE EYRE AND CHETAN BHAGAT’S ONE INDIAN GIRL IN PURSUIT OF MARRIAGE

Abstract

Getting a suitable spouse has been a crucial phase in everyone’s life particularly in the case of women. Some women are not privileged to choose their life partner. Many regions of the world are patriarchal because of the possessive nature of men and several other reasons. Women had to accept the match that had come to them and there was no chance of selecting a spouse. Yet, some women were firm in mind, and they tried their best to choose their partner who would treat them as his equal. The researchers of this study have highlighted how women of yesteryears and the 21st century are in pursuit of marriage. They have endeavored to establish this point by comparing the protagonists of the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte of 19th century and One Indian Girl in Pursuit of Marriage by Chetan Bhagat, an Indian novelist of 21st century.