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The Subversion of a Myth: Empowerment in Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions
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Soumya Priyadarshini, Dr. Manisha Upadhyay
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, in The Palace of Illusions, reenacts the great Indian epic, The Mahabharata, in an entirely new way, making it look through the eyes of a woman, Draupadi, who has always been viewed as a secondary figure in a male dominated storyline. By re-creating the epic in this manner, Divakaruni contradicts the conventional patriarchal approach to the epic and makes Draupadi a strong, smart, and free woman who challenges the social conventions and gender inequalities. This essay
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, in The Palace of Illusions, reenacts the great Indian epic, The Mahabharata, in an entirely new way, making it look through the eyes of a woman, Draupadi, who has always been viewed as a secondary figure in a male dominated storyline. By re-creating the epic in this manner, Divakaruni contradicts the conventional patriarchal approach to the epic and makes Draupadi a strong, smart, and free woman who challenges the social conventions and gender inequalities. This essay will discuss the way Divakaruni has subverted this myth by making Draupadi to talk, and not to remain a passive character that she is turned into a symbol of resistance and agency, and self-realization. The paper also analyses the way the author incorporates myth, history and feminism to get a fresh narrative that redefines empowerment in patriarchal society.
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Pubished in - Volume 13 | Issue 11 | November 2025
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Soumya Priyadarshini, Dr. Manisha Upadhyay, "The Subversion of a Myth: Empowerment in Divakaruni's The Palace of Illusions", International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT), ISSN:2320-2882, Volume.13, Issue 11, pp.d778-d786, November 2025, Available at :http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2511456.pdf
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