Abstract: ‘Island’ is a motif of both aloofness and enlightenment in both East and West. In the East, to the Buddha, island is a positive symbol of revitalization in the core of the ocean of Samsara. In Commonwealth feminist writers such as Anita Desai and Sue Monk Kidd, the island becomes a metaphor for a woman’s quest for freedom and identity. The Mermaid Chair is a vividly imagined novel about the spirit and the ecstasies of the body; one that illuminates a woman’s self-awakening with the brilliant and power that only a writer of Kidd’s ability could conjure.
Keywords: Mermaid Chair, Self-Awakening, woman’s quest for freedom and identity.
Title: From Self-Alienation to Self-Awakening in Sue Monk Kidd’s The Mermaid Chair
Author: Mrs.K.Shenbaha Priya, Ms.G.Shalini
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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