Though both he and Tagore were critical of the nationalist narratives of their own states - particularly nationalist violence - Yeats’ views were clouded by his relationship with Maud Gonne, while Tagore feared Asian attempts to transform into colonial powers on the model of the West. Yeats’ early admiration for Tagore is contrasted with his later disillusionment and demonstrated to be part of his misconception of India as representing an idealized past which Ireland had already surpassed. relationship between the leading literary figures of both nations in the run-up to independence: W. After examining this overarching content, the development of a national literary canon is analyzed through the framework of the. So, disregarding how Tagore demonstrates the idea of words, Woolf realizes ideal of motherhood was essential in women’s life and develops a female atmosphere in which women portray their status in the real world and fight against their patriarchal mother.Īlthough largely unrelated phenomena, there are striking similarities between the manner in which both Ireland and India drew upon their classical languages as a mechanism for intellectual nation-building upon both states’ withdrawals from the British Empire. In order to explore Rabindranath Tagore’s treatment of motherhood, Virginia Woolf’s perspective will be analyzed in respect to her feministic approach. However, This essay can be read as the ideology of a feminine ideal that compares nature of India motherland with mother of everyone in all aspects of life but it examines distinctions between Tagore and Wollstonecraft concerning women’s role as mothers within the family because as a feminist she argues that the rights of women are demanded within the republic. Yet, he insists that woman has the important roles in man’s life and she should make the best identity for her own life in the family or in the larger society. In Gora, Tagore portrays a divine mother and a goddess as well as the conception of the central character in relation to development of social, political, religious, and economical decisions of male.

This article evaluates the image of a traditional Indian motherhood in Gora written by Rabindranath Tagore.

Gora by rabindranath tagore