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Gender, Voice, and Resistance: Re-visioning Sita in Divakaruni’s The Forest of Enchantments

Author(s) Ms. GEETA KHEEM SINGH OLI
Country India
Abstract Gender is socially produced through culture and power instead of being a purely biological fact. Simone de Beauvoir’s remark, “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” (Beauvoir 14), reflects how gender roles are socially imposed. In contemporary literature, the reinterpretation or reshaping of earlier texts has become common to give them a modern outlook. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Forest of Enchantments is one such work, offering a re-visioning of the Ramayana from Sita’s perspective. The author portrays Sita as the protagonist and empowers her to speak out against patriarchy. Sita is depicted as a strong woman who not only stands for herself but also for other marginalized and silenced characters. Divakaruni transforms Sita from an idealized figure into a self-aware woman who articulates her experiences of banishment, suffering, and resistance. The present paper attempts to investigate the novel by exploring how Divakaruni reshapes the character of Sita as a symbol of gender consciousness within literary discourse. It also aims to examine how voice functions as a significant tool of agency, enabling Sita to question a society in which patriarchal values are deeply embedded in the notions of dharma, purity, and wifely duty.
Keywords Myth, Retelling, Divakaruni, The Forest of Enchantments, Female Voice
Field Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-05-12
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