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Violence and Gender Conflicts in Ian McEwan’s novel The Comfort of Strangers

Author(s) Mohd Sheraz Butt
Country India
Abstract This essay examines the themes of violence and gender conflicts in Ian McEwan's The Comfort of Strangers, emphasising how conventional gender roles and power dynamics add to the unnerving atmosphere of the novel. The novel, which takes place in an unfamiliar and enigmatic city, centres on two couples: Robert and Caroline and Colin and Mary, whose interactions highlight the damaging effects of patriarchal norms. Robert, a character in the novel who represents the dehumanising impacts of inflexible gender standards by his cruel actions towards Caroline, serves as a critique of toxic masculinity. The novel's depictions of psychological and physical violence highlight the risks associated with relationships in which power is unequally divided. How McEwan depicts victimisation and complicity in love relationships provides a disturbing critique of the social institutions that support and condone gender-based violence. In the end, the essay makes the case that the novel is a potent indictment of how patriarchal beliefs influence and frequently twist interpersonal relationships.
Keywords Ian McEwan, violence, gender conflicts, gender roles, power dynamics, toxic masculinity, patriarchal norms, victimization, complicity.
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Published In Volume 6, Issue 4, July-August 2024
Published On 2024-08-31
Cite This Violence and Gender Conflicts in Ian McEwan’s novel The Comfort of Strangers - Mohd Sheraz Butt - IJFMR Volume 6, Issue 4, July-August 2024. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i04.26791
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i04.26791
Short DOI https://doi.org/gt8gtz
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