A Study on the Writing Style of Arundhati Roy

Exploring the Complexity of Arundhati Roy's Writing Style

Abstract

In Mistress, Arundhati Roy focuses on the issue of domestic sexual violence. Arundhati Roy’s works reflect a wide range of interests making her a multifaceted writer of the present generation. Mistress is an intensive novel full of deep, mysterious, complex emotions that are very true to life. The story of each character unravels slowly and in the end culminates in a passionate story of life. All of the characters in the novel have a passion in life and in some way or other it decides the course of their lives, and it becomes a demanding mistress. In Mistress, she makes the closed realms of Kathakali performers come alive she paints a poignant picture of the segregated, cloistered Muslim village.These two novels, Arundhati Roy’s Ladies Coupé and Mistress bring into focus the issue of self-realization. In addition, Mistress focuses on domestic sexual violence. Though Arundhati Roy is not a feminist, her stories delve deep into the expectations of married Indian women and the choices they make within the relationships. They are entangled in their suffering and rebellion born of that pain, and convey a message of hope, through the change that is out there and can become possible through one’s courage and initiative.