Question

In Bankim's Rajmohan's wife we see a critique of nineteenth century culture in India. Discuss

Answer 1

The novel is written in English like many novels of the nineteenth century and not in a vernacular language Bangla. The pivotal character Rajmohan’s wife Mantangini is described as a woman of power. Unlike women of the past, she was not a submissive woman. In course of the novel, there are narrations of various aspects such as imprisonment in dungeons and criminal conspiracy. These were actually an integral part of the colonial life that existed in the nineteenth century.