Bibi Haldar
E1011922
Bibi Haldar is a socially isolated, epileptic young woman in Jhumpa Lahiri’s short story whose yearning for love and normalcy exposes the constraints placed on women in her community.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bibi Haldar canonical | 2 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
ⓘ
short story character ⓘ |
| ageStatus | young woman ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Treatment of Bibi Haldar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInCollection | Interpreter of Maladies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic | socially isolated ⓘ |
| createdBy | Jhumpa Lahiri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Indian middle-class urban society ⓘ |
| desires |
a normal life
ⓘ
love ⓘ marriage ⓘ |
| economicStatus | dependent ⓘ |
| experiences | seizures ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| languageContext | Bengali-speaking milieu ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary literature ⓘ |
| livesWith |
her cousin
ⓘ
her cousin’s wife ⓘ |
| medicalCondition | epilepsy ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to critique social neglect of ill women
ⓘ
to expose patriarchal norms ⓘ |
| nationalContext | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation | shop assistant ⓘ |
| receives | various ineffective treatments ⓘ |
| residence | Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialRole | unmarried woman ⓘ |
| subjectOf | community gossip ⓘ |
| symbolizes | marginalized women in her community ⓘ |
| themeInStory |
constraints on women
ⓘ
desire for normalcy ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ |
| treatedAs | burden by her relatives ⓘ |
| worksAt | her cousin’s cosmetics shop ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.