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Advice to women by Eunice De Souza short questions. Sourav Omnibus

 Advice to women short questions



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Eunice de Souza (1940 – 2017) was an Indian English language poet, literary critic and novelist. Among her notable books of poetry are Women in Dutch painting (1988), Ways of Belonging (1990), Nine Indian Women Poets (1997), These My Words (2012), and Learn From The Almond Leaf (2016). She published two novels, Dangerlok (2001), and Dev & SImran (2003), and was also the editor of a number of anthologies on poetry, folktales, and literary criticism.


Eunice de Souza was the only Indian woman to be included in the Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992). She has edited a number of books, including the anthology, Nine India Woman Poets, published the by Oxford University Press which includes her insight into poems written by Indian women through history. De Souza has also been involved in theatre both as an actor and director.






Eunice de Souza's poem "Advice to Women" seeks to teach women how to cope with romantic breakups. De Souza encourages women to use the indifference of cats as a model of behavior to follow when jilted by their lovers.


The poem by silencing the protagonist makes her marriage seem artificial and distant. The poet questions both the formal manner in which the marriage alliance is made and the relevance of marriage for the protagonist who may actually want to do something else. Other famous poems by her include ‘Bequest’ and ‘Advice to Women’. Almost all her poems reveal her strong sense discomfort with patriarchal institutions.







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