Faces of Women Victims of Inequality in the Prose of Alexander Kazbegi
Faces of Women Victims of Inequality in the Prose of Alexander Kazbegi

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses how the faces of women victims of inequality and the process of their evolution are reflected in the works of Alexander Kazbegi. The issue of women’s inequality has been introduced into Georgian literature since the 1860s. It is directly related to the establishment of realism. Initially, the faces of rightless, unequal women are obscure, because the female characters with other functions and destinations dominate next to them, but over time these faces become stronger and culminate in the works of Alexander Kazbegi. The main characters of the mountain cycle stories “Elguja” and “Priest” reviewed by us are women with trag-ic fate in an unequal position in the society and family. They fail to raise their voices against injustice and, therefore, obey their fate silently. There are several reasons for this: socio-political situation and the factor of external forces, public order and psychology, traditions and customs of the society, the predominant posi-tion of a man in the family and society. “The Condemned” is a work reflecting the life of a city, it is autobiographical. One of the main characters of the novel Mari is a different character. She is a representative of an aristocratic circle, an educated woman who at some point in her life raises her voice against inequality and fights for personal freedom. Mari is a morally perfect person. A lot of things are unac-ceptable for her in real life. Although Mari also tragically dies and becomes a victim of the society of which she herself is a member, she is a progressive figure compared to other female characters.

• Details
• Contents