Through the prism of Erikson's and Marcia's psychosocial perspectives, this paper seeks to examine the subject of identity in the novels under consideration. We can learn more about the complexities of human identity and the different variables that shape it by looking at the experiences and conflicts with the identification of the female protagonists. Female characters frequently take center stage in identity crisis discussions written by women writers. No two female characters have been presented as admirably as those in Arundhati Roy and Anita Desai.
In Roy's novels The God of Small Things (1997) and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (2017), prominent women characters with identity crises are shown to include Ammu, Rahel, Kochamma, Mammachi, Kalyani, Tilottama, Maryam Ipe, Jahanara Begum, Zainab, Loveleen Kaur, Sangeeta Madam, and Revathy. In the same way, the quest for identification is important to Desai's female characters, such as Kulfi and Pinky in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998) and Bela, Sai, Noni, and Lola in The Inheritance of Loss (2006).
Key words: Identity Crisis, Women Protagonists Erikson, Marcia’s psychosocial approaches.
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