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Abstract
Women play a very vital role in human progress and have a significant place in the society. The main responsibility of a woman is to preserve the human race. Women are marginalized by compelling them to lead the life of dependence and they are made to sacrifice their ‘life’ and ‘self’ for the sake of others. Woman plays an important role in the society. Woman is the central figure when one considers the family. Absence of women in family structure clearly shows the incompleteness of any family T.S. Pillai tells the responsibilities of women through the female characters in the novel chemmeen.