MY RED HAIR IS MY FREEDOM: IMAGE OF LILITH IN ORHAN PAMUK’S NOVEL, THE RED HAIRED WOMAN

Authors : Şahika Karaca

Pages : 119-134

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Publication Date : 2019-06-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :In this study, Gülcihan, as a woman character in Orhan Pamuk’s The Red Haired Woman referring to the image of Lilith, known as first wife of Adam in Western Mythology. In feminist literature Lilith is one of the representatives of femme fatale/fatal woman/diabolic woman with her libertarian spirit. One of the most significant characteristics of Lilith is being equalitarian/libertarian woman, and defining her existence referring to her own body and senses and regarding her identity of being a good mother and good spouse as secondary , the other is her leading to catastrophe through her red hair’s fascinating and voluptuous effect. Similarly, Gülcihan in Orhan Pamuk’s The Red Haired Woman, forms her libertarian woman identity through her red hair and being a good mother and good wife is secondary. By means of her equalitarian/libertarian such identity has a fatal effect leading to catastrophe in the novel. In this study, character analysis of Gülcihan in The Red Haired Woman has been targeted referring to the analogy of the image of Lilith.
Keywords : Lilith, Orhan Pamuk, The Red Haired Woman, Sexual Identity