Social and Cultural Constraints of Masculinity in Perumal Murugan’s Resolve

Abstract

This paper provides a critical study on the liberation and the social constraints for men, by applying colonels masculinity theory social limitations placed on males through the lens of colonels masculinity theory. They have produced a man consumed by guilt, estranged from himself, and engaged in a never-ending internal struggle that affects every aspect of his existence—a struggle between matter and thoughts, capitalism and religious belief, science and religion, and body and soul. East and West, man and woman.  This paper states how men are affected when they got late marriage, and also analysis the social constraints for the men who get into the marriage life which depict the social constructiveness for men.