Abstract
This research explores the androgynous perspectives of Mumtaz Shahnawaz through the evolution of female characters in The Heart Divided(1957).Androgyny includes the presence of both masculine and feminine characteristics in one person. This research includes the influence of feminist waves which paved way for the evolution of female characters. It also encompasses the themes of androgyny, feminism leading to feminist discourse, fragmentation of self and evolution of identities. Plato’s theory of androgyny forms the theoretical framework for this research. The primary text encompasses the freedom movement of the subcontinent before 1947 and influence of the external agitation over women which changed their position from passive to active by transforming them into androgynous beings. This research encompasses the socio-cultural assigned gender roles and their influence our formations of knowledge, the significant subject, and observations of investigation and justification. This research proves that androgynous mind works in a multi-dimensional way and it also gets changed due to influential socio-cultural patterns.