Trauma, Intimacy and the Crisis of Ethical Identity in Daniel L. Jensen’s 

The Bridge Kingdom

Kishware Sulthana M.
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College.

kishwaresulthanaenglish@gmail.com

Abstract
This paper talks about the ethical crisis that emerges from the tension between her hatred towards the nation and emotional attachment. The story revolves around the main character Lara who explores political conditioning and emotional repression through a fractured ethical self. Lara internalizes trauma due to her duty to sacrifice herself for her country and its people. Her marriage to King Aren makes a major impact of psychological conflict where there is destabilization towards loyalty. The Bridge Kingdom has a major conflict in the life of Lara through her inner struggle between duty to her homeland and developing love for her enemy. Later she realizes that she was sent to the villain to destroy him for taking revenge for her country and its people. 

Keywords: Intimacy, Crisis, Feminist ethics, Trauma, Trauma theory, Ethical identity.