This study examines nature’s representation and the relationship between nature and female characters, especially the protagonist in Iris Murdoch’s The Bell. The association between major female characters and natural resources that develop their gender identity and their perception of nature are examined through the ecofeminist approach. The ecofeminist study of the novel investigates the interconnection between natural resources and female characters and the nature and women’s exploitation as a result of this association. The community’s anthropocentric viewpoint perceives nature and women as others that must be dominated and exploited, they do not recognize the independent existence of nature and women. The female characters’ identity is defined in relation to the male characters in the patriarchal community and the natural resources are exploited through excessive use for agricultural benefits. Dora, has a deep connection with the environment, through association with nature she tries to dismantle the patriarchal community and dichotomies of culture/nature. To define a separate identity for herself and other female characters, she attempts to replaces the old bell which signifies the real truth concealed by religious doctrines with the new one.
