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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Characters -- Women"”.
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Heroines of Spenser.
In the Faerie Queene Spenser has created numerous women worthy of study. Though this particular aspect of the poem has been largely overlooked, the creations of Una, Britomart, Florimel, and even the unsavory Duessa are among Spenser's strongest legacy. Since the Faerie Queene is dedicated to Queen …
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A Casa dos Afetos: mulheres rurais e a performance/escrita de si como forma de resistência
… and poetry, that wattle and daub house and its characters have their stories dissected, turned over, converted into a text-map. Some questions guided the research: how to share the narratives and uncover how the nine characters, rural women from the Pati and Rio Branco communities in Alagoinhas …
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Eudora Welty : From "The Wanderers" to THE OPTIMIST'S DAUGHTER
… protagonists are single, middle--aged women. In addition, the social setting is similar in both stories. They are, in fact, quite interchangeable, and the symbols in both stories mirror each other: sight, clocks, and birds. Finally, both relate to the theme of living the "really good …
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Reality and imagination: the authorial decisions of May Welland Archer and Emma Woodhouse
<p>The ideal woman of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was the "Angel in the House"-a woman who was sweet, shy, and modest. She lived to please the men in her life. She was also the child-woman who was sheltered from the knowledge of the world because it would be too painful and heavy for …
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A Comparison of Jane Austen's Early and Late Characterization
… on Jane Austen's ability to create realistic characters. Not until the twentieth century, however, was Jane Austen's work evaluated critically. Twentieth century critics agree that she was a master at character portrayal.</p> <p>In Chapter Two, I have shown how Anne and Elizabeth are the same, …
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A Journey Inward : Initiation in Katherine Anne Porter's Miranda Stories
<p>Tracing the initiation motif in Katharine Anne Porter's "Miranda stories" uncovers her maturing protagonist's search for order and personal truth. Miranda's inward journey ultimately leads not to nihilism and despair, as some critics suggest, but to an honest and courageous affirmation of the …
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Jezebel's Daughters: A Study of Wilkie Collins and His Female Villains
… was concerned with rectifying the oppression of women in domestic life as well as with promoting equal rights between the sexes. This study explores Collins the "feminist" by analyzing his portrayals of women, particularly his most powerful feminine creations: his villainesses. Although this …