In The Well of Loneliness, by Radclyffe Hall a story of character unravels in which one female sexed person lives in a society where she feels that she is not accepted for who she is. Hall develops this sensitive lesbian and as the story unravels the reader is invited to look closer into the soul of this character and what being a lesbian entails to her. ... In Hall's description of Stephen's early adolescence, she is supporting a view point that a lesbian is born intrinsically gay. ... At the age of twenty she finally was free of this burden. ...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

It has made it possible for the women writers to set the conditions of existence, free from the direct interference of men. ... Moreover, the Indian girl is still raised to believe submissiveness goes hand in glove with her sex. ... The story of Savitri is held up as a prime example of the lengths to which a wife should go in aiding her husband. ... We note that Rukmani is prepared at an early age to accept her role as a wife, which is evident in the gay response she makes to her mother, "I shall have a grand wedding". ...

• Word Count: 3535
• Approx Pages: 14