Hester's Heroinism in The Scarlet Letter Thinking of books read in most schools across the nation, most of the heroes in the stories are male. Sure, within the last couple of decades women heroes are starting to show up more but the history of writing contains male heroes. The "damsel in distres...
For a long time, the woman has assumed a secondary role in the first generation of Indian English male writing such as R.K.Narayan, Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand. Indeed, R.K.Narayan's heroine, Rosie, in his novel 'The Guide' is viewed only in relation to the main protagonist, Raju and Raju's mother is confined to a very secondary position. It is only through the advent of the rise in fiction by Indian women writers that the woman has been able to assume a major role in the novel. Many of the Indian women novelists focus on women's issues; they have a woman's perspect...
A Castle In Lynn "In the hometown tonight, in the quiet before sleep, a man strokes himself in the darkened theater of memory", Best old" remembrance, he gets to play it as slow as he needs, as his hand, savvy tart of a million reruns, plays the tune, plays the parts Mary Olivers informs us in her poetry handbook that sounds in a poem are not random but chosen (Oliver p.17). ...
Summary of Rebecca Rebecca's narrative takes the form of a flashback. The heroine who remains nameless, lives in Europe with her husband, Maxim de Winter traveling from hotel to hotel, harboring memories of a beautiful home called Manderley, which, we learn, has been destroyed by fire. The story be...
In the Tale of Genji, we meet a Japanese prince by the name of Genji who over time, developed several relationships with the women of his village. These relationships were developed through his use of charm, his royal status and his good looks to pry into their hearts. These three characteristics he...
