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Female Stereotypes in Great Gatsby, Macbeth and To Kill a Mockingbird
by Paul Thomson on Sep 7, 2010
Jane Austen’s Persuasion contains a famous debate over whether men or women are more constant in love. On behalf of his sex, Captain Harville argues “that all histories are against [women]—all stories, prose and verse,” to which Anne replies, “Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands.”
Through Anne Elliot – and her female protagonists in general – Austen draws attention to the huge under- / misrepresentation of women in literary history; whether helpless victims, wicked villains, or altogether absent entities, they get very few breaks prior to the modern era. In case your memory needs refreshing, let’s take a look at two of the most classic female villain archetypes.
Archetype One: The Nag. She scolds, she nitpicks, and she emasculates. Before you know it, you’re losing touch with old friends, questioning your manhood, and...Read More >>
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