character를 분석하고 두 대조적인 여성의 사랑, 삶의 방식, 인생에 대한 적응성 등을 주로 여성 인물의 관점에서 비교하고 분석해 보겠다.
Ⅱ. Female Character Analysis
하디의 소설 속에 등장하는 여성인물들은 과거에 흔히 소설의 여주인공으로 등장하던 인물들과는 좀 다른 부류에 속해 있음을 알 수 있
1.Brief Introduction of Author
Toni Morrison
African-American female writer
Her novels particularly focused
on racial & gender issues of black
women
Wrote The Bluest Eye based on her
‘real life experience’
Main Characters
Pecola Breedlove
A poor, black girl eager to have white skin and blue eyes.
She becomes insane at the end of the novel
Claudia Ma
tower. Although her rescuer is an ugly ogre, not a handsome prince, Fiona declares that Shrek is her true love. Sometimes, Fiona saves Shrek when he is in danger. In that sense, Fiona is different from other female characters in fairy tales, such as Cinderella and Snow White. Today, many women, like Fiona, are independent and no longer need to wait for Prince Charming’s rescue or magic kiss.
Toni Morrison
African American Literature
Born in Feb 18, 1931, Ohio.
From Working-class family
Contacts numerous black community folktales through her father
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction(1988) for Beloved
Nobel Prize of Literature(1993)
Home
Written in 2012
Right after Korean War, U.S.A.
Modern Odysseus : story of a man who goes back to his hometown after the war
Stream of Consci
Beatrice as a subordinate
“But no worries. We women always cover you men’s shortcomings. When you men are down we put lipstick on and pretty ourselves up for you. When you can’t keep the horde out of the moat we accommodate them with a smile.” (p.163)
But Vic was too busy watching the bow where Beatrice stood on one leg with her arms out as a mascot for Vic. (p.60)
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