Valentine Heros Journey

This reality sends panic and fear through her because now she has nowhere to turn and no one to tell her what to do, no one to command her life. Not only is she stricken with the loss of her father but now she is cut off to the outside world, because her only link has passed on. Emily immediately goes into a state of denial; to her, her father could not be dead, he was all that she had and she would not let him go.

In “A Rose for Emily”, Miss Emily Grierson lives a life of quiet turmoil. Her

Through their journey from abused wives to tenacious women, these three characters learn the significance of self-made happiness and how independence is not only possible, but necessary for success. Celie, the woman who was once a daughter and a wife used to the constant ridicule of her family, changed her life for the better through forgiveness, faith, and friendship. Her friend and daughter in-law,Sofia, a loving mother and wife who was punished for her voice rose to defy the racist and sexist ways she was treated. And Mary Agnes, the diffident girl who shrunk away from the limelight, content to remain in the shadows of the strong figures around her, learned the importance of determination and courage through her success as a singer. The woman from this novel are a true testament to how women's rights have progressed over the last two centuries and how much farther they have to

The story is about Emily who at the beginning lives with her father and develops a close relationship with her father. After his death Emily she moves to stay with her aunt Madame Cheron. In the meantime, Emily falls in love with Valancourt while staying with her aunt. Her uncle Montoni forces her to marry Morano for wealth. But after Morano lost everything he refuses to marry off Emily with him and captures her in his remote castle Udolpho. After many mysterious frightening events took place in the castles, Emily manages to flee from there. While escaping she got arrested on French coast and is rescued by the Court de Villerois. She starts staying with his family. Even there she experiences many frightening events like ghosts. But later the mystery opens. In the meantime, rumor about Valancourt spreads that in Paris he was involved in gambling and drinking as a result, Emily rejected him. But knowing the truth Emily got reunited with Valancourt

Time is a very delicate matter all too quick to bring change, but people on the other hand can be stubborn, unwilling to bend to the changing of the times they cast themselves as outsiders, estranged from the world. Over the course of the story and Emily’s lifetime in general change is always occurring and it seems the more it occurs the more fragile miss Emily becomes. From the time of her father’s death, we begin to see her deteriorate. She is by her own definition conventional, and as so when a lover comes into her life she cannot deal with any change that accompanies it. Her own demise is the final irritation endured, thus she passes on in her home far away from the rest of the world. This story is truly one of mystery and while Miss Emily doesn’t want it, many changes occur pushing her more out of her customary range of familiarity.

The Gothic genre is an increasingly popular area for feminist studies, showing contrasts in society at the time and the expectations of women within it. In pre industrial times, women were expected to play a subservient role to men, they were expected to marry young and bare children, they would simply care for their husbands and support the family, they were denied the right to vote or own property and were expected to be the innocently silent, supportive backbone behind patriarchal society. It is noted that female characters in Gothic novels and plays often fall into one of two categories: innocent victims, subservient to the strong and powerful

The Gothic heroine becomes exposed to the patriarchal system that was slightly clouded behind the familial figures. Though the gender inequality was still a major source of impact upon

Are men and women groomed to fit in certain gender molds? Alice Munro’s ” Boys and Girls”, is a short story about a young girl whose view of herself and role in society, is warped by her experiences with her family and on her father’s farm. As she grows up, the unnamed narrator is troubled by the notion of what it means to be a girl, which is brought about by both internal and external influences. The people around her begin viewing her differently, she begins viewing everyone differently, but more importantly she begins viewing herself differently.

The function of the innocent heroine in gothic literature is, primarily, to follow her curiosity into the deepest, darkest corners of an appropriate gothic setting, uncover some awful secret contained therein, and do a lot of running around in her nightgown to be saved at the appropriate moment by a strong, capable suitor. In both Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James this trope is challenged, with both books presenting us with a slightly different version of the gothic heroine. Northanger Abbey gives us Catherine Morland, with her own knowledge of the gothic genre through the books she has read herself, and a propensity for common sense over hysteria. This foreknowledge and self-awareness creates a very different heroine than the typical gothic damsel in distress, and allows for Jane Austen to explore and parody the gothic genre instead of adhering to its every rule. The Turn of the Screw gives us the governess, who appears at first to follow the gothic heroine trope; young and pure of heart and motive, but who must also fill the role of both innocent heroine and protective hero. As the story progresses, doubt begins to fall on the governess’ sanity and motives. This essay will compare and contrast the treatment of these two gothic heroines, explore the different ways the characters challenge the innocent heroine trope, and discuss the effect this has on the

Emily was a mystery to the people in the neighborhood since she was rarely seen. That was because her father was her world. She lives in her father’s house with her black servant that go to the mastey for her and took care of her. Emily was a kind of womon that taught she was a high class then the rest of the town because of her father. That made her feel like she was high and mighty and made her belive in it. She love her father so much that when he die she didn’t belive it. Her world want

The short story, A Worn Path, is one of resilience, perseverance, and strength. Eudora Welty’s writing elegantly weaves pieces of feminist and archetypal literary themes through her work, and is evident in A Worn Path. To fully grasp the concepts of feminism and archetypal literature, it should be understood that feminism is when various opinions are applied to a work of literature based on how men are portrayed as in the text. This can mean that men are displayed as dominant over women in either a social, economic, or intellectual ways. The archetypal critical lense, also defined as “The Hero’s Journey”, is a twelve step process which can be commonly seen as a cycle a protagonist enters, where first a protagonist is established in a setting, is motivated to create change, but feel uneasy about it as they may fear the consequences, meets with a more experienced character who can guide the protagonist, leaves a region of comfort for one of uncertainty, is tested by adversaries, allies with other travelers, then the protagonist confronts danger or has a near death experience, then afterwards comes into possession of rewards from facing this danger, followed by a return to their home, then into resolutions of conflicts, and finally transforming the world with the rewards brought back from the journey. Famous stories anywhere from Achilles to Cinderella follow this form, but are adapted to fit the role of the characters and help the reader understand the protagonist’s struggles

Gothic literature has a long and complex history, which has spawned many different subgenres and even helped give rise to new ones altogether. One of the early subgenres of the gothic, was that of the female gothic. Based on the work of Ann Radcliffe, the female gothic takes the dark themes of it’s predecessors, but focuses on a central women figure, that is the heroine of the story. Since its inception, the female gothic has evolved in many ways. Even though it began as a way to reasses the depiction of women, the form still had many ways it could improve, and for the most part, it has, though it took time. A sense of agency was always a problem for women in these tales, and over time female gothics have acted to address this. In the same vein, gothics of old, wanted to reinforce many gender roles, as time passed, this changed for many stories. The major role that gender tended to play in these stories, was that of a male tyrant/monster, and the female prey, but even this was subject to change. In these ways, the female gothic has become something more than just a simple genre. Because of its focus on women, the power of the female gothic, it to give a voice to those who throughout history, didn’t have one.

The writer uses inconsistent, not chronological way of telling this story. Achieving this method he keeps the audience intrigued, putting the emphasis to make readers impressed and transmitting his thoughts and ideas. Perhaps these contentious discussions about the male impact and the outstanding work of the author that is what makes this story particular. One thing that is clear is the way male dominance and repression has an effect on vulnerable Emily Grierson torn between love and

Alexandra is also able to face the challenges of farming brought on by nature because she has an

       Dana Heller tells us now that "Women's quests must propose strategies for escaping debilitating structures, for discovering authentic selfhood, and for claiming the right to take her journey out into the world" (13).  Heller expresses here an imperative to current and future writers of the feminine journey to generate stories that accord the heroine