Female protagonists

focus on female protagonists who are the center and driving force behind a detective narrative. I will compare and contrast Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs and Lisbeth Salander from The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo to explore two women that are progressive in breaking through traditional gender roles and are successful at portraying a female that goes against the grain. These women portray unique and progressive ideas about sexuality. Clarice and Lisbeth are two empowered females that are

Role of the Female Protagonists in Groundhog Day and A & P      Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray, is a film about a television weatherman named Phil who relives the same day, 2 March, over and over again. A & P is a short story by John Updike in which a cashier, Sammy, has his routine day disrupted when three girls wearing swimming suits stroll into the grocery store where he works and are confronted by the manager. Though their storylines vary greatly, in both works the main character

church. I was the type of kid who would ask Santa for books instead of dolls, specifically books with a female protagonist. Growing up I was never really interested in romance type books where a girl was saved by a man. I instead found pleasure in reading mystery and action books where the female protagonist would save the day. The books that I read caused me to want to be like the female protagonists that I read about. I tried to be brave like the woman I read about by running for fifth grade president

released in 22nd March 2012, is based on the Suzanne Collins novel of the same name. The Hunger Games is a film about a post-apocalyptic Panem, with its Capital and twelve districts that partake in a yearly event, called the Hunger Games where a male and female tribute from each of the twelve districts fight until the death in an arena until a lone tribute remains who becomes the winner. This annual event is held as a reminder for the uprising that happened 74 years ago. At the 74th annual Hunger Games,

transition from people and places you know to a foreign place with complete strangers. Whether death be to blame or taking a great leap of faith and marrying a man you barely know, this change will impact the path of your life forever. The female protagonists live through similar circumstances in Daphne du Maurier’s mysterious novels, Rebecca (1938) and Jamaica Inn (1936), yet they are able to persevere and overcome great obstacles. Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was a well-acclaimed Modern British

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a novel about two woman protagonists, Mariam and Laila. The trajectory of their lives forms the double plot of the book, and although the narrative is in the third person, the point of view itself shifts to that of the character whose plotline is being developed. The two women’s narrative points of view structure the novel with intricately wrought symmetry. Part 1 of the novel is told through Mariam’s point of view, part 2 of the book is written through Laila’s point

In Faulkner's "That Evening Sun" and Ross's "A Field of Wheat", we see both female protagonists victimized by their environment. In "That Evening Sun", we see Nancy as a victim of the racially discriminatory environment of the South in the early 1900's. In A "Field of Wheat", Martha falls victim to her natural environment and the wrath that nature plays in her life and the life of her family. In each story, the reader feels a sense of despair in both women. I will attempt to show that the environment

How does corruption affect the families and the two young female protagonists portrayed in Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie) and Paradise of the Blind (Dương Thu Hương)? Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie and Paradise of the Blind by Dương Thu Hương offers insight into our world and gives us a greater understanding of our surrounding through the places, events and characters that envelop the stories. Adichie’s novel, published in May 2013 and set in the early 1990’s and onwards focusses

Seeking the self: A Study Of The Female Protagonists In Anita Nair’s ‘Ladies’Coupe’ Dr. Kumkum Bhardwaj Professor & Head, Dept of Humanities Skyline Institute of Engineering and Technology Greater Noida Anita Nair is a name indelible in the arena of female Indian writers in English. Her books, set in the everyday world of India, mesmerize the reader with evocative language and descriptions. For Bangalore based author Anita Nair Kerala is the source of inspiration, weakness and strength. In her

Miss Julie by Strindberg and Medea by Euripides explore the theme of power struggle. Julie, the Count’s daughter, was raised by a mother who hated men; Strindberg hence presents a confused character who struggles with her sexual desire for men juxtaposing with her need to dominate them. She feels compelled to use her social status when dealing with Jean. Medea, on the other hand, is presented as a brave, unpredictable, almost barbaric woman of extremes; she has committed several crimes on her husband’s behalf