Representations of women's oppressions in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, 2016
Abdulhaq, Hala M.
2010-2019
This study examines Jane Austens realistic interpretations of eighteenth-century English society with a particular focus on representing womens oppressions in Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. Austen, in these three novels, criticizes several issues related to womens status in English society and focuses on how men and women should be treated equally. In the novels, she argues that English society creates social order, womens oppressiveness, and gender inequality through arbitrary social norms and traditions. This paper mainly focuses on two areas that restrict womens roles in their society: the marriage plot and the educational system. Austens purpose of presenting these issues is to voice womens rights and improve their conditions. She also offers her readers unusual descriptions of female characters in order to correct the stereotypical images of women during the period. Finally, this paper aims to show Austens success in redefining womens status and change the misconceptions of women in British society. KEY TERMS: Womens Oppressions, Jane Austen, Arts and Humanities, English Language and Literature
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2016-12-13
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Master of Arts (MA)
Clark Atlanta University
English
DeLong, Kelly Wright, Susan Mitra, Bansari
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2016_abdulhaq_hala_m
