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Pages in category "Female characters in literature" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 461 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex. In Which Are Inserted the Characters of a Pedant, a Squire, a Beau, a Vertuoso, a Poetaster, a City-Critick, &c. In a Letter to a Lady. Written by a Lady, Judith Drake (1697) [15] A Serious Proposal, Part II, Mary Astell (1697) The Adventure of the Black Lady, Aphra Behn (1697) [16]
The titles of the following works of literature generally consist of the name of the female protagonist only. The title need not include the character's entire name, and may even consist of a diminutive form, alias, nom de guerre, or nickname.
Full name Cyrilla Amnell, who was formerly Princess Cyrilla. She is the daughter of Queen Bernadine and King Wyborn Amnell of Galea, sister of Prince Harold of Galea, and older half-sister of the Mother Confessor Kahlan Amnell. Terry Goodkind: Princess Violet of Tamarang Spoilt daughter of Queen Milena of Tamarang.
In Shakespeare's tragedies and his plays in general, there are several types of female characters. They influence other characters, but are also often underestimated. Women in Shakespearean plays have always had important roles, sometimes the leading role. Whether they are there to change the story or stabilize it, they are there for a reason.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818): Female version of the creature created by Victor Frankenstein – he destroys it before it can be brought to life [3] The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen (1837): The title character is a mermaid; The Succubus by Honoré de Balzac (1837): A succubus disguised as a woman [4]
For fictional characters in other parts of the LGBTQ community, see the lists of gay, trans, bisexual, non-binary, pansexual, aromantic, asexual, and intersex characters. The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname.
A category containing female characters in William Shakespeare's works. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. H.