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Female literary villains (87 P) W. Hildegarde Withers (7 P) Pages in category "Female characters in literature" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
A female character who is vain, girlish, mischievous, lighthearted, coquettish, and gossipy. The role of the soubrette is often to help two young lovers overcome the blocking agents (e.g. chaperones or parents) that stand in the way of their blossoming romance. Violet Gray; Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro) Gretchen Wieners (Lacey Chabert in ...
Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) is one of the authors of classical Greece who took a particular interest in the condition of women within the Greek world. In a predominantly patriarchal society, he undertook, through his works, to explore and sometimes challenge the injustices faced by women and certain social or moral norms concerning them.
1956 film based on the famous novel of the same name by Jules Verne. Portrayed by Shirley MacLaine. Princess Selenia Arthur and the Invisibles; Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard; Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds: Daughter of Emperor Sifrat XVI and older sister of Prince Betameche. Based on the French Arthur book series by Luc Besson.
Swift’s most famous literary reference came in “Love Story” from 2008’s Fearless, where the narrator is Juliet to her love interest’s Romeo. Unlike Shakespeare’s tragedy, this version ...
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]
Baby Names for Boys That Mean Love 35. Amias. Pronounced ah-MY-us, this badass name has Latin roots and a meaning of “beloved.” 36. Oscar. Among the many names that mean love, this one has ...
The academic discipline of women's writing is a discrete area of literary studies which is based on the notion that the experience of women, historically, has been shaped by their sex, and so women writers by definition are a group worthy of separate study: "Their texts emerge from and intervene in conditions usually very different from those which produced most writing by men."