Essays about: "Daphne du Maurier"

Found 3 essays containing the words Daphne du Maurier.

1. 1. The Abject Female Body : The Male Gaze on Woman and Nature in Daphne du Maurier's "The Apple Tree" and "The Blue Lenses"

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Josephine Pantzar; [2022]
   Keywords : Daphne du Maurier; The Apple Tree ; The Blue Lenses ; abject; male gaze;

   Abstract : This study examines the portrayal of the woman as monstrous in Daphne du Maurier’s short stories “The Apple Tree” and “The Blue Lenses” and investigates the abject emotions that female bodies induce within the main characters. The study also contrasts the habitual, objectifying gaze of the male focalizer with the reluctant gaze forced upon the female focalizer through a pair of lenses, argued here to represent the patriarchal suppression of woman, as the male gaze is key for mediating the abject in du Maurier’s stories. READ MORE

3. 2. How to Identify a Bad Woman: A Study of Charlotte Brontë’s Bertha Mason and Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca de Winter

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Isabella Silbo; [2019]
   Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

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4. 3. Domesticicty, Identity and Mental Illness in Jane Eyre and Rebecca from a feminist perspective

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Steve Cowan; [2017]
   Keywords : femininity; feminist; gender stereotyping; madness; gothic;

   Abstract : This qualitative essay explores and compares women’s roles and identities in the gothic novels Rebecca and Jane Eyre. The investigation shall be a social critique on feminine ideals from a feminist perspective. READ MORE