Essays about: "protagonist"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 253 essays containing the word protagonist.

  1. 16. Voice and Sites of Resistance : A Woman's Quest for Empowerment and Freedom through Voice in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

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

    Author : Adelina Abazi; [2023]
    Keywords : There Eyes Were Watching God; Zora Neale Hurston; voice; subversive; empowerment; freedom; woman; authentic; self;

    Abstract : This essay analyzes the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God written by Zora Neale Hurston, 1937. The main focus is how the protagonist Janie uses her voice to subvert patriarchal oppression. In this essay my hypothesis is that she has a voice all along. However, it evolves due to her ability to engage in activities that are subversive to patriarchy. READ MORE

  3. 17. Subalternity and Insubordination : A Postcolonial Analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Karin Rosenqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Post-colonialism; Nigeria; feminism; Adichie; subaltern;

    Abstract : In Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel Americanah the young female protagonist is unexpectedly thrown into a life of marginalisation when she migrates from Nigeria to the American East coast. Having grown up in Nigeria her skin colour has neither been an issue nor of consideration to her, but it soon becomes apparent that elsewhere her complexion evokes expectations and functions as a breeding ground for prejudice. READ MORE

  4. 18. Affect Poststructuralism and Repressed Emotion: The True Tragedy of The Remains of The Day

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Melvin Linderot; [2023]
    Keywords : Kazuo Ishiguro; The Remains of the Day; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Remains of the Day has garnered much discussion by literary theorists. Studies have primarily concerned themselves with the main character Mr Stevens and how he interacts with the complex situations around him. READ MORE

  5. 19. Handmaid and Wife : Mimetic Rivalry in The Handmaid’s Tale

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Anders Oscarsson; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) has been extensively studied, with many focusing on the patriarchal structures and the oppression of women. However, little has been written about the relationship between the character Serena Joy and the protagonist Offred, especially through the lens of René Girard’s theories about mimetic envy and rivalry. READ MORE

  6. 20. A Black woman's fight against oppression: Celie's transformation in the Color Purple

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Hanna Stark; [2023]
    Keywords : The Color Purple; Celie; feminism; oppression; gender traits; masculine femininity;

    Abstract : In the novel the Color Purple (1982), the author, Alice Walker, highlights the oppression African American women had to endure in the South, during the 1920s. It tells the story of the protagonist Celie's life, from being a sexual abused girl, to becoming an independent woman. READ MORE