Analysis of “A Sorrowful Woman”
Throughout literary history there have been many great works, once such work is the story “A Sorrowful Woman”. Written by Gail Godwin, A Sorrowful Woman is a present day fairy-tale toned down. It even starts off like a fairy-tale, with “Once Upon a Time”. Literature uses many different elements such as theme, character, plot, point of view, etc. The main element of this story is the theme that not all women are meant to be mothers. While all the elements are generally present in a non-fictional story there is almost always one that stands out. In “A Sorrowful Woman” the theme jumps out at you. From the very beginning of the story when she looks at her family and the sight makes her sick and sad. Immediately
Throughout literary history there have been many great works, once such work is the story “A Sorrowful Woman”. Written by Gail Godwin, A Sorrowful Woman is a present day fairy-tale toned down. It even starts off like a fairy-tale, with “Once Upon a Time”. Literature uses many different elements such as theme, character, plot, point of view, etc. The main element of this story is the theme that not all women are meant to be mothers. While all the elements are generally present in a non-fictional story there is almost always one that stands out. In “A Sorrowful Woman” the theme jumps out at you. From the very beginning of the story when she looks at her family and the sight makes her sick and sad. Immediately