In Great Expectations by Charles Dickens the female characters of Miss Havisham and Mrs. Joe embodied rebellious female figures that deny women’s prescribed behavior at home in the society of Victorian era. The two female characters depict vivid and determining roles that refuse motherhood, marriage and self-sacrifice in different ways, but the outcome of their denial is quiet equal: both of them are punished for the refusal of their expected maternal roles in drastic, violent ways. In the article “The rape of Miss Havisham” by Curt Hartog the impact of the two women’s denial is described and their departure from the morally accepted behavior is compared to the article “Nobody’s Angel: Domestic Ideology and Middle-class women in the Victorian Novel” where the display of repressed women and their duties appears in several Victorian novels.
Curt Hartog in The rape of Miss Havisham provides an extensive and detailed analysis of the female characters contrasted sharply and categorized exclusively as …show more content…
1982, fall. “The rape of Miss Havisham.” Studies in the Novel Vol. 14, No. 3: 248-265. http://www.jstor.org/stable/29532172 (accessed, October 23, 2014). University of North Texas.
This article draws a parallel between the reversal of roles and psychosexual development of Pip, the male protagonist’s character throughout representing the most significant female characters’ lives. The main focus of the article is on the emotional effects on the male roles caused by the women who refused to meet with the expectations of Victorian society. With an intention to shape an argumentation about the two female protagonists’ psychological intention to deny the repression of women by males, this article is not the most suitable study to accomplish.
Langland, Elizabeth. (Mar., 1992).“Nobody's Angels: Domestic Ideology and Middle-Class Women in the Victorian Novel.” PMLA Vol. 107, No. 2: 290-304. http://www.jstor.org/stable/462641 (accessed September 7,
Curt Hartog in The rape of Miss Havisham provides an extensive and detailed analysis of the female characters contrasted sharply and categorized exclusively as …show more content…
1982, fall. “The rape of Miss Havisham.” Studies in the Novel Vol. 14, No. 3: 248-265. http://www.jstor.org/stable/29532172 (accessed, October 23, 2014). University of North Texas.
This article draws a parallel between the reversal of roles and psychosexual development of Pip, the male protagonist’s character throughout representing the most significant female characters’ lives. The main focus of the article is on the emotional effects on the male roles caused by the women who refused to meet with the expectations of Victorian society. With an intention to shape an argumentation about the two female protagonists’ psychological intention to deny the repression of women by males, this article is not the most suitable study to accomplish.
Langland, Elizabeth. (Mar., 1992).“Nobody's Angels: Domestic Ideology and Middle-Class Women in the Victorian Novel.” PMLA Vol. 107, No. 2: 290-304. http://www.jstor.org/stable/462641 (accessed September 7,