Through time, femininity has been viewed as a weakness, but through the symbolism and characterizations of the Mirabal girls, Alvarez displays how femininity can function as a hidden strength. The Mirabal girls face challenges that any revolutionary might expect, with the added attacks on their abilities because of their femininity. Instead of being discouraged and abandoning their womanhood to adopt a masculine, heroic-archetype demeanor, the girls use their supposed “weakness” to their strengths.
Since the beginning, Minerva had fought out against the gender roles pushed on her by going to school and speaking out, yet never fully abandons her female nature. During Trujillo’s party, Minerva’s beauty wooed the dictator, and she used the advantage
Since the beginning, Minerva had fought out against the gender roles pushed on her by going to school and speaking out, yet never fully abandons her female nature. During Trujillo’s party, Minerva’s beauty wooed the dictator, and she used the advantage