Women in Literature
A reading of female characters and their search for a place in society
Keywords:
Women's literature, Perfectionism, Comparative LiteratureAbstract
This article aims to discuss and analyse three works by three great authors of literature, Virginia Woolf, with A Room of One’s Own (1929; 2014) Charlotte Brontë, with Jane Eyre (1847; 2021) and Emily Brontë, with Wuthering Heights (1847; 2018). We will analyse three important female characters in the works: Mary Beton, Jane Eyre and Catherine Earnshaw. Elements will be explored such as the role of the protagonists in breaking female stereotypes, their search for freedom and self-determination, the challenges they faced and how their stories contribute to a broader understanding of the female condition in literature and society at the time. As a result of PIBIC-EM research carried out between 2022 and 2023, this analysis allows us to understand how literature was a space of resistance and empowerment for women, even in the face of perfectionism and social restrictions imposed in previous centuries.
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