The Loss of Dream, Love and Words of Women: A Brief Analysis of Three Female Characters in Winesburg, Ohio

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10.2991/ichssd-17.2018.43How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Winesburg, Ohio, Female characters, Loss.

Abstract

Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life is a short story cycle by the American writer Sherwood Anderson. Through the eyes of the protagonist George Willard, the work presents a series of various characters living in the small town in the late 19th, each of which is of unique life experience and different personality. Among them, several female characters contribute to an inconspicuous yet important part. As gender equality is drawing more and more attention today, the analysis of female characters are more frequently carried out to help to better understand female positions in the process of social development. Therefore, this essay will focus on three representative female characters in the work, and every one of them is on behalf of one typical kind of women at that time. By analyzing their personal experiences and tragic stories, the essay presents the rough situation they are facing, what important thing they have lost in their lifetime and the reasons leading to the tragedies.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ningshuang Xiao
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PY  - 2017/11
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TI  - The Loss of Dream, Love and Words of Women: A Brief Analysis of Three Female Characters in Winesburg, Ohio
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Humanities Science and Society Development (ICHSSD 2017)
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SN  - 2352-5398
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