Dedicated to recording, portraying, and indicting
the social inequities that he witnessed in nineteenth
century Victorian England, one of Charles Dickens' many
concerns was the roles assigned to women both in the
public and private spheres.
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the
narratives of Amy Dorrit and Miss Wade in Dickens' Little
Dorrit and Esther Summerson in Bleak House to explore the
ways in which each woman conforms to, subverts, or
rejects her socially prescribed roles as she seeks to
create her own identity while simultaneously complying to
the duties and roles assigned her.
This study focuses on the oral and written
narratives of these women exploring their words, stories,
and symbolic imagery. It also contextualizes their
narratives while answering the critical question: How
does individual identity emerge amid rigorously
circumscribed social roles? / Graduation date: 1995
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/35566 |
| Date | 23 May 1994 |
| Creators | Van Ras, Tamara L. |
| Contributors | Campbell, Elizabeth |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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