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The article analyzes the representation of the personality of the principal characters in the novel "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. It highlights the personal conflicts involving Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler and Ashley Wilkes. The connections between Scarlett and Belle Watling are discussed, as well as Scarlett's complex and changing attitudes about sex and her romantic relationship with Ashley.

The article explores Charles Dicken's characterization of Rosa Bud as a charming young heroine in the novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." It examines the development of Rosa's character, her actions in response to men around her. It concludes that Rosa's characterization indicates that Dickens is not only sensitive to the conflicts inherent in Rosa's privileged situation but delves further into a woman's perspective as she responds to her dangerous, controlling fiance, John Jasper.

A literary criticism of the character Nick Adams from the short stories "The End of Something" and "The Three-Day Blow" in the book "In Our Time" by Ernest Hemingway is presented. It takes note of the ambivalence of presenters at the 2012 International Hemingway Conference such as H. R. Stoneback toward the character for breaking up with his girlfriend. Hemingway's frequent use of what were considered then profanities in his first American publication is also discussed.

The article examines the absence of atonement in Ian McEwan's novel "Atonement." It discusses how the novel addresses the impossibility of achieving redemption through the art, as well as the function of the novelist as God within the narrative and with his orientation towards God. Also explored are the religious sensibility demonstrated by the character of Robbie Turner, the role of Briony as god who governs Robbie, and the romantic love relationship between Robbie and Cecilia.

The article presents a literary criticism of author Vikram Seth's novels "A Suitable Boy" and "An Equal Music," focusing on the theme of love. It discusses the impact of Indian society on his novels, with emphasis on women characters depicting their love for their men and the volatility of man-woman relationships. It references the dissertation "Theme of Love in Vikram Seth's Novels, A Suitable Boy and An Equal Music."

In the chapters “The Kerenski Ballet School” and “Firebird” of Rosario Ferré's novelThe House on the Lagoon,the allusions to the balletGiselleand Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres's painting ofLa Grande Odalisqueare closely connected to patriarchal ideology and performance of gender. The allusion toGisellereveals the nocive effects of a gender script that reinforces the romantic feminine paradigms of submission and self-sacrifice. The allusion toLa Grande Odalisqueplays a fundamental role in the construction of the specular image, which makes visible the loss of autonomy, the psychic fragmentation, and the subaltern position that Tamara Kerenski takes in the social structure of the Kerenski Ballet School after marrying André Kerenski. In contrast toGiselle's tragic ending and the perpetual objectification to which the odalisque is subjected in Ingres's painting, Tamara Kerenski overcomes her subordinated position. Through that resolution, Ferre's narrative texts stress the possibility of contesting the traditional scripts and performances of female gender. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the representation of Islam in Miguel de Cervantes' play "Los tratos de Argel." It insists that the play's romance between Aurelio and Zahara is inspired by the Genesis story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife. The Biblical motif has been inflected through a series of Morisco legends.

A literary criticism of the book "Half a Life," by V. S. Naipaul is presented. It outlines problems with culture, illicit relationships, and language encountered by Indian Willie Chandran, the central protagonist of the novel, in a foreign land. It acknowledges attempt of Naipaul to illustrate traditional values lost by diasporians as they adopt to a new language and culture. It also discusses possible further alienation that diasporians may suffer from said change of culture.

A literary criticism of the book "The Serpent and the Rope," by Raja Rao is presented. Regarded as the first philosophical novel of Rao, the book is considered as a post-colonial bildungsroman which explores quest for spiritual growth and sufferings of protagonist Ramaswamy. It describes complicated relationship of Ramaswamy with his wife and other significant women in his life. The way the character Savitri symbolizes modern India is also discussed.

The article presents an analysis of "'Tis Pity She's a Whore," the best known play by John Ford. It notes that the last scene of the play in which Giovanni enters in the birthday feast of his brother-in-low with his sister's heart skewered on the end of his dagger is considered baroque in its fusion and sensuous and sacred impulses. According to the author, the scene also put a sensationalistic point to the relationship between Giovanni and Annabella.

A literary criticism of the play "The Lion and the Jewel" written by Wole Soyinka is presented. The play portrays a woman who admires her own beauty after seeing her photographs taken by a strange traveler. Themes in the play include man-woman relationships, seduction and cultural domination of the colonizer. The representation of other characters in the play is analyzed.

The article discusses a study on the views of the 17th century Puritans and the 21st century Vietnamese on self, sin, love and moral mission with reference to the novel "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It gives the views of English-majored students and teachers at the Hue College of Foreign Languages in Vietnam on the forbidden love affair in the novel. A survey found that 46 Vietnamese readers believed that the Puritans were hard-hearted and egoistic about their sermon against sin.

A literary criticism of the book "The Painter of Signs," by R. K. Narayan is presented. It outlines the characters and explores the symbolic significance of these characters. An overview of the story is provided. It also examines how man-woman relationships were affected by the conflicts between tradition and modernity.

Marriage under compulsion was a hot topic in the Renaissance: lawyers tried to regulate it, moralists railed against it, and playwrights dramatized it. Shakespearean works such as A Midsummer Night's Dream use the threat of forced marriage to drive the plot, but through comic or tragic means this threat is averted. This is not the case in Ali's Well That Ends Well, in which Bertram is compelled to marry Helena. However, Bertram gets little sympathy in the play and has not had much more from critics who have tended to focus on Helena's experience. This article reappraises his situation by examining the play's portrayal of the procedural steps of marriage (vows and consummation), digressing into discussion of the moral and legal issues involved at the points these issues arise, contrasting Bertram's experiences against other Shakespearean characters, and considering how power and sympathy are managed to make Bertram's subjection more palatable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Joanne Kathleen Rowling's series of novels about Harry Potter has attracted the attention of numerous literary critics. This paper questions the problems of multiple readings from the viewpoint of feminist literary theory. We can observe considerable differences in the approach of various literary critics to Rowling's series and the opinions of these critics are equally varied. They claim that these are sexist novels, feminist novels, novels for boys, novels in which girls can find role-models and novels in which the author seeks to assert herself through the discourse of fictional text. It is concluded that the novels analyzed can be read from multiple perspectives and that Rowling succeeds in making the reader aware of the problems of male-female relations by positioning the characters on opposite sides with regard to emotional relations, relations towards different people and the family and towards society in general, as well as through convincing and impressionable characterization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë explores Jane's struggle to escape isolation and find a community that will value her, but when Jane does find love and acceptance, it occurs in an isolated romantic utopia that allows Jane and Rochester to escape the outside world as they immerse themselves in their overwhelming love for each other. In The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Anne Brontë questions whether this type of romantic love is sufficient, widening the focus of her novel from romantic love to social responsibility. Through the character of Helen and the influence she has on her friends' lives, Anne proposes that society will only begin to change when individuals break out of their isolation and begin to help their neighbours. While Helen does receive her own romantic conclusion, Anne places Helen's story within the context of a community that, with Helen's help, is beginning to be transformed for the better. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article looks at the representation of modern humanity in the play "A Moon for the Misbegotten" written by Eugene O'Neill. The author analyzes some scenes in the play that shows modern humanity. He also highlights the criticism received by the play from feminists for overemphasizing the tragedy of heroine Josie Hogan abandoning her own hopes and desires. In addition, the author discusses the romance between Josie and Jim Tyrone in the play.

This article analyzes the distinction between the phrases "I do" and "I will" in wedding vows based on a woman's thought as depicted in the play "As You Like It." Poet Algernon Charles Swinburne defines "I will" as a spousal while "I do" is to matrimony. It depicts the importance of parental approval as the play's character Rosalind asks for her father's consent on her marriage to Orlando. The phrase used by Orlando during his marriage proposal to Rosalind depicts conditional spousal which made Rosalind doubt his promise.

The article examines the female characters of Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt," which is a play anchored in the tradition of the romantic fairy tale. The female characters do not articulate feminist awareness. They are not first and foremost authentic figures who give voice to genuine feminist problems, but that they are projections of Peer Gynt's varying ideas about women and the changing needs they fill in his awareness. The female world Peer creates is therefore typical of a particular male way of regarding women. Peer's view of women has been criticized as an expression of male chauvinist fundamentalism by modern feminist theorists. Peer's female world is an expression of a male-dominated picture of women with long traditions in Western culture.

This article discusses the novel "Viento de otoño," by Juana Sánchez Lafaurie. Within the article are details of the dilemma between the traditional and the modern that appear in the novel. They also speak of the many qualities of characters in the novel which shows the relationship of Yolanda, a character in the novel, with a man.

A literary criticism of the book "The Well-Beloved," by Thomas Hardy is presented. It outlines each of the character as well as the symbolic significance of these characters which include sculptor Jocelyn Pierston, the hero of the book who is self-absorbed and arrogant. It explores Pierston's romantic relationships, the fulfillment of desire, and social contradictions.

Presents the author's hypothetical interview with characters of his book "Things Change". Relationship between the book's fictional main characters, Johanna and Paul. INSET: The Things Change Boof of Lists..

The article focuses on the status of women in the novel "Sanctuary," by William Faulkner. Particular attention is given to the actions of Temple Drake, the female protagonist of the novel. The marriageless society present in "Sanctuary" is discussed. The sociocultural aspects of marriage in the United States in the 1920s are discussed. The role of ownership both in "Sanctuary," and in the 1920s United States is considered.

The article focuses on the origin of the fictional character Emily Grierson from the short story "A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner. The author examines similarities between Emily Grierson and author Edgar Allan Poe's character Helen in the poem "To Helen," as well as a between Emily Grierson and poet Emily Dickinson. The author provides a comprehensive comparison of Emily Grierson's character to Queen Victoria of England.

Analyzes the characterization of Will, the narrator in Shakespeare's Sonnets, and the dark lady, Will's mistress. Incompatibility of love, talent and self-knowledge; Dual identity of the dark lady; Dichotomy between eyesight and psychological perception; Complexity in syntax as a reflection of obscurity in thought; Will's studied ambiguity and inconsistency.

The article focuses on "A Wife for a Life," considered the very first play written by playwright Eugene O'Neill, written in 1913 and copyrighted on August 15, 1913. The relationship of the play's characters, an Older Man, his friend Jack and Jack's girlfriend Yvette is discussed. The reason behind O'Neill creating the play's setting outside a goldminer's tent in the Arizona desert may be owed to the fact that the father of O'Neill owns a gold mine in Arizona around 1880. The portrayal of the personality traits of O'Neill, his father, and his brother in the character of the Older Man is analyzed.

Focuses on the social and moral confusion of Jane Austen's protagonist, Mr. Knightley, in her novel `Emma.' Shifting nature of Highbury society as fount of gossip on marriage; Philosophies on matchmaking; Sensible man's choice of wife; Victory of patriarchal stereotype.

The author explores the relationship between world, landscape and Polia in the book "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, by Francesco Colonna. According to the author, the book describes the love story between the two protagonists Polifilo and Polia. She notes that the flow of a continuous story is repeatedly opposed by Colonna's lengthy descriptions of buildings and surrounding nature, placed between the different episodes of the love story. She observes that the interpretation of the figure of Polia is the focus of studies that attempt to understand the overall sense of the work.

The article analyzes the similarities between the short story "The Three Sisters" and the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. Their similarities include several marriageable daughters without brothers, an unappealing suitor and a handsome suitor. The scheme of Mary's sisters in "The Three Sisters" to deceive her into accepting a marriage proposal of Mr. Watts is discussed. Also described in the article is the relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice."