Question

how did women novelist portray women

Answer 1

One of the famous women novelist in 19th century was Jane Austen. She wrote about the world of women in genteel rural society in early 19th century which encouraged Women to look for good marriage and find wealthy or propertied husbands. The novel Pride and Prejudice states that it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Other women novelists did not simply popularise the domestic role of women. Their novels dealt with women, who broke and established norms of society before adjusting to them. Such novels allowed the women readers to sympathise with rebellious actions. Charlotte Bronte in her novel Jane Eyre portrayed . independent and assertive young ‘Jane’ who strongly protested against the hypocrisy of her elders.

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Answer 2

Western literature has been seriously affected by a distortion of Judaeo-Christian teaching about women.

Mother figures have always been highly regarded in Jewish society, and the Old Testament contains examples of powerful women – whether negative examples (such as Delilah or Jezebel) or positive ones (such as Deborah or Esther). See Big ideas: Women in the Bible.

In the New Testament, Luke in particular gives women considerable prominence and Paul wrote that