Abstract

THE VOICE OF WOMEN BETWEEN APHRA BEHN AND OLIVER GOLDSMITH

Asst.Prof. Dr. Rasha Abdulmunem Azeez Alabdullah

Volume: 10 Issue: 3 2020

Abstract:

Behn and Goldsmith are among the prominent dramatists of Restoration period. This research article discusses their early feminist trends in two well-known comedies written by them. Behn's The Rover presents a young heroine who is sent to convent by her brother to be a nun. She refuses her brother's decision and she appears as a young woman who is aware of her desire to love. Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer presents another female character who attempts to reform a nervous young man (Marlowe) who does not know how to behave naturally with women. This paper proves that feminist ideas have appeared clearly as early as the Restoration Age.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v10i03.030

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