2。 The Tragic Fate of Southern Women Characters in Absalom, Absalom!

    In Absalom, Absalom!, we can see a large quantity of women who live painful lives。 Most of them end in misery, even though they came from different classes and races。 So Absalom, Absalom! is not only a tragedy of Sutpen’s family but also a tragedy of southern women。 Some women in Absalom, Absalom! are lunatic; some are degraded; some are isolated from others; some are distorted by the society。 The tradition of south seems like a invisible net in which women struggle painfully to escape but they can not get away for their souls are poisoned and their characters are distorted。 (刘加媚2002( 4): 161-163)来*自~优|尔^论:文+网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766*

The history of British gentelwoman is a history of rigorous education。。。she will serve ‘as the crown of her Husband’, an administrator of a large family, and a hostess of a notable family after they Married。” (张光明2007:3)