The Portrayal of Women in the Short Stories of O. Henry
Keywords:
Aristocratic Women, Middleclass Women, Short StoriesAbstract
This paper attempts to point out the position of women and their attitudes as presented in the short stories of O. Henry. Women writers have a different vision because they treat women as they see and understand. Their own experience about women can be written but Male writers observe and understand women. Then imaginatively they treat women in their writings. O. Henry had spun stories of women as he had keenly observed women in the true perspective of their respective countries and ages. Women in his stories either belong to middle class or lower class. As a writer he never portrays the aristocratic women. Because he belongs to middle class; undoubtedly he writes about the women he came across, moved with and understood clearly from their own circles. They write about the women with great authority and authenticity. They also steal the hearts of women in order to present them in their short stories.
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