Getting Rudra Right - Page 6

Originally posted by: Exprimere

I swear they were. D H Lawrence anyone?

There were the Bronte sisters, who wrote under male pseudonyms, and changed the canvas altogether. The only problem was that, they specifically catered to a male readership. Anything written for women was given the status of what 50 Shades is today. (Although that was good stuff, 50 Shades is not). So they wrote in a style and fashion that copied male writings. It somewhat defeated the purpose, but the female characters they wrote were still brilliant. Take Jane Eyre, for instance.

Of course there were more names before and after the Bronte sisters. But I love their works, per se.

The only literary trope I can think of for Paro, is Fairy Tales. She's in the evil relatives-poverty phase. Let's see if anyone else has more ideas.

Originally posted by: Exprimere

Sorry, I can applaud Pamela for only being the first novel. I have INSANE number of issues with that one. Richardson can write in the 21st century, or the Stone Age, for all I care. I will not support all that sexual violence. Nope. Same goes for Restoration Comedies, but I think we'd be drifting FAR off topic 😆

Originally posted by: StripePurple

I would say she shares some qualities of Hardy's Tess- countrified beauty, naive, easily taken advantage of, quietly sacrificial. Though not as stubborn as Paro I guess (I read the book ages ago, so apologies if I don't remember the finer points). Let's just hope the tragic resemblance ends there- Tess of the d'Urbervilles has just the saddest heroine ever.

Originally posted by: shreya_rc

Oh Thomas Hardy and his Wessex novels 😡😭

Originally posted by: StripePurple

Aisa na kahein. I'm actually fond of them, well, most of them, at any rate. Lasting effects of an entire paper on Hardy, I'm afraid. 😆