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This 8 page paper provides a comparative view of the female protagonists in a number of stories. In particular, this paper relate the fact that Willa Cather, Kate Chopin and Zora Neal Hurston all created complex female characters who were challenged both by their personal culture and by the cultural subjugation of their families and social perspective. Antonia, of Willa Cather's My Antonia, Janie Crawford of Zora Neal Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watchin' God, and Edna Pontillier in Kate Chopin's The Awakening all serve to demonstrate the conflicted nature of female identities and the social and cultural expectations in these novels. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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and Zora Neal Hurston all created complex female characters who were challenged both by their personal culture and by the cultural subjugation of their families and social perspective. Antonia,
of Willa Cathers My Antonia, Janie Crawford of Zora Neal Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watchin God, and Edna Pontillier in Kate Chopins The Awakening all serve to demonstrate the conflicted
nature of female identities and the social and cultural expectations in these novels. In understanding these basic perspectives, it necessary to consider some of the basic elements presented in
these works as they shape a view of female identification. Janie Crawford Janies quest for self-definition in Zora Neale Hurstons Their Eyes Were Watching God is one of
the central themes of the story, and relates directly to the concept of authentic identity. Hurston utilized both an internal and external "quest" and the symbolic journey to define
the struggles of her central character, and distinguishes her from standard perceptions of African American life. The outcomes of both her struggle and the quest result in the development
of her individuality and her capacity for transforming her life without embracing the limitations imposed upon her by society. Janie is a character in constant transition, and the significant
changes in her life have both positive and negative implications. At the onset of the story, Janie is a character who is unable to sense her own voice and
defend her own consciousness, and as a result, becomes a limited character by her lack of expressive language. Hurston portrays Janies voyage, then, as one that is both physical
and emotional, and her lack of a sense that she is being heard in relationships directs her pursuit of personal change. Though Janies self-exploration is relatively limited within a
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