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Women In 1984 By George Orwell

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“It is impossible for a male author to accurately present a strong female character”:
Using ideas from the critical anthology to inform your argument, to what extent do you agree with this view in relation to George Orwell’s “1984”:
FEMINISM
In text “1984”, there are several male perspectives in which women are presented to the reader, through Orwell the author and Orwell the narrator. Orwell employs an omniscient, limited narrator, which therefore means, as an audience, we experience the novel through a predominately male perspective. Due to the masculine lens, through which the reader experiences the female characters and the symbols they represent, the way we perceive them as constructs can on first glance, be a mouthpiece for Orwell’s values. However, overall, the novel features very limited characters, despite their gender; but Winston, Julia and O’Brien, all subvert the conventions of the otherwise passive and underdeveloped characters. Julia, is not mindlessly orthodox, unlike many of the other female characters, she is seen as an incredibly round and ultimately strong character, whose positive qualities and flaws, that make her as developed a character as Winston, a round character in which the reader can resonate with due to their positive and negative attributes. The other flat portrayals of women in “1984” are used by Orwell to heighten …show more content…

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