Three Thanksgivings | Use of Characterization to Underscore Her Feminist Message
In the following essay, the author explores Gilman’s use of characterization to underscore her feminist message in ‘‘Three Thanksgivings.’’
It is no surprise that Gilman’s works resurfaced in the 1960s and 1970s when the women’s movement began. As Barbara H. Solomon notes in her 1992 introduction to Herland and Selected Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, ‘‘a burgeoning interest in feminist issues led historians, social critics, teach ers, and students to search for the best sources about the conditions of women. And their search inevitably led to Charlotte Perkins Gilman.’’ The majority of Gilman’s works, both fiction and nonfiction, address women’s issues in some way. For example, although she...
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