• Azmi Azam

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Literature is a mirror of a society as it depicts the image of a particular era imbued
with imaginative dexterity of the author. Victorian literature is not deprived of it. In the research
article, an attempt has been made to explore the perception of womanhood and feminism in
Victorian era and Victorian literature. The age has been viewed from historical point of views
and examples are given from literary resources. Victorian era adopts contradictory issues
defining the power and position of womanhood. In one sense, the reign of Queen Victoria
uplifted the position of women; on the other hand, patriarchy dominance attacked the newly
evoked feminism. The controversies and feminist concerns became a popular topic of discussion
for general people and very interesting themes for literature. Ibsen’s A Doll’s House,
Hawthorne’s A Scarlet Letter and so on literary masterpieces made the general readers
conscious of the critical facts of feminism.

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