The Feminine Mystique Literary Elements

The Feminine Mystique Literary Elements

Genre

Novel

Setting and Context

USA in the end of XX century

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person

Tone and Mood

A story filled with a lot of descriptions and arguments, scientifically and vitally proven by women

Protagonist and Antagonist

The protagonist of the story a woman who does her obligations in a proper way and fights for free choice, and antagonist is a man who drives the opposite sex in domestic corner for his own profits

Major Conflict

The major conflict stands between women and men, women and society who tries to keep them aside from the world problems

Climax

Occurs when the problem of women happened to be said out loud, and became massive

Foreshadowing

Readers expect to observe big conflict between feminine and society, but fortunately publicity steps aside and lets women win their rights

Understatement

The author doesn`t say about a number of women who supported this stream.The number is more massive that we can just imagine

Allusions

The text alludes to famous psychologist Sigmund Freun and his ideas, to the World War II

Imagery

The number of housewives diminished now, and we can imagine what was the era of housekeeping women

Paradox

What is the cost of persons dreams and emotional gush. How one sex can prevail over other in the aim of standing stable and comfortable

Parallelism

The author draws a parallel line between a woman free in choice and a woman who is confused with the public stereotypes and choose it as a right lifestyle even though she is not completely satisfied with her life

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

Feminism personifies the strength of women’s character under any circumstances

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