From Sex Objects to Heroines A Tough Road for Female Characters in Video Games

Female character in video games is the one of the most controversial topic in game studies and nowadays women＇s anthropology. From the beginning of role in games＇ plot to sexualized graphical representation, woman in virtual world were （and sometimes still are） a point of discussion about characters sexualisation and role of female sex in virtual industry. The main aim of this paper is to present analysis of female representation in video games and how in last 30 years it has changed. In other words, how female characters were ennobled from sex object to main protagonist status. In presented research, there were used mostly the examples of popular video games with extended plot and world which can be explored by protagonists. Video game historiography, textual analysis （which helped to treat video game character as a protagonist）, and thematic analysis of video games were used as a main research method. The main conclusion of this paper is that female characters can overcome all gender or sexual stereotypes and even eventually became an icon of popular culture

An Analysis of the Female Characters in E.M.Forster’s Novels

This paper analyses the female characters in E.M.Forster’s novels from the perspective of feminism,through the deep exploration of E.M.Forster’s works,it is evident to draw a conclusion that there are four kinds of female characters:first of all,stubborn and arrogant old ladies;the second type is insensitive but self-awakening middle-aged ladies;the third type is knowledgeable and smart young ladies;the last one is the warm-hearted and benevolent lady.These four kinds of different female characters can reveal that E.M.Forster has a contradictory attitude towards women.For one thing,he respected and sympathized with women,for another he discriminated against women.

Analysis of the Female Characters in On the Road

On the Road is the masterpiece of Kerouac who is one of the most important writers of“Beat Generation”in America in the mid-20th century.It is acclaimed to be the Bible of“Beat Generation”.The novel narrates the stories of how Dean and his friends——some representative characters of the Beats travelled across continental U.S.several times and searched for new lifestyles and new faith on the road.In this novel,male characters are the main characters and the descriptions of all the female characters account for just one sixth of the whole book.Although the portrayal of the female characters is not profound like that of the male characters,the different personalities Kerouac endued the female characters are also the highlights of the novel.As a novel with strong nature of autobiography,Kerouac put his attitude and emotion into his portrayal.So it also can be a reflection of Kerouac’s female concepts.This paper aims at analyzing the female characters in On the Road by studying the types of the female characters in the novel and summarizing Kerouac’s female concepts reflected from the novel.

Analysis of Main Female Characters in The Great Gatsby

In the novel The Great Gatsby,three main female characters(Daisy Buchanan,Myrtle Wilson and Jordan Baker)each presents women with different social status in American’s Jazz Age.By analyzing these three characters,readers could realize how the helplessness of the female characters contributes to their broken conscience and a further tragedy in that era.Moreover,the stereo situation of American society in theJazz Age is along vividly symbolized.

Female Ethical Images in The Thorn Birds

Titled as the name of the main characters,the seven parts in The Thorn Birds together tell the story of the three generations of the Cleary family from 1915 to 1969.Fiona and Paddy are the first generation,Meggie and Ralph are the second generation,and Justine and Dane are the third generation.Although they are both thorny birds,they have different personal characteristics and life pursuits.Fiona,Meggie,and Justine,as women,are more and more rebellious from generation to generation.They are more and more daring to fight against the Almighty God and their cruel fates.But at the same time,in the process of pursuing self-happiness,there are also dislocations of ethical identity of these women who inevitably make wrong ethical choices.The author of this thesis tries to analyze the ethical identity of the three generations of women in The Thorn Birds from a relatively comprehensive perspective based on literary ethics,and then analyzes the round ethical image of these female characters.

Analysis of Female Consciousness in Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey is a British-American period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by CarnivalFilms and Masterpiece.The series,set in the fictional Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey depicts the lives of the aristocraticCrawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era.The story unfolds with the sinking of Titanic in 1912,a time witnesses asurge of feminism.Traces of the awakening of feminism can be found in the depiction of the Crawley daughters.This paper centers uponthe awakening of feminism through analyzing the images of female characters in the series.

Women＇s Representation in ＂Trimalchio＇s Feast＂ and The Great Gatsby

The aim of this paper is to show the interesting intertextual relation between The Great Gatsby and the episode ＂Trimalchio＇s Feast＂--inserted in Petronius＇ Satyricon-regarding to the construction of female characters. The characters with the nearest resemblance are Fortunata （Trimalchio＇s wife） and Myrtle （Tom Buchanan＇s mistress）. Fortunata＇s presentation stands out several elements which mark her by degradation, the same sort of elements which is possible to observe in Myrtle＇s description. Among these qualities, there are the violence and the ugliness shown in their physical and psychological portrayal, exhibited on the way they dress and behave in the social gatherings in which they take part. These features are also showed in the manner they are treated by their men. Fitzgerald also shows his characters--male or female in a very similar manner. The women, in both books, are not presented in a flattering way, for sure, but they are not also presented as inferior beings. Wherefore the ancient piece can be once more approximate from modern narratives and this fact reflects in its reception and on the clear, and timeless, influence it has on literature in general as in the case of Fitzgerald＇s novel.

＂Actual Experience＂＂ Correcting Misconceptions Through Analyzing Harriet Wilson＇s Our Nig

African-American writers during the 19th century wrote in the shadow of the prominent romance, sentimental, and domestic fiction. Harriet Wilson＇s Our Nig （1859） reflects an ＂alternative social character＂, for the female protagonist suffers racism in the free North, because she is a mulatto child. Through depicting the life of free blacks, who supposedly lives a better life than Southern slaves, Wilson exposes how she has actually lived and sensed life in antebellum America. According to Raymond Williams （2011）, there are two kinds of literary writings. The first represents the general tendency of the age, and he calls it ＂dominant social character＂; representing the majority content of both the public writing and speaking. But, another different literary writing lives in its shadow; one that usually leads the conflicts of the time. It is the ＂alternative social character＂; the literature of the victims of repression and marginalization, produced by the lower class, women, and blacks. They reflected how they were dehumanized, and exposed their suffering and abasement. They also aimed to prove individualism. The novel reveals how racism in the North could be worse than the slavery of the South. This paper shows Wilson deviation from the ＂her brethren＂ in writing her novel. It unveils significant truths concerning black women＇s status in antebellum America. It discusses how the author attempts to correct certain misconceptions through her female character