[Literary Classics] A Guide to Growing Roses

"One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.", Simone de Beauvoir

Women are supposed to be gentle, kind, faithful, and selflessly devoted.

Most importantly, their intelligence, courage, and strength must never surpass their husbands'.

But when they are ambitious, defy convention, stop at nothing, and set their sights on a clear goal,

they want to take the power men hold.

[1] Pride and Prejudice

Before the age of four, Lydia Bennet dreamed of having an endless supply of dresses and hats. But after she pinned Harry Lucas, two years her senior, to the ground and beat him up, she resolved to marry a handsome, wealthy nobleman who would die young.

[2] Jane Eyre

Bertha Mason is a madwoman. That's what everyone says. She chews tobacco, drinks hard liquor, rides horses, shoots guns, and worships violence.

"You fear me because I'm like a man."

And the thing they fear most is this: she is a woman.

[3] The Handmaid's Tale

In 2195, at a symposium on the "Gilead Question" held at Dene University in Nunavut City, thirty audio cassette tapes are played. The voice of one woman recounts the history that was buried.

[4] Little Women

[5] Sherlock Holmes

Content warning: Different arcs have different protagonists, most of them villainesses. This doesn't reflect the author's worldview. I'm writing about the feminism I believe in.

Theme: Break free of gender prejudice and constraints