Honors Projects
Abstract
Emily Holmes Coleman’s The Shutter of Snow and H.D.’s HERmione each feature a female narrator struggling to survive in a patriarchal society that confines them and polices the movement of their bodies through space in attempt to gain control. The characters Marthe Gail and Hermione Gart experience bouts of insanity in response to their confinement by the patriarchy. I explore the various ways these two women push against their confinement, and argue that despite their places in society, Marthe and Hermione are able to use expression—writing, language, voice, movement, sexuality—to successfully resist the patriarchy and create legitimate identities.
Department
English
Major
English
First Advisor
Kim Coates
First Advisor Department
English
Second Advisor
Phil Dickinson
Second Advisor Department
English
Publication Date
Spring 5-1-2017
Repository Citation
Healy, Spring, "The Madwoman Persists: Expression as Resistance in Emily Holmes Coleman's The Shutter of Snow and H.D.'s HERmione" (2017). Honors Projects. 255.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/honorsprojects/255