1. Ann Petry's Mrs. Hedges from The Streer
Hedges presents herself as a denunciator and deconstructionist to the ideal that feminine success is reliant upon an overwhelming presence of corporeal beauty with an absence of strength and determination. ... (Petry 244) Even thorough losing her physical attractiveness through the permanent loss of her hair as well as the severe burning and scarring of her body, she not only maintains but increases her value in the eyes of white America that is articulated through the gray eyes of Junto. ... Hedges summoned her strength to shake to the very foundations, the institution of her confinement. P...
- Word Count: 1175
- Approx Pages: 5
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate