Essays Tagged: "Rosario Ferré"

This is an essay regarding the theme of symbolism in Rosario Ferre's work The Youngest Doll. The specific theme is the use of dolls as a representation of women.

Rosario Ferré uses dolls in her writing to symbolize the methods in which society holds down ...

(2 pages) 29 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Feminist Ideals in Latin American literature and history

racter of Laura Esquivel's (1951-) Like Water for Chocolate (1989). The idea is further explored in Rosario Ferre's (1942-) novel The House on the Lagoon (1994) which reveals its traces across two gen ... int of lunacy as she struggles against her natural impulses and feelings and her desire to rebel.In Rosario Ferre's The House on the Lagoon, the machismo tradition plays a powerful role in the lives o ...

(7 pages) 139 0 4.8 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

Multicultural Literature: "Poisoned Story"

se eras did not come without consequences to the Puerto Rican culture. In "Poisoned Story", author Rosario Ferre depicts the political and economic changing norms and tensions between the social clas ...

(10 pages) 39 0 0.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature