Women in Ross' and Munro's Works

Paper Summary:

The paper examines Sinclair Ross' "As For Me and My House" and Alice Munro's "Who Do You Think You Are?", which both involve women who show different strategies of empowerment in societies where women are seen as having little power. The paper illustrates how Mrs. Bentley from "As for me and My House" and Rose, from "Who Do You Think You Are?", play against traditional female roles at the sacrifice of being themselves.

From the Paper:

"The central voice in As For Me and My House is Mrs. Bentley; her first name is never given, as her marital status as Mrs. Bentley is her defining mark given that her relationship with her husband and the charade that is their outward life shape her world. Mrs. Bentley is married to a Protestant minister, or at last claims to be. In fact, she and her husband are contemptuous of religion and only pretend to be a minister and his wife as a way of life, a life that has also been one of numerous moves from town to town as they are found out and have to leave again and again. They are confident people more interested in living in different places and in silently laughing at the values of the people among whom they live."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Denham, Philip. "Narrative Technique in Sinclair Ross's As For Me and My House. Studies in Canadian Literature (2008). July 23, 2008. http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/SCL/bin/get.cgi?directory=vol5_1/&filename=denham.htm.
• Mcgill, Robert. "Where Do You Think You Are? Alice Munro's Open Houses." Mosaic, Vol. 35 (2002). July 31, 2008. http://www.questia.com/googleScholar.qst?docId=5000644745#top.
• Munro, Alice. Who Do You Think You Are? Who Do You Think You Are? 1978. Toronto: Penguin, 1995.
• Ross, Sinclair. As For Me and My House. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1941.

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