Eco-Feminism, Gender and 'Surfacing' Analytical Essay by Top Papers

In this paper, the integration of gender roles found in eco-feminism have been analyzed through Margaret Atwood's main protagonist in the novel 'Surfacing'. The writer discusses that the gender role transformation of the main character reveals the power of natural environments to reconstruct a woman's divided psyche. By facing her fears about her father's drowning, she begins to 'surface' or be awakened to the truth of patriarchal domination of gender role language. The writer maintains that this provides the platform for the charter to integrate a new vision of gender roles that is not defined by the men in her past.