Male or Female: An Analysis of the Two Couples in “White Tigers” in The Woman Warrior
Abstract:The Woman Warrior, written by Maxine Hong Kingston, depicts some either real or imaginary stories focusing on five women, with several male images connected with those mainly portrayed females. However, the two couples in "White Tigers" maintain a kind of harmonious relationship and bear some subversive character features, compared with others in the novel, even in other literary works. This paper makes an analysis of the two couples' major characteristics through close reading, explores the probable causes by… Show more
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