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When I ask you for fictional female protagonists, who do you think of?

Asked by iphigeneia (6237points) August 21st, 2011

Well-written or poorly written, love them or hate them, obscure or popular: what comes to mind when you think about literary heroines (or antiheroines)?

I want to get an idea of the sorts of answers I might get if I asked this question in a class presentation, so answers related to 20th century literature will be most relevant but I don’t want to limit your thinking.

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JLeslie's avatar

Well, I just mentioned Wonder Woman on another Q, so she leaps into my mind first.

Pied_Pfeffer's avatar

Scarlett O’Hara was the first to come to mind. I loved reading Gone With The Wind.

ddude1116's avatar

Well, I first think of Tess Durbeyfield, but to stick to the 20th Century theme, Franny Glass.

shpadoinkle_sue's avatar

I would have to go with Lolita.

Joker94's avatar

The Powerpuff Girls.

Unclepepsi's avatar

Hermione Granger

ddude1116's avatar

@Joker94 Powerpuff Girls? Good answer..

Nullo's avatar

“Bloody Jack,” from a series of young adult adventure novels. The story is about an orphan girl who lands a job as cabin boy, and who turned almost immediately to piracy. I think her name was Jacqueline or somesuch, and the abbreviation arose from her supposed masculinity.
I haven’t actually read the series, but my sister has and rather enjoys it.

Hypocrisy_Central's avatar

Catwoman, nothing like a woman in clingy black garb! Yeow!!!!

Jellie's avatar

Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice

Bellatrix's avatar

Jo from Little Women
Miss Jean Brrrodie
Estelle from Great Expectations or even Ms Havisham
The female lead character in Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Lady Macbeth

jeremyh's avatar

Madame Figaro comes in to mind.
Lady Chatterly also.

ragingloli's avatar

They are all anime characters. That is all you need to know.

hiphiphopflipflapflop's avatar

Ellen Ripley from the Alien movies.

Supacase's avatar

Jane Eyre
Juliet of Romeo and Juliet
Daisy Buchanan The Great Gatsby
Laura Ingalls Little House
Rebecca Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Bridget Jones
Jing-mei The Joy Luck Club

ucme's avatar

Attila the Hen, she’s one mean mother pecker ;¬}

lonelydragon's avatar

Anne of Green Gables.

SpatzieLover's avatar

Dorothy Gale
Alice of Wonderland

Mariah's avatar

Ellie Arroway of Carl Sagan’s Contact. Love her.

Haleth's avatar

Jane Eyre, Sabriel, Lyra Belacqua, Anne of Green Gables, Mulan, Sarah Connor, Ellen Ripley, Elizabeth Bennett.

Berserker's avatar

I first think of Scarlet O’Hara from Gone with the Wind and Mina Murray/Harker from Dracula. Her entire name is actually Wilhelmina. That’s a messed up name, man.

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