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Analysis of Feminist in the Seventh Sin

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DOI: 10.23977/artpl.2023.040707 | Downloads: 27 | Views: 433

Author(s)

Yonghua Shi 1

Affiliation(s)

1 Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

Corresponding Author

Yonghua Shi

ABSTRACT

The Seventh Sin is the second adaptation of The Painted Veil written by W. Somerset Maugham, and this paper exploits Kate Millet's sexual politics theory to analyze subtle variations of power relationships in the protagonist Carol's marriage, which supplies a new perspective of understanding Maugham's The Painted Veil and The Seventh Sin.

KEYWORDS

She, Sinner, Feminist analysis, The Seventh Sin

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Yonghua Shi, Analysis of Feminist in the Seventh Sin. Art and Performance Letters (2023) Vol. 4: 46-52. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/artpl.2023.040707.

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