The Voice of the Silent Others Analysing Women’s Voices in The Rover
Abstract
As one of the most prolific play writer in the 17th century, Aphra Behn develops a strategy of resistance by enabling women’s discursive power in The Rover. Through internalisation of female sexuality, these women are able to achieve the feminisation of desire, to pursue romance and justice that once only linked to male Cavaliers. The battle Behn wages weakens the patriarchal authority. The no-longer silenced women unveil the awakening of women’s self-authorisation. Women voices transcend the boundaries of the patriarchal system and function as agents of correction and restoration.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v6i10.4634
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