Alice Hindman
Submitted by madnotes on May 20, 2008
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Alice Hindman
Sherwood Anderson idealizes Kate Swift as "a tiny goddess on a pedestal" (160) (1) yet seemingly discards her once she has served her purpose. Critics tend to conclude that Anderson fails his female characters; Marilyn Judith Atlas points out that Anderson denies Kate Swift the kind of "ascension" toward a new life that he affords some of the male characters of Winesburg. (2) Kate is trapped within several female types, most notably, the modest, no-nonsense schoolteacher behind whom hides a sexual wildcat. Despite Anderson's attempts to define her and George's misunderstanding of her desire, in the role of the teacher she is at her most successful. By combining character analysis with...
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