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By Comparing and Contrasting the characters of Flora and Prue, discuss how Stella Gibbons has parodied the concept of heroine.
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... By Comparing and Contrasting the characters of Flora and Prue, discuss how Stella Gibbons has parodied the concept of heroine. Flora and Prue are both the main female characters of their novels but each author has portrayed the aspect of heroine differently. Stereotypically a heroine has always been the lead female character of a novel, and following history she has been shown to be a damsel in distress, waiting for her "hero" and love of her life to save her from some kind of disastrous event, this concept has developed over many years. However Mary Webb has strayed from this role to create her heroine of Prue in Precious Bane, by combining a traditional heroine figure with a modern side to her as well, hence the fact that she helps her brother with work in the farm yet she still holds expectations of finding her true love and living her fairytale
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