How Does Michele Roberts Use Language to Convey the Experience of Her Characters?

... How Does Michele Roberts Use Language to Convey the Experience of Her Characters? Introduction Michele Roberts is a contemporary female novelist, who's many novels and short stories analyse the role women have to play in 20th century society. In this assignment I am going to analyse two short stories written by Michele Roberts, called 'Your Shoes' and 'Lists'. The two short stories are both examples of 20th century fictional prose. In my analysis I will establish how she has used language to convey the experience of her characters. The two short stories are both entertaining and refer to women's experiences in a patriarchal society; which is an environment within a family where the male figure is in charge and has power and control over his female counterpart. This type of environment within families is very common throughout middle class society. I believe that Michele Roberts has expressed her own experiences of growing

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