Images of Women Major Barbara A Passage to India and the poetry of TS Eliot

Images of Women: Major Barbara, A Passage to India, and the poetry of T.S. Eliot The Victorian Era was a difficult and confusing time for women, and their trials are reflected in the literature of the time. Although the three pieces of literature being discussed are not entirely about women, they shed light on the Victorian ideal of women and the ideals of the authors who created these women characters. In contrasting and comparing …

…S. Eliot: Collected Poems; La Figlia che Piange page 26 [6] T.S. Eliot: Collected Poems; Rhapsody on a Windy Night page 18 [7] A Passage to India page 57 and 58 [8] A Passage to India page 199 [9] T.S. Eliot: Collected Poems; Portrait of a Lady page 8 [10] T.S. Eliot: Collected Poems; Portrait of a Lady page 12 [11] All quotes in this section from T.S. Eliot: Collected Poems; Aunt Helen page 21 [12] T.S. Eliot: Collected Poems; La Figlia che Piange page 26