Brian Moore: An Ambassador of Feminism

Abstract

The present research paper explores the significance of Brian Moore as an angel of feminism through the study of his portrayal of female characters with special context of Irish novels in the 20th century Ireland. He is grown up in a Catholic family. He is one of his parent’s nine children. This paper studies his depiction of women characters with special context to the novels The Feast of Lupercal and Lies of Silence. He has raised the true voice of women of contemporary society at Belfast in Ireland through his fiction. The Feast of Lupercalis the story of a Catholic school teacher, Diarmuid Devine and his girlfriend a Protestant girl, Una Clarke. She is the main female character in this novel. She has been exploited mentally and physically by her ex-boyfriend Michael who was a married man. Later she meets Diarmuid Devine who plays with her emotions and leaves her due to Catholic restrictions. Moore in his next novel Lies of Silence (1990) presents the struggle among the Catholicism, the Protestantism and political uncertainty in Belfast. The main characters in this novel are Michael Dillon and his wife Moira Dillon. Moira Dillon is an innocent, beautiful and well educated unemployed woman. Her husband deceives her and wants to divorce her. She accepts the reality of life and emerges as liberal, bold and patriotic. This paper brings out Brian Moore’s true ability to reveal the world of women through his Irish fiction.