Interpretation of Vera in Dill Pickle from the Perspective of Feminism

Abstract

As one of the most famous short story writers of the early 20th century, Katherine Mansfield devotes herself to feminism by presenting her feminist views in her short stories, developing in-depth analysis of women’s psychological oppression for their liberation, exploring the way for women’s protest against sexual discrimination. Her works full of beautiful language, rich connotation and strong feminist color. Dill Pickle is one of her masterpieces, which was written in 1917. The main content of the novel is composed of ideological activities of Vera and her direct words. This paper analyzes the heroine Vera from the perspective of feminism, and characterizes the public a modern female image who dares to love and hate, yearns for love and pursues freedom bravely, which arouse readers to think more about the female theme.