Abstract
In order to explore the significance of new feminist strategies for female representation, this essay traces the persistence of a particular limiting pattern of female characterization, known as the demon‐angel dichotomy, through various forms of twentieth‐century American drama. The discussion examines how the dichotomy was constructed and adapted in dramatic texts representing different genres and historical periods. The plays range from turn‐of‐the‐century, conventional melodrama to recent experimental feminist drama. The final text examined demonstrates how the contemporary feminist intervention disrupts the pattern and challenges further repetition of the dichotomy.
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