• Dr. R. Uthra

This paper investigates the femininity through the images of good mother. The female protagonist of two stories: “The Snake And Bad Tom” and “ A Soft And Simple Woman” is taken for the study. The first section of the study will demonstrate the femininity through the silence of a sacrificing mother. The second section will explore the rebellious action as a devoted mother for her children’s sake. The final section of the study will review the main points drawn from the analysis of how Masters’ depicts her female characters femininity through their motherhood. This paper also considers Masters’ attitude towards domestic violence and the roles of the mother as peacekeepers in family conflicts. Throughout both stories, Masters’ attempts to comfort the children by providing them food while the mother sacrificing their own happiness or hiding their silent suffering for the sake of family harmony. The chosen methodology has been a close textual analysis of Olga Masters’ representation of 1930s Australian femininity from select pieces of her writing, exploring femininity and sacrifice of motherhood.

Femininity, Motherhood, Sacrifice, The snake and bad tom, A soft and simple woman

"FEMININITY AND SACRIFICING MOTHERHOOD IN THE OLGA MASTERS’ SHORT STORIES: “THE SNAKE AND BAD TOM” AND “A SOFT AND SIMPLE WOMAN”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no.845-851, April-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004615.pdf

"FEMININITY AND SACRIFICING MOTHERHOOD IN THE OLGA MASTERS’ SHORT STORIES: “THE SNAKE AND BAD TOM” AND “A SOFT AND SIMPLE WOMAN”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 4, page no. pp845-851, April-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2004615.pdf