A Comparative Study of the Image of Joe March in the Movie Adaptations of Little Women

Louisa May Alcott’s novel, Little Women, written in America’s first-wave feminist period, has made the critics curious to investigate the status of women in facing patriarchy. Jo March as the most controversial character in the novel has specifically attracted the feminists. Similarly, the directors of the adapted films of the novel have been very interested in her personality and her ideals. The present study, therefore, takes a comparative approach to study Joe’s character and her role as a female character in the two movie adaptations of the novel produced in 1933 and 1994. The study will attempt to unravel her literary life, domestic roles and interactions with the male society. It is hoped that the results of the study will pave the way for the scholars to further the investigation into the world of the adaptations of Alcott s novels

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Jo March ، Little Women ، Women ، Movie Adaptations