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Item Critique of Objectification of Women in Greene’sThe Heart of the Matter(Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, 2012) Chaudhary, SabitaThe Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene depicts the notion of objectification, undermining and negative images constructed about female in the novel. By applying the feminist theory, the researcher has examined the incidents and events which make a clear point of objectification, while undermining the negative images of women. This novel contains the story of female characters who are undermined and objectified by the male character Henry. He uses the female characters as sex objects or pleasure things and defines them as weak, sexual, dependent, irrational, erotic, inferior, bread bakers among others and takes himself as powerful, independent, rational, superior, decisive, ordered and subject. Female characters like Louise and Helen are being objectified and undermined by the male character Henry in the name of pity, love and responsibility. He undermines his wife abandoning her from husband’s love and rights and takes his daughter figure Helen as a mistress to commit adultery. And to escape from his sin and shame of adultery he commits suicide comparing himself to God Christ for his wife Louise and his Mistress Helen’s peace, welfare and happiness. In fact, the male character Henry commits suicide when his superiority is in crisis and projects his image as deliverer for the women.Item Stereotypical Representation of Women in Ernest Hemingway'sA Farewell to Arms(Central Department of English, 2008) Ghimire, ArjunThe study of A Farewell to Armsunveils the picture of women in patriarchal society under the title “stereotypical representation of women in Ernest Hemingway’sA Farewell to Arms”. Seductive appearance of Catherine Barkleyand her subservient role as the obedient beloved, caretaker and child bearer put her in a position of traditional female. While presenting the atrocities of war, male character like Frederic Henry represents the war-trodden psychology of soldiers. Alcoholand women at brothels become the means to appease their dislike towardswar, where women have to represent her as the object to satisfy male hatred to war. Catherine, though the wife of Henry, feels herself as the female of whorehouse which show show the behavior of male makes female feel themselves as a creature who are victim of sexual domination. The present work has been divided into four chapters. The first chapter gives the introduction of the work. The second chapter makes the theoretical study offeminism. The third chapter analyze the text and the forth chapter is the conclusion of the work.