Herland: The Use of Character Development In the novel Herland author Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses character development, plot, and symbolism to reflect the prevailing prejudices of the suffrage period. Herland is a visit to an island inhabited by a community of women under the rule of the New Motherhood (replaces male-oriented ideals). In this book Charlotte Perkins Gilman portrayed an all-female society in which the women are able to serve each other and their daughters (produced through parthenogenesis) without anyone being "sacrificed" in the process. Herland is a child-centered society of mothers in which the lines between the so-called private and public realms have been radically redrawn. The women of Herland are at ease in the halls of justice and centers of trade as well as in the nurseries and schools. Competitive in....

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