Keywords
female characters
personality development
Anne
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Abstract
This article studies the development of personality in Lucy Maud Montgomery’s female characters. The main focus is placed on Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables, Emily Byrd Starr from Emily of New Moon, and Valancy Stirling from The Blue Castle. The article analyzes how personality is formed through family pressure, loneliness, imagination, education, self-expression, and personal choice. Close reading, textual analysis, and a comparative method are used in the research. Special attention is given to short extracts that show change in voice, behavior, inner strength, and self- understanding. The study shows that Montgomery’s female characters do not stay fixed. Growth is presented as a gradual process. Imagination gives emotional support, hardship produces inner strength, and choice leads to a more stable sense of self. The results show that Montgomery presents female development not as a sudden transformation, but as a human process connected with daily life, feeling, and moral growth.References
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