Eureka Reporter | 1906-03-23 | Page 7 | Heroines, Old and New

heroines 0 d and new most modern heroines are married women whereas the nice ones in shakespeare and in novels before 1890 were almost always unwedded maids you 1 ke beatrice and por tia and above all things rosalind you do not lose your heart to lady macbeth though a fine egure ot a woman and you do not desire to corn pete with othello in the affections of desdemona this may be a too nice morality but to victorian tastes even widows in novels at least come under the ban of the elder mr wel ler nobody but col esmond ever cared tor lady castlewood and dob bin is alone in his passion for amelia london post