Lives and Deaths of Anna, Emma, and Edna. A Scientific Approach to Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and The Awakening : Grin Verlag : 9783346792792 : 334679279X : 14 Dec 2022 : Essay from the year 2018 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 100, American Public University System, language: English, abstract: Since their debut in the nineteenth century, Anna from Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina", Emma from Flaubert's "Madame Bovary", and Edna from Chopin's "The Awakening" have been misunderstood due to a lack of scientific knowledge regarding female physiology and psychology, as well as the climate caused by the patriarchal societies in which the novels are set. Close readings of the primary texts and an examination of the biological and evolutionary principles in Brizendine's "The Female Brain" and Yuval Harari's "Sapiens", as well as previous criticism concerning the characters, reveal the motives behind the characters' decisions. Contrary to prior criticism