heroines
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The desire to make these heroines feel contemporary is deliberate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“I was using Riefenstahl to point out, or so I thought, that these heroes and heroines were straight out of Nazi propaganda,” Verhoeven told The Guardian in 2018.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Like her heroines, no one tells Knoll what to do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Few heroines of English literature have as distinct a voice as Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
A crisis in a heroines life could be made to coincide with hailstones, gales and thunder, whereas nuptials were generally blessed with good light and soft breezes.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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