International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

True love triumphs in the end: A reading of the character of Florinda in Behn's the rover

  • Author:
  • Mohammed Sagheer Ahmed Al-fasly
  • Total Page Count: 13
  • Page Number: 309 to 321

Ph. D Scholar, Dept. of P. G. Studies & Research in English, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga Dist., Karnataka

Online published on 15 February, 2014.

Abstract

It can be said that Behn's The Rover consists of many sub-plots, yet they are all running together in a magnificent display of coalescence. However, the play opens with the two sisters Florinda and Hellena discussing their conditions. Florinda refuses to marry according to the wishes of her father and brother. Her father wants her to marry an old landowner, and her brother wants her to marry his friend, Antonio. Florinda is the victim of the play since she is about to be raped three times. Yet, her true love to Belvile enables her to surpass all the obstacles and then being married to him.

Keywords

Behn, Florinda, Rape, Love, Marriage