Reading Reflection

Reading Reflection

Indeed, Marcia B. Siegel perceptively characterizes these heroines as “all non-conformists—artists, doers, women with power beyond their sexuality” (Siegel 2001, 311). While Graham's characters did not always “win,” it was the boldness and distinctiveness of their story that was foregrounded and celebrated. This paper gives my opinions of reading “The Harsh and Splendid Heroines of Martha Graham” and my feeling about this story?.

These powerful females, their various struggles, and the way Graham represented them developed and shifted over the course of her career. Yet throughout the Graham oeuvre, at least until her retirement, her portrayal depended on her characterization ...