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Who's in the Attic: Dysfunctional Women of the Page and Stage

The madwoman is legion in literature and drama, whether as a plot device ("Jane Eyre"), pitiful symbol ("Hamlet") or troubled teen ("She's Come Undone"). So are there so many dysfunctional female characters in fiction because women are perceived as more prone to hysterics, or are women perceived as more prone to hysterics because there are so many dysfunctional female characters in fiction? Someone else can write that PhD thesis.
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After the Fall
After the Fall
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Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
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Margaret Atwood
The Bad Seed (William March)
The Bad Seed
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William March
The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath)
The Bell Jar
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Sylvia Plath
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
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Margaret Atwood
Butterfield 8
Butterfield 8
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Carrie (Stephen King)
Carrie
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Stephen King
The Cracker Factory
The Cracker Factory
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Cut
Cut
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Girl, Interrupted (Susanna Kaysen)
Girl, Interrupted
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Susanna Kaysen
Go Ask Alice (Anonymous)
Go Ask Alice
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Anonymous
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
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Gillian Flynn
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
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Charles Dickens
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
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William Shakespeare
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
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Shirley Jackson
The Hours (Michael Cunningham)
The Hours
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Michael Cunningham
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Joanne Greenberg)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
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Joanne Greenberg
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
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Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
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Charlotte Bronte
Lilith
Lilith
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Lisa, Bright and Dark
Lisa, Bright and Dark
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
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MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
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William Shakespeare
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
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Stephen King
My Life as a Man
My Life as a Man
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Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
Norwegian Wood
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Haruki Murakami
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
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Daphne Du Maurier
Revolutionary Road (Richard Yates)
Revolutionary Road
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Richard Yates
Sharp Objects (Gillian Flynn)
Sharp Objects
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She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
She's Come Undone
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Wally Lamb
The Snake Pit
The Snake Pit
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A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams)
A Streetcar Named Desire
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Tennessee Williams
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer
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Sybil (Flora Rheta Schreiber)
Sybil
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Flora Rheta Schreiber
Tender Is the Night (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
Tender Is the Night
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher)
Thirteen Reasons Why
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Jay Asher
Three Days of Rain
Three Days of Rain
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Tomato Girl
Tomato Girl
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The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
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Henry James
Veronika Decides to Die (Paulo Coelho)
Veronika Decides to Die
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Paulo Coelho
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