International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

Violence against women has been a major theme in literature from its very start. Let´s illustrate it with examples from different literary periods: The Rape of Lucrece or Othello, by Shakespeare, Alice Walker´s The Colour Purple or the more recent Kiss the Girls and Make them Cry, by Mary Higgins Clark, Margaret Atwood´s The Handmaid´s Tale or Freaky Green Eyes, by Joyce Carol Oates.