Introduction Both texts explore the causal effects and relationship between individuals’ agency and their respective societal constraints by focusing on the oppressive social norms and the character development of individuals produced from the vicissitudes that emerge from their condemning, judgmental societies. In order to challenge…
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Hannah Kent
Australia
English
Novel
2013
Agnes Magnúsdottir, Natan Ketilsson, Björn Blöndal, Assistant Reverend Thorvardur Jónsson (Tóti), Steina Jónsdóttir, Lauga, Jónsdóttir, Jón Jónsson, Margrét, Reverend Jón, Rósa Gudmundsdóttir, Sigrídur Gudmundsdóttir (Sigga), Sigurdsson, Björn, Inga, Ingveldur Rafnsdóttir, Jóas, Uncle Ragnar, Worm Beck, María Jónsdóttir, Daníel Gudmundsson
The novel follows the story of Agnes Magnúsdóttir, the last woman put to death in Iceland. Agnes was a servant who was convicted of the murder of two men, one of whom was her employer.