Women's Roles in the Second World War and its Depiction in Sarah Waters's The Night Watch

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyse the roles of women between years 1900-1950 in Great Britain, with focus on the Second World War. It also analyses their fictional representations in the novel by Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, analysing not only their roles related to the war situation, but also their disappointments, secrets, losses and love affairs.