ional and physical freedom from the constraints that he has placed on her in the past. The role of the heroine in literature and in society has been one of the most hotly debated topics of the modern age. Here, Frost paints the reader a portrait of a female battling for emotional and physical control over her own life with her husband. His utilization of vivid visual and spatial imagery to create the effect of a battle for an intellectual and emotional place within their relationship gives the reader a chance to experience first hand the feelings of restriction and disregard that are put on a woman in Amys position. Amy, however, as the protagonist and heroine of this story must overcome these circumstances and break the boundaries her husband has set for her, emotionally and physically, and learn to create her own boundaries outside of his world. Works CitedFrost, Robert. Home Burial. 1914. Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Nina Baym, et al. New York: Norton, 1994. 1093-1096. ...
