Summary:
The character of Lady Brett Ashley is symbolized by the bulls in "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway. She is a free spirit who ruins the lives of men with whom she comes in contact. The pain she inflicts comes back upon herself and she loses her self-respect.
The equation Brett=Bull is used to explain Lady Brett Ashley's actions in Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises. Brett is like the bull in many ways; She runs free,destroys the dignity of men, and in the processes loses herself.
After the war ended and Brett lost her "own true love" she became free, much like the bull being released from the cage."Inside something seemed to explode.[...]The bull charged and came out into the corral." The bull is usually the leader of the herd. In Brett's circle of friends she is the leader. She determines were they go and what they do. Brett is far from the traditional view of what a woman should be. She wears her hair far too short and dresses like a man. All of her friends are men. She also drinks a lot and.....
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