Character Profile: Wonder Woman
The Origins of Princess Diana of Themyscira, a.k.a. Wonder Woman is a literary study of a female who brings with her the interminable strength of womanhood and the burden of a culture of her civilization. Even though she is endowed with the power of the ancient gods, her greatest power is the depths of her love and respect for everything in the world. Diana's origins in the 1940's put her into a role of establishing a new identity for women everywhere. Diana is strong, independent, and possesses a peaceful demeanor which offsets a fierce combativeness. Diana's breaking the boundary bonds of domestication and balances the battle of female equality is what makes her likable. Through Wonder Woman's origins we are introduced to an alegory of a woman who was sent as an emissary with the understanding that she can change the outside world. She's raised as a royal princess with all the hierarchy raised to believe that her limitless abilities are equal to a man. But...