# The Heroine — Aspects of the Novel character guide

> The Heroine in Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the heroine, hers

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-people

## Who they are

Generic term for female protagonists across novels, analyzed for their narrative roles.

## Relationships

### [Defoe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/defoe)

_professional_

Defoe is the author who created The Heroine (likely Moll Flanders or Roxana) in his novels.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/aspects_of_the_novel_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_psychological_

The Heroine is often the subject of the narrator's moral and psychological analysis in Defoe's novels.

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