ويژگيهاي شخصيتي زنان در مثنوي

Womenʹs Characteristics in Mathnawi

This research is aimed at drawing a general sketch of the female characters in the Mathnawi, a task which at first seems impossible due to the variety of the characters in the book. The stories of the book have been closely analyzed in terms of three important factors of the narration: the process of the story, the acts of the characters, and their dialogues. Then the characteristics of the female characters have been extracted and classified. The study shows that the following characteristics, with little variation, appear in most of the female characters: fear, deceit, corruption, beauty and superficial observation.