This final paper sets out to analyze female characters in the selected novels of Kate O’Brien: Without My Cloak, The Ante - Room and Mary Lavelle. The analysis focuses on O’Brien’s representations of women mostly trapped in the clutches of the Catholic Church, the family and conservative Irish society. The paper discusses these protagonists as women who were given voice to articulate many of the forbidden issues of Kate O’Brien’s time. Ovaj završni rad analizira ženske likove u odabranim romanima autorice Kate O'Brien: Without My Cloak, The Ante-Room i Mary Lavelle. U fokusu analize je prikaz irske žene koja je zarobljena unutar normi katoličke crkve, obitelji i konzervativnog irskog društva. U radu se raspravlja o protagonisticima kojima je dan glas kako bi artikulirale mnoge zabranjene teme u doba Kate O'Brien.
