For a great man, love is a means, not an end. Whereas for a great woman, it is a means to achieving her genius, and also an end that must lead to making herself happy by making the man she loves happy and whom she hopes will be her husband and the father of her children. The tragedy of a great woman lies in her attempt to combine genius and love, i.e. In the effort she makes, she achieves her genius, and in the effort she also makes to be a beautiful, desirable, and beloved woman...and this struggle He who seeks to conquer two powers, the strength of a man's mind and the strength of a woman's charm, is what distinguishes the character of a great woman, and he is the one whom the author tried to portray in the joy of victory, the agony of defeat, and the splendor of heroism, represented in the lives of a group of the most famous women in the world of literature and art.