ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -What does damsel in distress mean? A damsel in distress is a young woman in danger. The term often refers to a stock character in fiction who is rescued by a male hero.

Detailed explanation-2: -a young woman who is in trouble and needs a man’s help.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shigeru Miyamoto in the classic 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong, featured Pauline as the first ever damsel in distress and Mario as her rescuer. Pauline disappeared almost entirely from the Mario franchise after this initial appearance and Donkey Kong would later become the Damsel in the 1982 follow up Donkey Kong Jr.

Detailed explanation-4: -a person, usually a young woman, who needs to be rescued from danger or trouble of some kind: This plumber is worth his weight in gold, and I would like to thank him for going out of his way to help this damsel in distress. Sometimes Damsel in Distress .