Parody In Benjamin Franklin's The Speech Of Polly Baker
In Benjamin Franklin’s "The Speech of Polly Baker," it seems Franklin is striving to be light-hearted, while also adding humor into this speech. However, Franklin presents a protest against laws that punished women for having children out-of-wedlock by imposing fines and whippings, while the father of these children went without punishment. Franklin using the voice of a woman, not only adds parody to this speech, but strengthens his argument and enhances the story.
In Fanny Fern’s “Fern Leaves from Fanny’s Portfolio,” she would expose what she saw as common wrongs and sometimes advising ways to right these wrongs for women. Fern did most of her work writing as a social critic using the pen name “Fanny Fern” instead of her real name Sara Willis.
In Fanny Fern’s “Fern Leaves from Fanny’s Portfolio,” she would expose what she saw as common wrongs and sometimes advising ways to right these wrongs for women. Fern did most of her work writing as a social critic using the pen name “Fanny Fern” instead of her real name Sara Willis.