In the text‚ the Handmaid’s Tale‚ author Margaret Atwood uses unique feminist writing to satire 1980s female rights issues with a religious state that oppressed females. Examples of the mirrored realms in the instance of exaggeration of inactivity in pursuit of female rights‚ a nuanced comparison of between the patriarchal America of the 80’s and the government that ran Gilead. Atwood depicts subtle parallelisms between the time in which she lived in‚ and the misogynistic world seen in the country
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Limitations of the Tale of Genji in Contemporary Readership In the ancient Heian period of Japan‚ The Tale of Genji arose as one of the first and most influential novels that depicted the ins and outs of life in the Heian court. The author of this novel‚ Murusaki Shikibu‚ was able to present the work to the people of the royal Heian court regardless of the fact that she was not meant to have vast knowledge of the written‚ Chinese language. During the Heian period‚ women were not the primary concern
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The Tale of Genji and the Tales of Ise‚ both being of the monogatari literature‚ share similarities in their theme of romantic courtship‚ presence of male protagonists famed for their romantic exploits and the presentation of courtly ‘miyabi’ aesthetics. Differences between the two‚ however‚ lie in the nature of their storytelling – while both texts incorporate poetic verses‚ the Tale of Genji is largely written in prose while the Tales of Ise is known as an ‘uta monogatari’ with waka poems being
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Over a century prior to Luther’s “blasphemous” reformation‚ Geoffrey Chaucer wrote in his Canterbury Tales rhetoric warranting excommunication by the Catholic Church. Specifically‚ “The Pardoner’s Prologue and Tale” interprets certain church practices as inherently immoral‚ a notion insinuating that the most influential organization in Europe was flawed. However‚ the pardoner’s characterization had merit; the Medieval Period saw the corruption of the papacy through indulgences‚ a practice catalyzed
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able to create authentic characters whose traits and appearances portrayed more of life’s aspects than ever before. From a piece of his unfinished work‚ The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue‚ he molds for the reader a figure of significant importance during an age ruled by Christianity. The religious devotion expected of a church official and temptations of a secular life meld to create the Prioress. As second in command at the Westminster Abbey‚ the Prioress’ character would naturally create a
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Divided: The Women of Gilead The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood depicts a dystopian society where the United States has been taken over by a monotheocracy and transformed into the country of Gilead. The majority of the woman in this society have been split into three basic categories: Wives‚ Marthas‚ and Handmaids. There are also Econowives‚ Aunts‚ and Unwomen. The main character‚ Offred‚ is a Handmaid. The Handmaids’ sole purpose in this society is to provide babies for powerful households where
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Tales of the Transamazonian: Hopes and Disillusions on a Route of Ecological Migrations Tales of ecologically driven migrations populate Brazilian culture since the existence of writings about national identity and history. Whether describing the extension of the agricultural ‘frontier’ or the ‘adventurous’ search for precious natural resources‚ they make up the myth of a country realizing itself through a march from the coast to the interior. This article studies the impact of the environmental
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In both texts‚ “The Jew of Malta” by Christopher Marlowe and “The Shipman’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer women are presented as accessory characters who are at the disposal of the male protagonist. To a medieval reader the restrictions women were succumbed to when it came to participating in political‚ economical‚ and social affairs may have been normal‚ yet to a contemporary reader‚ their treatment and participation in literature is essential to understanding their place. While the role of a woman
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The Narrator of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” if a real person‚ and not a fictional protagonist of a story‚ would stand as testament to how insanity results in an extreme reliance on one’s own self‚ causing any reliance on logic or other people‚ to fly out the window. This clear picture of an insane man’s complete self-reliance is witnessed by the readers of the “Tell-Tale Heart”‚ as we see the narrator’s murder story unravel. We witness as the narrator tells of how he became more and
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It is expressed in the Man of Laws tale through the lawyer’s interjections into the narrative as he paints a stereotypical picture of the brutal and barbaric Saracen‚ thus expressing his power in shaping the opinions and sentiments of western readers. However‚ in the Squires Tale‚ an attempt at controlling the ‘other’ is situated in the domestication of the narrative through providing a western framework which is dismantled‚ as the inability to describe the ‘other’‚ results in western submission
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