The Yellow Wallpaper: Breaking Free During the 19th century‚ women were severely discriminated and influenced by society’s strict patriarchal ideals. Charlotte Perkins Gilman emphasizes in her short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” men’s imprisonment of women into patterned domestic lives through the narrator’s complicated relationship with the nursery she is forced to stay at and its intricate wallpaper. Gilman discloses the necessity for women’s equal opportunity and freedom as men through the
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Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers attacks several social norms of both her traditional Polish homeland and the American life her protagonist has come to know. Clearly autobiographical‚ Bread Givers boldly questions why certain social and religious traditions continue throughout the centuries without the slightest consideration for an individual’s interests or desires. Sara’s traditional Jewish upbringing exposed her to a life dominated by patriarchal control; when she arrived in New York to seek
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A Feminist Perspective of Virginia Woolf’s Selected Novels: Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. Dr. Isam M. Shihada * ﺍﻟﻤﻠﺨﺹ ﺘﻬﺩﻑ ﻫﺫﻩ ﺍﻟﺩﺭﺍﺴﺔ ﺇﻟﻲ ﻓﺤﺹ ﻤﺴﺎﻫﻤﺔ ﺍﻟﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ﻓﺭﺠﻴﻨﻴﺎﻭﻟﻑ ﻟﻠﻘﻀﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﻨﺴﻭﻴﺔ Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse ﻓـﻲ ﺭﻭﺍﻴﺎﺘﻬـﺎ ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘـﺎﺭﺓ )7291( ، ﺤﻴﺙ ﺘﺒﻴﻥ ﻫﺫﻩ ﺍﻟﺩﺭﺍﺴﺔ ﻜﻴﻑ ﻭﻅﻔﺕ ﻓﺭﺠﻴﻨﻴﺎﻭﻟﻑ ﺭﻭﺍﻴﺎﺘ ﺌ ﻬـﺎ ﻟﺨﺩﻤـﺔ . ﺍﻟﻤﺭﺃﺓ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﺤﺼﻭل ﻋﻠﻲ ﻤﻌﻨﻲ ﻓﻲ ﺍﻟﺤﻴﺎﺓ ﻭﺘﺤﻘﻴﻕ ﻫﻭﻴﺘﻬﺎ ﻓﺭﺠﻴﻨﻴﺎﻭﻟﻑ ﺴﻌﺕ ﺒﺸﻜل ﺠﺎﺩ ﻟﻜﻲ ﺘﻜﻭﻥ ﻜﺎﺘﺒﺔ ﻨﺴﺎﺌﻴﺔ ﻤﺘﻤﻴﺯﺓ ﻓـﻲ ﻤﻌﺎﻟﺠـﺔ ﺍﻟﻭﻀﻊ ﺍﻟﺒﺎﺌﺱ ﻟﻠﻤﺭﺃﺓ
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Jane and Bertha’s struggle against Patriarchy In this essay my primary analysis will focus on the main character ‚Jane‚ in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. I will apply Gilbert and Guber’s idea about women in the Victorian Age and use it in the analysis of Jane and her development. The idea is based on the fact that women at the time had to overcome oppression‚ starvation‚ madness and coldness in order to arrive
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Women’s Quest for Fulfillment in Patriarchal Peripheries: Study of Shashi Deshpande’s The Binding Vine Shashi Deshpande is a writer who tries to universalize feminine perspectives by drawing comparisons among different types of women. This statement can be justified to some extent by her novel The Binding Vine. Like all feminist literary artists‚ a sustained analysis of allusive and elusive expression of individual is imperative for Shashi Deshpande. In her own words‚ her purely subjective novels
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females‚ this societal norm is commonly accepted by many and it continues to be passed on from one generation to the next. According to The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy‚ Patriarchy is defined as “a family or society in which authority is vested in males‚ through whom descent and inheritance are traced.” Patriarchy continued to spread and it is more prevalent in some countries compared to others. For this reason it is not a surprise that men feel that they have a say in what women decide to
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scenes‚ when Portia and Nerissa push the boundaries of their disguise‚ they specifically emphasize the nature of radical feminism. The altering of Portia‚ Nerissa‚ and Jessica’s gender to suit the society of Venice is a direct spat in the face of the patriarchy within the environment of The Merchant of Venice. Unfortunately‚ the overarching ideals of the world at this time are able to recapture their stranglehold on Jessica‚ Portia‚ and Nerissa. The construct of feminism is based upon the woman’s struggle
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After her observation of the hills her partner calmly said‚ “It’s an awfully simple operation. It’s not really an operation at all.” (592‚42). Jig’s partner tried to downplay that having an abortion was hardly an operation at all. There he used patriarchy to manipulate Jig into thinking it was no big deal. It clearly was to her‚ because she couldn’t stop comparing the hills to the baby. He knew that she was decisive‚ therefore he reassured her when he explained‚ “I’ve known lots of people that have
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Psychoanalysis teaches that ignorance "is not a passive state of absence-a simple lack of information: it is an active dynamic of negation‚ an active refusal of information" (Felman 29-30). The isolation of signifying elements is traditionally the province of formalist criticism‚ which specifies (after the New Criticism) that we note point of view or imagery or metaphor in our analysis. The interpretation of these elements‚ the making of meaning out of them‚ then depends on the context or method
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Matar emphasise the fact that women are influential even in a patriarchal society by highlighting the theme of male which he incorporates within the patriarchy. He eradicates the allusion that women in Libya have no rights‚ “I cried because I understood that I was now the property of another man…” (Pg 173) this powerful quote chosen by Matar‚ portrays the pain and emotions experienced by real women in cases where arranged marriages occur. However he also shows how Suleiman didn’t understand his role
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