Gervanna Stephens Instructor – Mrs. Lucinda Peart ENGL331 – Literary Criticism 6 December 2011 Feminism and its function in a critical reading of the short stories The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the poem “Poem in Praise of Menstruation” by Lucille Clifton. The Feminist movement began as an attempt to underscore the despotism of the patriarchal society that is reflected exceedingly in literature and permit women to be established as
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the female body was hidden away from public view. The book Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany edited by Norma Broude and Mary D. Garrad‚ strives to examine the role of women in art history as well as articulating the pleasures and problems of artistic pieces in a contemporary feminist vantage point. According to Broude and Garrad in the introduction‚ modern feministic views have changed the scope of art history in that " feminism has raised fundamental questions for art history as a humanistic
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Through the four texts I have studied I have found a main connection of feminism in different social settings between the times of 1900 - 1920. The texts I’ve studied are the two poems ’We As Women’‚ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and ’The Bees Song’ by Julia Ward Howe‚ the novel ’In defense of Women’‚ by H.L. Mencken and the poem ’I know why the caged bird sings’ by Maya Angelou. Also through these four texts I have found three main ideas‚ these are ’how women were treated unequally’‚ ’survival’‚ and
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male-dominated societies‚ the man’s role being that of the husband and a sensible thinker where the woman’s role being that of the dutiful wife who does not question her husband’s authority‚ which makes this story ideal to criticize gender roles and feminism. In “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” Gilman depicts a marriage in which both the narrator and her husband are trapped in their assigned roles and are doomed because of this. The story focuses on the narrator’s “nervous condition” as she slowly loses sense
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Feminism and Cultural Identity Barbie‚ a worldwide viral doll known for her interest in adult-fashioned roles‚ indirectly constitutes the way American girls should grow up to be. With the creation of this doll came the thirst and need to sell it. Therefore‚ just one version of the Barbie doll is not sufficient. Mattel Inc.‚ famous for its numerous toy creations yet infamous for its many controversies‚ has made Barbie’s boyfriend‚ sister‚ cousin and even her dog. Consequently‚ Mattel created Barbie
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Sir Gawain and Feminism Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a lively Arthurian romance about a young knight of the round table who takes on the challenge of a mysterious green knight who wanders into Arthur’s hall. The Green Knight asks Sir Gawain to strike him with his own axe‚ and in one year’s time he will return the blow. Time passes and Sir Gawain does everything in his power to procrastinate his impending meeting with the Green Knight. He leaves for his quest‚ and on Christmas day after wishing
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Analysis of Feminism in Pride and Prejudice Name: 胡晓君 Maggie Student Number: 12011043 Analysis of Feminism in Pride and Prejudice Abstract：Pride and Prejudice is a marvellous novel of Jane Austen. Although in her age‚ women are regarded as emotional‚ weak‚ nurturing‚ and submissive‚ Austen depicts her heroine‚ Elizabeth as a woman who has her own perspectives‚ feelings‚ and opinions. This paper analyses feminism in Pride and Prejudice from its progressive
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Eternal Feminism in Faust Goethe concludes his famous literary work Faust by exalting the “eternal feminine.” However‚ Goethe does not present us with a clear meaning of this term. I believe Goethe is saying that man’s struggle for knowledge and enlightenment can only be fully achieved when he recognizes and accepts that his soul is androgynous. The soul has a feminine component or counterpart which must be utilized so that he may be optimally guided in such a way as to acquire maximum spiritual
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Example of Islamic Feminism (Optional) Woman’s Freedom During the Time of Prophet Mohamed . Since the beginning of time‚ the relation between the sexes has been subject to heated debates and exposed to a complex proliferation of religious‚ psychological‚ and philosophical controversy. From demands of equality to essentialist understanding of sexual difference‚ the question has always remained crucial to the form and content of human life on earth. Arab women were not in isolation of such a debate
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system of entailment. Entailment in Pride and Prejudice‚ the restriction of future ownership of real estate to particular descendants‚ is limited solely to male heirs. As Mr. Bennet has no male children‚ his estate will be entailed to Mr. Collins as opposed to his own daughters. Mrs. Bennet remarks in regard to the entailment to Mr. Collins: “Oh! My dear‚” cries his wife‚ “I cannot bear to hear that mentioned. Pray do not talk of that odious man. I do think it is the hardest thing in the world‚ that
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