FEMINIST READER-RESPONSE OF “KING LEAR” Shakespeare’s King Lear is a deeply sad tale of a king who gives up his power and slowly goes crazy. His two oldest daughters‚ Goneril and Regan‚ each receive half the kingdom from him‚ but it soon becomes apparent that half is not enough for either of them. Everybody in this play is out to get everybody else‚ and everybody has a hidden agenda. However‚ as the drama ensues‚ the audience realizes that the women‚ Goneril and Regan‚ are really
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cup. But sometimes we do not see the meaning water can have and it’s relation to society. In the novel Beloved‚ water is related to and involved in many instances that lead to a positive change. Characters like Sethe have experienced a situation in which she had to once escape sweet home‚ a former slave home‚ to go on to live a free life. Instances of rebirth or birth occur with Denver and Beloved being brought into the world. At the time‚ being a slave was hard and even harder when one was pregnant;
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Feminist drama Trifles is seen as an example of early feminist drama‚ because it is two female characters’‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale’s‚ ability to sympathize with the victim’s wife‚ Minnie‚ and so understand her motives‚ that leads them to the evidence against her‚ while the men are blinded by their cold‚ emotionless investigation of material facts. The female characters find the body of a canary‚ which had its neck wrung‚ killed in the same way as the deceased (John Wright)‚ thus leading them to
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The time period of the publication of Cry‚ the Beloved Country by Alan Paton coincides with the transitional era prior to the official beginning of the apartheid that lasted a few decades in the South African history. This period in the South Africa was important for the history of the country because it determined the future of the direction chosen by the nation. Those were the years when despite the fact that things were bad‚ there still was hope about the future of Africa and its people. This
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CARIBBEAN FEMINIST THOUGHT The issues concerning women in the Caribbean were seriously brought to the fore in the 1960’s -70’s. This came out of women’s movement in the USA where issues of racial and social equality were brought to the forefront of political policies and social concerns. Barbara Bush and Lucille Mathurin-Mair were early pioneers of women’s movements. They argued for women to have a place in history and more specifically in the slave society and resistance movement. Other historians
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Alan Paton is the clever author of Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ a historical fiction book that displays the violences of injustice‚ discrimation‚ and imperialism that begins its story in the lonesome island of Ndotsheni where Kumalo lives. Stephen Kumalo‚ the main protagonist of Alan Paton’s Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ is a meek Zulu pastor who has lived as a native in Ndotsheni. Kumalo discovers his sister Gertrude has fallen ill as addressed in a letter from a fellow priest in Johannesburg. Despite
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Biblical reference within the story Cry the Beloved Country Many times in literary pieces‚ allusions are put in novels‚ used to foreshadow the ending of a book. The most common types of allusions are those from the bible. This is probably because many are familiar with the bible and its stories. The goal of foreshadowing is to provide a way for the reader to think more about the big picture‚ rather than what is happening page by page. In the novel‚ Cry the Beloved County‚ allusions to the Bible are very
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during WWII all the way to the African Americans in South Africa. Discrimination is a horrible event that has caused pain and suffering to even good people just based on the different ways people do things and the way some look. In the novel Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton‚ Paton talks about two fathers and sons whom are African Americans living in South Africa during the time after WWII. Racial discrimination in the city of Johannesburg at the time was at an all time high‚ “The tragedy is not
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King Arthur: A Beloved Hero Heroes to fairytales‚ stories‚ or novels serve as the literary ‘cherry on top’ of an enticing plot. The word “hero” comes from the Greek “heroes” literally meaning “protector” or “defender”. The story of a small character that later develops into a strong-willed hero doing the greater good for society is what warms the hearts of many readers‚ and the journey itself keeps those readers attracted. One could say heroes practice the
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anger toward (someone who has done something wrong) - stop blaming (someone) - stop feeling anger about (something) - forgive someone for (something wrong) - stop requiring payment of (money that is owed) Although Alan Paton’s novel‚ Cry‚ the Beloved Country‚ is centered around the apartheid in South Africa‚ he explores forgiveness and the choice to cast someone aside. Paton’s two main characters‚ James Jarvis‚ a white farmer‚ and Reverend Stephen Kumalo‚ a black pastor‚ search to forgive throughout
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