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    I think it’s hard to find any strong perspectives of Feminism in this play.  I am sorry.  I think there are some tendencies of characters that represent glimpses or "hopes" of Feminism‚ but that might be it for me.  The first would be that there is an emotional reclamation of voice that Alison undergoes.  When she returns from her father’s‚ she is revealed to have understood more of her own emotional state and her own emotional sense of self.  The miscarriage and time away have allowed her to develop

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    Girl by Jamaica Kincaid Jamaica Kincaid relates the relationship between a mother and daughter in her poem‚ “Girl”. The poem is about how a mother prepares her daughter to become a woman. She gives her a litany of valuable lessons to shape her behavior and character according to what is acceptable to their culture. Kincaid cleverly dropped hints throughout her poem suggesting that the culture being referred to is the Afro-Carribean culture. The Afro-Carribean culture is a blend of music‚ dance

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    An Interpretation of A Rose for Emily From a Feminist Perspective William Faulkner is one of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century. And "A Rose for Emily" is a masterpiece of his short fictions. It is a novel with a predominant motif of love‚ even though it is neither passionate nor romantic but some sort of cruel and hysterical mixed with a strong sense of ambivalence. You can not help read the whole story with breathless interest and tend to read it one more time‚ also you are

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    If by Rudyard Kipling‚ and Girl by Jamaica Kincaid‚ are two texts about parents giving their kids advice about the real world. In Girl a mom is writing to her daughter about specific rules she needs to follow in the real world to become a successful women. In If a father is telling his son about basic rules he can follow. The Two texts might sound the same‚ but they are also different. In both texts “If” and “Girl” they both have a similar topic that is they are both getting advice from their parents

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    UNDERSTANDING JESUS: CHRISTOLOGY FROM A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE Until recently‚ traditional Christian theology was interpreted only by white males. In a modern world things are changing. In her book Consider Jesus‚ Elizabeth Johnson states that women “are waking up to their own dignity and finding their own voice” (page 97). Despite the feminist theology movement that Johnson describes‚ sexism and male dominance is embedded in the culture of the Catholic Church. Women will have equal rights

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    Cynthia Enloe encourages a feminist gender analysis when examining anything. The central question of this analysis is where are the women and why are they there? These same questions can apply to girls. In the past many development programs did not view girls as their own category‚ however girls recently became the development focal point. The recent upsurge in development organizations focus on girls holds varied implications for the greater development movement. The programs these organizations

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    Fried Green Tomatoes Outline (Feminist Perspective) I. Roles in the Household a. Evelyn was a housewive‚ whos job in the household was to make sure her husbands every need was taken care of. 1. Evelyns husband watched the game every evening after work‚ while Evelyn was to make herself not seen. b. “Feminist Theory states that women are not merely different from men but are less privileged.” Pg 134 1. Evelyn was very shy and timid. 2. She treated herself‚ as if she was not worthy of anything

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    integrated parts of social institutions .i.e. religion‚ family and economy. To see religion from a fuctionalists perspective you have to look at it through society as a hole. Keeping this in mind they emphasise the social nature of religion and the positive functions it serves. They also neglect negative aspects such as religion as a source of oppression of the poor or women which are both the feminist and Marxist views. Functionalists think order is possible because of social consensus for example shared

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    Androgynous issues—to life. Through strong female characters and the implications of disguises‚ Shakespeare exposes gender issues. Many critics believe Shakespeare poorly represents women in his plays through intentional exploiting of women with his boy-girl-boy disguises. When in fact‚ I see Shakespeare as exploiting how women were/are treated through that very use of disguises and— the strength he gives his female characters‚ especially that of Portia (Merchant of Venice) and Viola (Twelfth night)—is

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    More Than Family In 2000‚ The WB television network introduced the world to the Gilmore girls. Set in the small town of Stars Hollow‚ Connecticut‚ Gilmore Girls is a charming television drama that tells the story of a single mother‚ Lorelai Gilmore‚ and her teenage daughter‚ Rory‚ as they navigate their way through the shifting tides of day-to-day life. Lorelai and Rory’s relationship is one built out of friendship as much as it is based on maternal love‚ which allows for more drama and depth than

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