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    “The Scarlet Letter” Feminist Essay While Hawthorne is influenced by stereotypes‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ by Nathaniel Hawthorne does serve to criticize patriarchy as he creates a plausible individual who is strong in the face of patriarchal opposition. Hester turns her punishment into a life changing experience by becoming a better‚ stronger‚ and more independent person than she was at the beginning of the novel. The way she handles her punishment does not make it right but

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    FEMINIST CRITICISM ON DESIREE’S BABY by KATE CHOPIN “For the girl grew to be beautiful and gentle‚ affectionate and sincere – the idol of Valmonde.” (Page 1‚ third paragraph‚ last sentence) Kate Chopin‚ a female author‚ mirrored the place of women in the society through her novel. She described Desiree as to what we think “perfect” or “fit” for a woman. Come to think about it‚ these words signified vulnerability and weakness. Women are often complimented with their physical attributes and dainty

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    Feminist CriticismFeminist criticism derives from a critique of a history of oppression‚ in this case the history of women’s inequality” (Mays 2347). Women have always been second to men in mostly everything they are competing in. Even if the man and woman have the exact same job‚ the man is probably making more money just because he is a man. Women barely got the chance to vote less than fifty years ago! Women still have a long way to go to catch up where the men are‚ because men have always

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    it you aren’t able to put every possible sentence and aspect of the book into a movie‚ but sometimes film makers change a story so much it can sometimes change the whole story itself. In 2002 director Adam Shankman made a movie of the book A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks. Both involve a story of a boy and a girl‚ almost completely different in their views‚ which slowly fall in love in Beaufort‚ North Carolina. Throughout the movie the struggles of the characters are awfully similar to the struggles

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    “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” is a feministic biography‚ in which the main character is remained with no clarification of her name. The character that author sets up in the first few pages is a proper woman‚ who is obedient towards her husband and non-technical. Also‚ the author goes out of her way to describe the garden as “delicious‚” possibly making an allusion to a woman’s place in the kitchen. A woman would naturally be intrigued by a beautiful garden. The character is a faithful woman‚ who does as

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    Michael Prather 12/4/08 Essay #2 The Objectification of Women in “On the Road” A Feminist Criticism In On the Road there is an ever-present objectification of women. As a result‚ the woman loses her human qualities and can be compared to an inanimate object. There are several ways in which this objectification takes form in the novel. It is achieved through the act of gazing at women. The woman can also be used as a means to achieve something else‚ in this case sensual pleasure. Since the culture

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    On May 24‚ 1933‚ a role model‚ advocate for women’s rights‚ and a literary star was born. Marian Engel was born in Toronto‚ Ontario‚ to a single eighteen year old girl‚ and put up for adoption. Frederick Searle and Mary Elizabeth (Fletcher) Passmore adopted a beautiful baby named Ruth‚ who they renamed Marian. Marian spent her younger years growing up in a variety of towns across Southern Ontario as her family moved frequently for her father’s work. Engel began her education at Sarnia Collegiate

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    Feminist and Womanist Criticism of African Literature: A Bibliography By Sharon Verba July 20‚ 1997 Those women who struggle without giving up hope‚ herald the impending change...: change in attitude for both men and women as they evaluate and re-evaluate their social roles.... -Rosemary Moyana‚ "Men & Women" Rereading‚ willful misreading‚ and de- and re-coding are tools used in African literature and womanist or feminist discourse to challenge "canonized ’literature ’"

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    Feminist Criticism: The Boarding House Throughout James Joyce’s “The Boarding House”‚ women appear in stereotypical‚ subordinate roles. This may lead the reader to think that Joyce is an anti-feminist writer‚ however this is not the case. This work is an honest‚ insightful look at the role women played in turn of the century Ireland. Joyce carefully illustrates the plight of women in this setting and because he educates the audiences about the subservient role of women‚ he could be considered a

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    and they mocked anyone who wasn’t part of their group. They found Vanessa as a threat so they made her a target even though she was part of this clique. They made her believe that she was overweight when she was actually average weight. In A Walk to Remember‚ Landon was part of a clique for a

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