Outline and evaluate feminist views of relationships between men and women Relationships between men and women in postmodern Britain have come a long way from the days when marriage was nothing but a consensus between man and father. However‚ society has still not moved past the gender prejudice that has been embedded within people for decades. Due to this‚ feminists of all variations have put forth strong arguments regarding the relationships between men and women. These egalitarian viewpoints have
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Feminist Analysis of Cloud Nine In 1979‚ Caryl Churchill wrote a feminist play entitled Cloud Nine. It was the result of a workshop for the Joint Stock Theatre Group and was intended to be about sexual politics. Within the writing she included a myriad of different themes ranging from homosexuality and homophobia to female objectification and oppression. "Churchill clearly intended to raise questions of gender‚ sexual orientation‚ and race as ideological issues; she accomplished this largely by
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In the 1800’s and early 20th century‚ many women were oppressed and denied the right to equal opportunities that men were granted. However‚ after the active and significant role women played in World War II‚ a drastic change occurred. Women began to play a more respected and crucial role in society. Many women abandoned their expected roles as housewives and mothers and looked for other valued opportunities. This societal shift became a political movement and spawned the social theory of feminism.
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and ‘Curse’ in the play ‘Abhijnana Shakuntalam’. Ans: ‘Abhijnana Shakuntalam’ or the “Loom of Time” is a play which tells us the love story of Shakuntala and Dushyant. The play follows the outline of the epic drama but the whole structure of the play is a sophisticated Dramatic form. Before going further in details regarding the question I would like to specify how the ring justifies the title of the play‚ ‘Abhijnana’ means
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person. Throughout her introduction of the tale‚ and the story itself‚ we see the Wife of Bath as an experienced‚ intellectual woman‚ who despite in a world of patriarchal power‚ she provides for herself financially‚ emotionally‚ and physically. As a feminist icon‚ she confronts serious social issues‚ that illustrate the subjugation that women faced. During her prologue and her tale‚ it is very clear that the Wife of Bath is proud and not ashamed of her sexuality. She views sex as a good ideal‚ and argues
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To help her with her role as Medea‚ Maia makes frequent visits to Brenda Palmer‚ a woman who has been labeled “the Medea of Glyfada” for killing her three children in response to her husband’s adulterous actions‚ just as Medea did in the play. Despite being set in different time periods and having a slightly different plot‚ Jules Dassin’s Dream of Passion and Euripides’ Medea are very similar. Euripides’ Medea and Dassin’s Dream of Passion are similar in that they both cast the woman as a complex
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learned pattern‚ part of strategy to self-consciously halt further social communication. This barrier happens because one of the parties becomes ‘strange’ and cannot communicate (354). Shame is consuming and Tomkins recognizes that shame and pride play a critical role to understand how human beings are motivated to act the way we do. A person is motivated enough to surrender or expose themselves in order to resist shame. Why is shame taken personally? Considered as ‘sickness within the self’ when
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Jason‚ and in reference to killing the kids and new bride‚ Medea says‚ “To make you feel pain.” (p. 46) She is explaining how she wants to make him feel pain emotionally and mentally rather than physically. Jason says about himself at the end of the play‚ “...who will get no pleasure from my newly wedded love‚ /And the boys whom I begot and brought up‚ never/ Shall I speak to them alive. Oh‚ my life is over.” (p 44) It hurts Medea enormously that she killed her kids‚ but only did it for revenge. The
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The action of self-sacrifice is usually motivated by the hardship one observes in their own surroundings and is viewed by others as a courageous act. In the novels Crow Lake by Mary Lawson and Proof by David Auburn‚ self-sacrifice is the main theme of the plot. Luke from Crow Lake and Catherine from Proof both show exemplary actions related to this topic‚ as both give up considerable amounts to provide for their family‚ including their education as well as their social lives. Luke looks after his
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plot‚ it also raises conflict‚ as she repeatedly bashes her husband and his lack of inner strength. In Ramsey’s article‚ he describes “…aggressive‚ daring‚ bold‚ resolute‚ even in the face of death” (Ramsey‚177) as characteristics of manliness in the play. This triggers a series of attempts from Macbeth to pursue absolute manliness‚ essentially fulfilling his wife’s perception of male gender roles that may be his downfall. Ramsey summarizes this: “…he gives Lady Macbeth the cue she needs to begin radical
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