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    Hamlet: A Feminist Approach Sexism: the belief or attitude that one sex is inherently superior to‚ more competent than‚ or more valuable than the other (most commonly used for male superiority). This idea that women are weak is not a new one in the modern world. It has been studied for countless years along with the concept of a patriarchal society. A patriarchy is defined as a system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it. Such systems currently

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    Feminist literary criticism Throughout the years‚ women have struggled for proper treatment and life style. They were oppressed and seen a male property. They were deprived for their simplest rights‚ even putting their thoughts into words. This situation led to the emergence of feminism‚ which is a set of ideologies that were meant to defend women’s rights in different areas of life‚ in other words it is the struggle for women’s rights. This set of ideologies‚ feminism‚ extended into

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    In the story “Hills Like White Elephants” there are two main characters the American and Jig. The story takes place at a train station in 1927 in Spain. Jig is a young girl dealing with a woman’s choice. Although the word abortion is never used in the story‚ the reader is lead to that conclusion through the use of symbolism. There are many different ways in the story that are symbolically used to describe the abortion. For example‚ while drinking beer‚ Jig looks off at the line of hills and says

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    changes into the world. Feminism comes in many parts and different types. Throughout time‚ it slowly developed in three waves and is currently on its fourth. While feminism has made its mark in the past‚ the 21st century is where it is blossoming. The Feminist movement has affected some changes in the political world. Mary Wollstonecraft was the advocate of women’s rights. In 1792‚ she published ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects’. Apparently it was one

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    from “Girl‚” by Jamaica Kincaid. In the original story‚ the story of a young girl with a domineering mother that controls every aspect of her life is exhibited. The oppressive trait depicted by her mother is the focus of the story through demeaning remarks such as "try to walk like a lady and not like the slut you are so bent on becoming." These comments silence the girl and demonize her leaving her with no knowledge of who she truly is. This is the main reason why I chose to have the girl at Banquo’s

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    Was Plato a feminist?

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    supported the feminist’ view‚ that men and women are equal. When analyzing Book V of Plato’s Republic‚ many people argue as to whether or not Plato can be considered to be the ‘first feminist’. Martha Nussbaum claims that Plato is the ‘first feminist’. This essay will explore Book V of Plato’s Republic and will provide evidence to prove Martha Nussbaum’s claim that Plato is the first feminist. Firstly‚ what is a feminist? According to the oxford advanced learners dictionary‚ a feminist is “a person

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    didn’t realized that feminist criticism also fit for Trailer Frozen when I wrote my essay. Throughout reading the first and second body paragraph‚ I found that feminist criticism might be the one of the best criticism which is matching Frozen. The story which happened in Princess Anna and Princess Elsa shown women had a low social status in the past several centuries‚ but they never give up to find the true identities. In the movie Halloween‚ I know why you choose the feminist criticism. As the film

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    The Pre-Feminist Movement

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    The role of a feminist is to be advocator for the equality between sexes‚ usually through political and social movements to spread the ideologies about the present inequalities. To be a feminist does not mean you must be a certain sex‚ race‚ or belong to a certain religious organization. Feminist have been influential in gaining rights for women and LGBTQ communities for centuries. One of the first American movements started with the women’s suffrage in the 19th and 20th century. Roughly two

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    When we talk about the feminist movement‚ feminists like conflict and Marxists theorists‚ argue for power sharing. Daly and Chesney-Lind argued that men’s violence toward women must be controlled‚ particularly sexual and physical abuse. Women generally have no interest in viewing lives of men as a worthy behavioral norm. Women may also suffer from correctional policies that call for equal treatment‚ ignoring women’s unique health problems and problems with incarceration. Feminists emphasize the study

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    The Final Girl

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    horror film from a feminist perspective is Carol Clover’s Men‚ Women‚ and Chainsaw. One of the book’s major points concerns the structural positioning of what she calls the Final Girl in relation to spectatorship. While most theorists label the horror film as a male-driven/male-centered genre‚ Clover points out that in most horror films‚ especially the slasher film‚ the audience‚ male and female‚ is structurally ’forced’ to identify with the resourceful young female (the Final Girl) who survives the

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