historical truth lurks within the Purim story. But looking at more recent history‚ it’s clear that Esther and Vashti do have a real history as feminist symbols. Both‚ in their own ways‚ refuse to go along with their husbands wishes. As early as the 19th century‚ her resistance to her husband’s wish to use her as a sex object made her icon for early feminists. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote in 1878 that Vashti’s decision was a “first stand for women’s rights” and that “we shall stand amazed that there
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Feminist Perspective in “The Awakening” In The Awakening‚ Chopin describes how the perfect man or woman should look according to society. The Awakening was published in 1899 which “aroused a storm of controversy for its then unprecedented treatment of female independence and sexuality‚ and for its unromantic portrayal of marriage.” (Chopin‚ 1899‚ Note) Women were expected to be obedient housewives and a doting mother to their children. The statement; “If it was not a women’s place to look after
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Marriage is the duty and end-game for 29-year-old‚ strikingly beautiful Lily Bart in ‘The House of Mirth’‚ a woman socializing with the socially elite in New York in the late 1800s. Lily struggles with the novel’s central conflict- to marry for love‚ or to marry for financial stability? At a time when women were expected to live off their husbands‚ it appears as though many of the women at the time married for money. The married couples featured in the novel certainly fit this mold‚ and the married
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Nora has not always been a feminist; it is throughout the play A Doll’s House that she changes the way she reacts when interacting with others. She is introduced as a subordinate‚ submissive woman who tends to allow others to walk all over her. These "doormat" characteristics are especially prevalent beginning in Act I‚ where Nora keeps to herself and is used as a puppet by Torvald. For example‚ Nora states‚ "Yes‚ yes‚ as you wish‚ Torvald‚" in response to her husband’s orders (Ibsen‚ 111). As a
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novel‚ The House on Mango Street‚ Sandra Cisneros’s narrator‚ Esperanza‚ gradually learns there is no real correlation between a physical structure and a home; rather a home is made from things such as love‚ family‚ culture‚ tradition‚ and memories‚ not bricks and mortar. The opening vignette of Cisneros’s novel‚ introduces the reader to Esperanza’s intense feeling of displacement. Throughout the book‚ she feels as though she has no place to call her home. Although they have a house‚ she is embarrassed
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The feminist movement was a mostly unorganised uprising against an injustice that was perceived to be the norm. Women had been treated as second rung citizens for long and finally found a means to be heard and accounted for through this movement. What started as a perspective‚ characterised by the colorful activists who leant their personalities and ideas to the movement‚ soon catapulted‚ and has a cult following even in this modern era. A feminist is a person who believes that people should have
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The 1942 film Casablanca is not at all a feminist film‚ and neglects to challenge the status quo of the roles of women in cinema‚ and in society‚ at the time. All personnel who worked on the movie were male‚ as were the majority of the characters‚ save for Ilsa (portrayed by Ingrid Bergman)‚ who does little more than flutter her eyelashes. The female characters are all but silenced‚ relegated to being wives and girlfriends whilst the males hold more reputable occupational positions such as bar owner
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H.G. Wells wrote directly of Darwinism in the book The Time Traveler. A great exploration of separation of social classes and the prime example of " the strongest will prosper." The Time Traveler has realized that social standings in the future‚ 802‚701‚ is different from the past in only of an intellectual standing. " So in the end‚ you would have above ground the Havers;pursuing health‚ comfort and beauty‚ and below ground the Have nots; the workers‚ getting continually adapted to their labor."
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First film theorist Laura Mulvey she wrote Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema in 1975. She came up with the idea of the Male Gaze. The idea that the woman is passive and the male is active. So the woman is the image and the man is the bare of the look which very much indicates the man has the power of the woman. In vertigo this is evident within the first scene the Ernie’s Restaurant when Scottie goes to meet Madeline for the first time. Where they don’t actually meet‚ they don’t even make eye
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Feminists‚ Abolitionists‚ and Democracy The framework of America’s government was forged in the spirit of democracy. The founding fathers envisioned a nation of free and equal persons and a country where everyone had a voice in the decision-making process. However‚ it soon became evident that not all people had a voice or even equal rights. Two groups excluded from government were women and African-Americans. These groups rose up to declare their rights to equality and freedom under the law. The
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