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    story that enable a resistant feminist reading to be applied with regards to the western or European characters of the Aunt and the intended. When analysing the way in which ‘the African Goddess’ is portrayed in the story however‚ one is able to contrast the way in which western females are presented and the way in which gender roles are portrayed in a primitive Africa. It is clear that a resistant feminist reading doesn’t apply to her but rather an alternative feminist reading suggesting women have

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    Women’s Embrace in the Feminist Movement Women have underwent a very long and terrible trip when trying to get freedom and rights in the world. feminism has powerfully helped many women go through this trip faster than it would have gone without any fight. Kate Chopin‚ amongst the first of the feminist society‚ incorporated feminism into her short story The Story of an Hour which helped women embrace the feminist movement by giving them a character they can relate to. The beginning of The Story

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    its perpetrators‚ and its causes; and‚ relatedly‚ an interest in its prevention‚ and in the deterrence‚ treatment‚ and punishment of offenders‚ (The Oxford Handbook of Criminology‚ 2012). Feminist criminology specifically suggests addressing crimes committed by women. According to Burgess-Proctor (2006) Feminist criminology or the development of female crimes as a mature theoretical orientation gradually became an accepted theory during the 1970s as a pioneering generation of women insisted that

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    movements‚ gender mainstreaming into development.  Equality has been received many scholars‚ researchers‚ and politicians concern which is clearly shown in the system of feminist theories. As a result‚ there is variety of theories to explain for oppressions‚ justice and equality for women all over the world called feminist theories. Each of idea forward feminism tries to comprehend those things by theorizing the "human agency"‚ which is defined as the capacity of human beings "to act independently

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    attempting to create female gaze in a movie. Not only the existence of female director and female protagonist but also using shot types and objectification of male characters can be seen as reasons to say that. The Piano is about a woman who is mute and plays piano as a passion. It is a way to speak for her. Women in mainstream cinema seldom has a voice her own. Piano can be seen as Ada’s own voice to say something about herself. According to Attwood‚ traditionally men ask questions such as “what do women

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    Thoth was best-known and worshipped in Hermopolis‚ though this city had a cosmogony of its own (David 88). In this cosmogony‚ Thoth was considered to be a minor creation god as he was the leader of a group of eight gods‚ called the Ogdoad (Budge 113; David 88). A bronze statue from the Late Period of Thoth with the smaller eight around him has been made as evidence of worship and acknowledgment of this myth even until later times (Silverman 35). This group originated from Khmun‚ one of the locations

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    Wuthering Heights - Feminist Criticism The feminist criticism is perhaps the perspective that best applies to WutheringHeights. For one‚ any personal possessions of a woman goes straight to the husband once she marries. It’s like the woman doesn’t even exist because she has to live under the husband’s name‚ who now owns her belongings. Thrushcross Grange would have been Isabella’s had she not married Heathcliff but‚ since she did marry him‚ Heathcliff automatically becomes the owner. In addition

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    Feminist Perspective on the Scarlet Letter  The Scarlet Letter​  is an important piece of literature which offers a notable contribution to all  literature with it’s strong female main character and themes of misogyny‚ religious mania‚ and  forgiveness.   The summary by Mary Ellen Snodgrass in The Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature  describes and summarizes this perspective.  The excerpt speaks on Hester’s strong character and  resistance against the patriarchal oppressive religious male stronghold

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    Rita Princ-Degen was a Jewish little girl during the time of World War II that had no idea of what was going on and wondered why they were always moving. Rita’s family went into hiding in 1942 in order for them to survive and see another day. Rita thought that she wasn’t loved simply because she stayed with and aunt and uncle thinking that her parents had abandoned her and did not love her. As a young child‚ Rita went through more than most people do during adulthood. Rita Princ-Degen’s life changed

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    more. Therefore‚ reading may be regarded as an action that helps readers improve themselves. Still‚ the question remains‚ whether reading only causes self-improvement‚ or if the opposite is also the case. A summary and discussion of Harold Bloom’s and Rita Felski’s arguments will follow‚ in order to be able to answer this question at the end of this essay. In the prologue of his book‚ How to Read and Why‚ Bloom answers the question why

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