the screen a 16-year-old high school student whose destiny was to “stand against the vampires‚ the demons‚ the forces of darkness. She is the slayer” (Whedon‚ 1997). The introduction of Buffy The Vampire Slayer (BTVS)‚ as a character‚ though not a new one‚ was revolutionary. Challenging the preconceptions of traditional horror‚ comedy‚ romance and teen movies‚ Whedon has created a character and a show that provide a postmodern‚ feminist hero for a generation of girls. With themes of monstrosity set
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From a feminist perspective‚ write an essay about the role of Lady Madeline in the story. “The Fall of the House of Usher (1939)”‚ arguably Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous short story‚ is a tale centered around the mysterious House of Usher and its equally indiscernible inhabitants. These subjects are plagued with physical and mental degradation – the Usher siblings suffer from various abnormal ailments and unexplained fears‚ while the house itself seems to be tethering on the edge of collapse. The
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Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa is a notable Chicana feminist‚ cultural theorist‚ and activist because of her many contributions to social movements regarding minority women. Not only did she impact this “renaissance” for Chicana literature through her own writings‚ but she also encouraged other aspiring minority artists and writers to help expose the diversity that was rapidly growing in the United States. Personally‚ Anzaldúa interested me because of her efforts in promoting feminism‚ so I wanted to
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sexism that took place during the period of the 1930s. At this time‚ how women were viewed was a paradox. While women were seen as pure‚ perfect‚ and dainty‚ they were also highly disrespected by men‚ labeled as dumb‚ and forced to work in the home and bear children. This paradoxical treatment of women was convenient for men who desired to control women and maintain their submissive demeanor. This mistreatment was highly integrated into society and Harper Lee gives both antagonists and protagonists moments
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Mrs. Mallard was told that her husband was in a dreadful accident by the railroad. When Josephine‚ her sister‚ broke the news to her along with her husband’s friend Richard‚ at first Louise shut down. She cried in her sister’s arms and then grieved alone in her bedroom. Chopin was very descriptive when she says that Mallard was sitting looking out into the blue sky‚ then leaning her head back into the cushion falling asleep until a sob came up into her throat and shook her. All of
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Screen and Scholarship 3/11/2012 Legally Blonde: Feminist Film Theory Feminism is a movement that has had a great impact in the world of film‚ and how we interpret it. During the second wave of feminism that occurred throughout the United States‚ feminist scholars began developing and applying more theories‚ that arose during this movement‚ to the way they analyzed film. The various tactics and topics that are contained under the umbrella of feminist film theory are‚ but not limited to‚ sexism‚ female
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We as Americans reminisce on history to see and understand the advancements we have accomplished and the same can be said of not only the advancement of women but also the image of how women are portrayed. Although in today’s day and age‚ their figures and beauty are scrutinized but also exploited. For instance in both Tennessee Williams motion picture‚ “A Street Car Named Desire” and Lorraine Hansberry A Raisin in the Sun you are able to see the evolution of the not only the portal of women but
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education‚ while others were dealing with the sense of intellectual inferiority offered to them from virtually every authoritative voice‚ that voice usually being male. Bradstreet was raised in an influential family‚ receiving an extensive education with access to private tutors and the Earl of Lincoln’s large library. She was part of an influential family who encouraged her writing and circulated it in manuscript with pride. That kind of private support did much to offset the possibility of public
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The suppression against women is an extremely important issue to this day. Women have been treated as the inferior gender for almost as long as recorded history. Sexism was typical in the 1920’s‚ the time period in which this novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ takes place. Though its frequency is familiar to Curley’s wife‚ it is quite damaging. She shows recurrent outbursts of distress and tells of decisions she has made in her life that tell the reader that she is strongly affected by this sexist phenomena
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Tamar and the Patriarchy: A Feminist Analysis of Genesis To the modern day reader‚ The Bible greatly exemplifies an oppressive patriarchal social structure. Women are often raped and otherwise objectified with no consequence. Typically in the Bible‚ when a woman is a victim of misfortune due to her husband or father ’s lack of virtue‚ God has little pity for her‚ as she is portrayed as something owned by one or the other. However‚ the story of Tamar and Judah in Genesis 38 deviates from this
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