Feminism in Antigone Although ancient Greece was a male-dominant society‚ Sophocles’ Antigone portrays women as being strong and capable of making wise decisions. Antigone‚ the tragic heroine‚ rejects the traditional role of women. As such‚ Sophocles punishes Ismene for embodying traditional attitude. Moreover‚ Creon is punished for misogyny. Sophocles‚ accordingly‚ uses characterization to promote feminist ideas. Sophocles introduces a female character in Antigone who is a strong believer and
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both the Grimm version and the Disney version of Cinderella‚ however the Grimm version definitely exemplifies the theme more effectively than the Disney version does. The Grimm version and the Disney version of Cinderella both include punishment to the stepsisters for how they treated Cinderella and they both exemplify the theme. For example‚ in both versions‚ the stepsisters do not get to what they want‚which is to marry the prince and for Cinderella not to be happy. The Disney version kept it this
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Feminism in Frankenstein Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein during an era in which women were fighting for a voice in life and society. Shelley reflected feminism from her personal life in this renowned gothic novel. The female characters of the novel were merely props and accents to the male characters of the novel. They made minimal contributions in the plot. The male characters viewed females as possessions and caretakers for their house and children. The roles of female characters in the novel
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Feminism in The Dollmaker Simon de Deauvoir complained that women writers seldom achieve the level of tragedy‚ but only five years later‚ Harriette Arnow published The Dollmaker and refused his statement (Rigney 81). Harriette Arnow writes The Dollmaker to shine a light on feminism in the 1950’s. Gertie Nevels is the main character in the book and when her husband goes off to war she is left to provide for herself and her kids. Rigney states that the protagonist‚ Gertie Nevels‚ is a mountain woman
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Feminism of Poverty By Tarcia Grimes Presented To Professor Elke Cox February 20‚ 2012 Sociology 200 – B09 Liberty University The Feminism of Poverty The feminism of poverty can be described as a movement in political‚ economic and social equality for women‚ and is closely related to Liberalism. Feminism sees discrimination as a distinction of unequal treatment from all social‚ political and economic access for women. Feminism of poverty reaches all women‚ Black‚ White‚ Asian or English
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adaptations of fairy tales. Cinderella‚ one of the most popular fairy tales with countless versions‚ reflects gender expectations on women in vastly different societies and settings. It’s storyline revolves around the idea that women are beautiful‚ vulnerable‚ passive‚ and obedient. Furthermore‚ Cinderella provides another example in fairy tales where the heroine of the story must be "rescued" by a man of princely ways and helped by the forces of nature. Using examples from Cinderella‚ it is evident that
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villain i know is The evil step mother from cinderella. All cinderella wanted was to got to the ball‚ but her stepmother disagreed with her. She did not want her to go because she knew that cinderella was much more beautiful than her children. So she made her work instead. Stepmother believed that she was going to miss the ball but instead she got to go. After cinderella asked to go she was told to clean the home and wash the cat‚ but she nor cinderella had known someone would just pop in. After
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The story of Cinderella is a timeless classic that characterizes the different aspects of historical writing. Many later variations of the story derive their origin from classic antiquity‚ one being possibly the earliest version recorded in the first century BC from the tale of the Greco-Egyptian girl Rhodopis. Rhodopis washes her clothes in an Ormoc stream‚ a task forced upon her by fellow servants‚ who have left to go to a function sponsored by the Pharaoh Amasis. An eagle takes her rose-gilded
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therefore thought to be useless and disposable. Of course it is true that women are not the same as men ‚ but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they aren’t just as good‚ or maybe even better‚ than men. True feminism only began in 1848 in the USA. Before that‚ it was just a few women sitting around‚ talking to each other and complaining about how they were not treated the way they thought that they should be. They soon
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Good Triumphs Evil: Cinderella Cinderella‚ as told by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in Household Tales‚ is a tale most of us are familiar with. Most know the version of the tale as told in the Disney classic animated film. However‚ when told by the Grimm brothers it is a bit more elaborate and quite unlike the Disney version. Yet it is a tale I can relate to‚ as I’m sure many others can as well. I find the moral of the story the authors were trying to get across is that good will triumph evil‚ even
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