Representing Ophelia: Women‚ Madness‚ and the Responsibilities of Feminist Criticism Elaine Showalter Though she is neglected in criticism‚ Ophelia is probably the most frequently illustrated and cited of Shakespeare’s heroines. Her visibility as a subject in literature‚ popular culture‚ and painting‚ from Redon who paints her drowning‚ to Bob Dylan‚ who places her on Desolation Row‚ to Cannon Mills‚ which has named a flowery sheet pattern after her‚ is in inverse relation to her invisibility in
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This essay concerns with how and why the feminist icon Rosie the Riveter is reworked on a feminist t-shirt. The original image from a propaganda poster is recognized as an embodiment of women’s empowerment‚ which I was preciously convinced of. However‚ there are a few people criticizing it for not being the true representative of feminism. This t-shirt has reworked the image in some intriguing ways‚ backing the claim that Rosie the Riveter is not precise nor adequate in describing diverse aspects
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There is no doubt that once the word autism enters a couple’s life‚ life changes. We look back upon the pregnancy and how we awaited the birth of this child with great anticipation and how we only hoped for a "healthy child." After a couple of years‚ it is discovered that this wish was not granted and autism has now entered the picture. The marriage is still there‚ the child is still there but now autism is there as well‚ almost as another person in the family unit. What is the effect on marriage
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Finally‚ near the end of the play‚ Emilia realizes “we must think men are not gods” (3.4.144). Although she knows her correct role in society in order to be accepted‚ she has come to see the lack of equality between men and women. She understands that in order to be presented to society‚ they must put on an act for their husbands. They do not need to think of them as gods‚ but must treat them as they are. She now believes that a woman being referred to as “whore” (4.3.74) is not tolerable. When something
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In the play‚ “Trifles‚” Susan Glaspell demonstrates the inequality that occurs between men and women during the 20th century. From the opening scene‚ the two women are not given much attention unlike the men‚ until they are separated from them and become the main characters. Although the women are seen as inferior to men‚ they prove that they are much more capable as they are the ones who solve the case by thinking outside the box. They find the real motive behind Mrs. Wright’s action and are able
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Macbeth: An Essay on Feminism and Death Throughout the reign of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth‚ the modern world has come to question how certain themes are presented by the playwright to his audience. This had arisen due to the representation of the author’s opinions on his surroundings during the play’s creation. As it is common knowledge that misogyny was an essential part of medieval living‚ one can assume that these principals have effected that of Shakespeare’s. However‚ upon the analysis
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To help her with her role as Medea‚ Maia makes frequent visits to Brenda Palmer‚ a woman who has been labeled “the Medea of Glyfada” for killing her three children in response to her husband’s adulterous actions‚ just as Medea did in the play. Despite being set in different time periods and having a slightly different plot‚ Jules Dassin’s Dream of Passion and Euripides’ Medea are very similar. Euripides’ Medea and Dassin’s Dream of Passion are similar in that they both cast the woman as a complex
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Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood University of Chicago In the last two decades one of the key questions that has occupied many feminist theorists is how should issues of historical and cultural specificity inform both the analytics and politics of any feminist project. Although this questioning has resulted in serious attempts at integrating issues of sexual‚ racial‚ class‚ and national difference within feminist
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an independent woman who is trying to break the constraints of society. Chaucer has adequately sculpted the Wife of Bath as a feminist character through her prologue by acting in ways customarily reserved for men‚ by controlling her husbands instead of vice versa‚ and by being open with her sexuality. The most evident aspect of the Wife of Bath that makes her a feminist character is her many actions that are atypical for a woman who lived in the 14th century. Most women did not have occupations
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who is one of the strongest female characters in literature. Having a female character with such strength raises the question of whether or not The Scarlet Letter is a feminist novel; by looking at what feminism is and analyzing the book itself‚ one can see that the book is more a commentary on society as a whole rather than a feminist statement. Hawthorne depicts many strong characters throughout his novel. Some‚ such as Chillingworth‚ seem to be stronger than others‚ like Dimmesdale. One character
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