A Woman Trapped: A Feminist Analysis of the Yellow Wallpaper The short story‚ the Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman can be analyzed in depth by both the psycho-analytic theory and the feminist theory. On one hand the reader witnesses the mind of a woman who travels the road from sanity to insanity to suicide “caused” by the wallpaper she grows to despise in her bedroom. On the other hand‚ the reader gets a vivid picture of a woman’s place in 1911 and how she was treated when dealing
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The Wizard of Oz was a powerful movie made in the thirties. It did not just tell a simple story of a girl who gets lost‚ but also brought many different ideas about current events of that time to the surface. The Wizard of Oz was released on August 25‚ 1939‚ a time where women did not play a big role in society. It tells a story of a young girl who magically appears in the Land of Oz after a powerful twister comes through Kansas‚ her home state. In Oz‚ Dorothy goes on a journey to find the great
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because of male bias. The two perspectives are often pleasant-sounding‚ but a need for care point of view precedence exists. While truth is evident in both these statements‚ the problem of distinguishing between them becomes apparent soon after. Many feminist look to psychologist Carol Gilligan’s research for evidence to confirm the difference between characteristically male and female approaches to moral decision making. Her research illustrated how men almost unfailingly focus on justice when making
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seen as a merchandise to enhance their own social status. Their situation has not been improved until the mid 19th century‚ where a several brave‚ outspoken women sparked the fight for social reform‚ justice‚ prostitution‚ and slavery. The force of Feminist then rose to fight for the equality for the oppressed.
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show what at first sight appear as inept and powerless characters develop into not only active characters‚ but authentic heroins. This paper aims to demonstrate how both the fairytales “Bluebeard” and “Hansel and Gretel” can be analyzed through a feminist approach‚ and how these text continuously challenge gender stereotypes and construe a new narrative of femininity. The story
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Reproductive Rights as a Contemporary and Historical Feminist Issue Essay #1 / Final Exam American Women’s History H. June Laves One of the biggest issues facing women in American society today has been an issue bouncing around in politics for decades: reproductive rights. Women can never have equal opportunity to men without equal opportunity to make their own decisions about their bodies. Reproductive rights for women not only include the right to abort a pregnancy‚ but it also involves
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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 up to represent human fears and the potential monstrosities of society itself‚ set up against a supernatural background‚ with the typically
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Timothy Vita Lisa Cecere CINE 120 1 December 2010 Feminism in Aliens Having carried their gender as a burden for years‚ woman have now grown to have a massive and essential influence in worldwide cinema. Feminist film theory challenges audiences to understand the source of gender inequality. Predominantly a masculine industry‚ early film have been said to contain the "male gaze‚" where the audience is placed in the shoes of a heterosexual male and woman are a merely objects to be viewed or
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Bibliography: Butler‚ J. (1988). Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory. Theater Journal ‚ 40 (4)‚ 519-531. Coolidge‚ G. E. (2011). Guardianship‚ Gender and the Nobility in Early Modern Spain. Ashgate. Moore‚ N. (1985). Nonverbal Courtship Patterns in Women: Contact and Consequences. Ethology and Sociobiology
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Feminist Symbolism in Susan Glaspell’s "Trifles" Have you ever wondered; just how much can one person take from another? What amount of cruelty and abuse persuades the fury in a typically passive person to leap into aggressive action? Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles shows us just how far one woman‚ Mrs. Wright‚ is pushed before she snaps. This is a classic tale of spousal abuse‚ based off of a true story‚ which was not too uncommon and almost expected back in the late nineteenth century. Back
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