Category: Feminism

Poem: Writing of Self The times when human souls were found unequal and countless Marys all found no one to look up to seemed to be gone. But now when life presents a self-made sequel to roles and expectations cloaked in mildew, your words I look upon. To author your own path, and face, and…

The works of Kate Chopin, a prominent American writer, traditionally focus on womens biased position in marriage. The examination of The Story of an Hour and A Respectable Woman showed that these short stories addressed the disturbing issue of womens dissatisfaction in marriage. The investigation of the concepts of patriarchy and gender prejudice in detail…

Theater and plays are important tools through which artists can speak to the public about social issues. Gender inequality has attracted massive attention since the late 19th century, which is also reflected in the work of women playwrights of different periods. The psychological pressure that women experienced while in the world of male domination became…

Table of Contents Introduction To Kill a Mockingbird as Reflection of Liberal Mentality To Kill a Mockingbird and Feminism Conclusion Bibliography Introduction For many readers who have acquainted themselves with Harper Lees novel To Kill a Mockingbird, prior to reading critical reviews that praise this book as the work of genius, it often does not…

Introduction The Story of an Hour is filled with twists, turns, and captures the readers attention from the on-set. Kate Chopin goes on to show that women at the time lived for their husbands and they existed solely to fulfil their husbands dreams. Twenty-first century critics would find a lot to appreciate of Kate Chopins…

Table of Contents Introduction Truth of Tales Hereditary Discrimination Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Gender roles have long been a predominant issue in society. The male sex is expected to be virile, aggressive, risk-taking, and the breadwinner of the family. The female sex is presented as caring, responsible, gentle, polite, and amiable. Anne Sexton, in her…

Cimalová, Natalie. Feminism in the Poetry of Adrienne Rich: A Comparison of Her Early and Late Poems. (2015). The present article is devoted to the development of feminism in the poems by Adrienne Rich. The author states that it was strictly formal at the beginning of the 1950s and only insinuated the inferior role of…

Before the 1900s, men dominated society in the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world, while women were considered inferior to them. Women were discriminated against in all walks of life. The Feminist Movement also called the Womens Movement and the Womens Liberation Movement included a series of efforts by women all over…

Henrik Ibsens play A Dolls House was an influential and to a certain degree shocking literary work, as it challenged the traditional roles of men and women in society and depicted the poor outcomes of gender discrimination. The major female characters of the play are definitely bold and determined women, forced to comply with the…

Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a short story set in seventeenth-century Puritan New England. It follows the protagonists journey into self-criticism and self-doubt in the context of the Puritan belief that all human beings exist in a state of depravity and that God is the one who can elevate some people over others…