John Stuart Mills uses his speech, “Subjection of Women”, as a tool to address parliament about women’s rights. Mills understands that woman deserve to obtain an education because knowledge should be readily available to all since the development of humankind. Mills argues for women’s right to an education through his opinion that "the legal subordination of one sex to another – is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement; and that it ought to be replaced by a system of perfect equality, admitting no power and privilege on the one side, nor disability on the other” (Mills 1061). The power dynamic present among a man and woman perpetuates the inability for women to receive the same rights as men. The primary
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Poetry allows a writer the ability to paint a picture through their world choice to form different symboisims that evoke powerful meaning. Elizabeth Browning invokes a special voice in her poems “To George Sand: A Desire” and “To George Sand: A Recognition”. The poems Browing writes discusses a Woman who goes by the name George Sand. George Sand’s original name is Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin. Dupin is a world renowned author of many works and known for her lifestyle and beliefs about women’s freedom. Dupin goes by the pseudonym George Sand to attack the social oppressions women face by changing the steryotipical ideals of woman. Dupin, soon after changing her name to Sand, became a female icon. The image of George Sand spreads like wildfire throughout England due to her decision to dress in pants, pant suits, top hat, ties and other forms of clothing typically associated with men. Browning writes to Sand in her poems as a way of expressing her gratitude and respect for the writer. In Browning’s first poem, A Desire, she opens the poem with the statement: “Though large-brained woman and large-hearted man, /Self-called George Sand!” (Browning 1). The use of describing a woman as “large-brained” and man as “large-hearted” switches the stereotypical notion of men and woman. Men typically portray individuals with great smarts and strength while the
Poetry allows a writer the ability to paint a picture through their world choice to form different symboisims that evoke powerful meaning. Elizabeth Browning invokes a special voice in her poems “To George Sand: A Desire” and “To George Sand: A Recognition”. The poems Browing writes discusses a Woman who goes by the name George Sand. George Sand’s original name is Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin. Dupin is a world renowned author of many works and known for her lifestyle and beliefs about women’s freedom. Dupin goes by the pseudonym George Sand to attack the social oppressions women face by changing the steryotipical ideals of woman. Dupin, soon after changing her name to Sand, became a female icon. The image of George Sand spreads like wildfire throughout England due to her decision to dress in pants, pant suits, top hat, ties and other forms of clothing typically associated with men. Browning writes to Sand in her poems as a way of expressing her gratitude and respect for the writer. In Browning’s first poem, A Desire, she opens the poem with the statement: “Though large-brained woman and large-hearted man, /Self-called George Sand!” (Browning 1). The use of describing a woman as “large-brained” and man as “large-hearted” switches the stereotypical notion of men and woman. Men typically portray individuals with great smarts and strength while the