Oppression: exercise of authority by prolonged cruelty or unjust treatment.
Power: the ability to directly influence the behaviour of others and the course of events taking place.
Control: to have restraint over, dominate and command.
Women in today’s society not only have limited freedom in this male dominated world, but fear the feeling or the constraint and the negative connotations that these three words have and how they may impact their lives. To be oppressed by male dominance through society’s moral understanding of the virtuous qualities a woman must possess based on traditional values rooted from religion, through to gender and racial discrimination in society, and to have their actions and decisions controlled by men around them …show more content…
‘Still I Rise’ is an emotionally evoking poem written by the greatly respected writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. The poem explores and questions the discrimination, segregation and realities of a black woman through strength and survival in such a society provoking a feeling of pride, achievement and feminist ideals when read. The black women faces the most discrimination and disrespect in the world, not only by being a victim of racial discrimination but sexist discrimination also (Hurston, 1937). ‘Still I rise’ is part of Angelou’s third volume of poetry “And Still I Rise”, published in 1978 which is a compilation of 32 short poems all which ultimately address racial and sexist oppression and the idea that determination through hope can rise above stereotypical expectations of the African American community and the discouragement that women specifically face in the oppressive society that they live in. However, ‘Still I Rise’ is one of Angelou’s most renowned pieces of literary work and has done so much in terms of representing the black culture and community all over the world speaking for both men and women, especially in the United
Power: the ability to directly influence the behaviour of others and the course of events taking place.
Control: to have restraint over, dominate and command.
Women in today’s society not only have limited freedom in this male dominated world, but fear the feeling or the constraint and the negative connotations that these three words have and how they may impact their lives. To be oppressed by male dominance through society’s moral understanding of the virtuous qualities a woman must possess based on traditional values rooted from religion, through to gender and racial discrimination in society, and to have their actions and decisions controlled by men around them …show more content…
‘Still I Rise’ is an emotionally evoking poem written by the greatly respected writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. The poem explores and questions the discrimination, segregation and realities of a black woman through strength and survival in such a society provoking a feeling of pride, achievement and feminist ideals when read. The black women faces the most discrimination and disrespect in the world, not only by being a victim of racial discrimination but sexist discrimination also (Hurston, 1937). ‘Still I rise’ is part of Angelou’s third volume of poetry “And Still I Rise”, published in 1978 which is a compilation of 32 short poems all which ultimately address racial and sexist oppression and the idea that determination through hope can rise above stereotypical expectations of the African American community and the discouragement that women specifically face in the oppressive society that they live in. However, ‘Still I Rise’ is one of Angelou’s most renowned pieces of literary work and has done so much in terms of representing the black culture and community all over the world speaking for both men and women, especially in the United