Lesbian feminism

In the article Seneca Falls Women’s Right convention the author, Judith Wellman speaks about the main causes she believes lead to the Seneca Falls Woman’s rights convention. This convention symbolized the first modern protest for woman’s rights and Wellman uses facts from the article to support her argument. For instance, Wellman states that there are three major reform organizations that pushed the people into networks before the Seneca Falls convention formed. The author identifies these…

Suspense of Death These two authors, Zora Hurston and William Faulkner channel different cultural and ethnic backgrounds in the stories “Sweat” and “A Rose for Emily”. They both where written between the 1800-1900s.They seem to take you through different experiences which were acted out during that time, all while giving some of the same meanings and connection through symbolism. There are feelings being touched both in a negative and positive way, but there are also consequences to every action…

Asad Rizvi The Handmaid’s Tale Explain what is unusual about how the story is told and how what’s unusual about the telling of the story enhances the novel’s meaning or significance. The narration of The Handmaid’s tale, by Margret Atwood, is very interesting as it is told from the perspective of Offred, a woman living in a society in which women have limited access to the world around them. Due to this fact, the reader only learns about Gilead through Offred’s past experiences and how she…

1. What do you think of Piper Kerman? Does she deserve the sentence she received? - Based on the excerpt that I read, it does not take quite long to acknowledge Piper Kerman’s distinctive behavior and personality traits. For starters, she is trying incredibly hard to put up a tough persona, and was failing to maintain it. I am not exactly sure if I can say definitively if Piper deserves her sentence since there is not much information given about it. 2. How would you describe the prison…

Set after the collapse of the United States, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood tells the tale of a woman named Offred living in a totalitarian government. The Republic of Gilead dictates roles based on one’s sex organs and their viability, such as the Commander, Eye, and Handmaid. Through the narration of the Offred, the reader notices that the relationship she forges with the Commander emphasizes her strengths and weaknesses. By analyzing the bond the main character has with the foil,…

Throughout history, women’s rights have been a constant issue. In Hilary Clinton’s speech “Remarks to the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women Plenary Session” in 1995, she empowers women and declares that women’s rights are human rights, and that obstacles women face will no longer be silenced. Clinton begins her speech by immediately strengthening her credibility with lists, diction, her personal experiences, mentioning obstacles women encounter, and creating a sense of unity with her audience.…

was too young to comprehend what was going on, but by following what others around him were doing he unknowingly became part of the tradition as well. Whittier is able to grasp a main core assumption of feminism by drawing attention to the issues the males in the story face as well: that feminism is supposed to work towards the equal treatment of both men and women, and that it isn’t about superiority over one another. This helps to deepen the understanding of the story, and show just how…

“Why don’t you just leave?” If only it was that simple. Defined by the Office of Women, ‘Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviour that is used by one partner to gain or maintain power or control over another.’ Abusive relationships, dominated by men, are edging us toward a society where undervalued women are the norm. This contemporary topic is comparable to popular dystopian concepts as both highlight a society that will be flawed if men continue to exert control over women. Though…

From the very beginning of The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison two points of view are established. The first is Claudia Macteer a strong willed girl with a mature world view. She tells of life as a young strong black girl while the other narrator tells of many. The seconds narrator is an omniscient third person who tells of the racism in the South. It tells of the racism through the thoughts of all different types of people. From the racism of Cholly Breedlove to the troubled soul of Pecola. The…

Susan Glaspell’s Trifles is a controversial play: controversial because, first time reader get a different idea about the play each time. Some come to the conclusion that this play is empowering for women because of its ending and how the women in the story choose and decided to keep information from the men. Other feel that this story goes in a total opposite direction, that the story shows a narrative where women are left feeling powerless and nothing but a victim of a patriarchal society.…