Nina Simone

Limiting a minority group’s education is one of the best methods of oppression. Women have been faced with this time and time again in order for the dominant group—males—to feel superior. Women’s education has been directly linked to their social roles for many years. During the 15th century, women had prominent roles in society and were given their own rights. Due to the plagues that engulfed Europe during this time, there were much more opportunities for women to take on jobs that,…

Jean-Paul Sartre was a French Philosopher, novelist and literary critic. He was born on the 21st of June, 1905. During his life, he was one of the important figures in the philosophy of existentialism and also one of the prominent individuals in the 20th century French philosophy and Marxism. Existentialism is a 20th century philosophy which is basically centred on the analysis of existence, freedom and choice. It is the understanding that humans define their purpose in life and try to make…

The Representation of Women in Katie Roche and Kathleen Ni Houlihan ‘There can be no free nation without free women’ (Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington) Discuss the representation of women in two plays on your course in relation to this statement. Women are represented in a poor manner in Katie Roche and Kathleen Ni Houlihan. Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington states, “There can be no free nation without free women”. (Kiberd) This statement is true and it also has a relation to the two Irish plays Katie Roche…

he aim of this paper is to analyse Chris McCandless`s development of his idealistic lifestyle. Chris McCandless is the protagonist of the film “Into the Wild”. He tries to find his real personality and his ultimate freedom. Therefore, he leaves his family, all his material goods and, his social personality behind, to live a life alone. In his journey, he experiences a variety of difficult situations, which most of them he overcomes successfully. The last very demanding obstacle he is not able to…

Before analyzing the text further it is important to know what cultural displacement is and what it implies in terms for a woman who feels displaced from a culture for another culture. According to Raymond Williams, a Welsh theorist culture is "an individual habit of mind; the state of intellectual development of a whole society; the arts; and the whole way of life.” But if we expand the definition given by Williams, we have two definitions of Culture with relation to women as in the fourth…

Freedom of choice and responsibility In the recent discussions of existentialism, a controversial issue has been whether existentialism is before essence. On the one hand, some argue that essence is before existentialism. From this perspective, each man has a particular, universal human nature and has the same basic qualities. In other words, God creates a man, so a man’s life is only directed by God. On the other hand, however, others argue that existence precedes essence. In the words of…

expectation of what woman and man should be like. The term has been defined in various ways that it sort of lose its meaning along the way. The debate of women’s equality in the society is a controversial and divisive topic In the book The Second Sex, Simone De Beauvoir discusses the struggles that she has to go through as a woman and her criticism about the divided gender in the society. She talks about the facts, myths, and thoughts on those matters. The world has always belonged to men…

Ashley Jackson Philosophy 1301 11:30 Paper 3 In the beginning of Volume II of The Second Sex, De Beauvior states “One is born, but rather becomes a woman. “ This quote represents the logical continuation of proofs from her argument in book one that femininity does arise from differences biology, psychology or intellect. Rather femininity is a construction of civilization, a reflection not of “essential” differences in men and women, but differences in their situation. In her introduction, de…

Religious ideas such as the hotness of Christian Hell and the idea of being secluded for eternity are present in Sartre’s portrayal of No Exit’s Hell. Existentialism played a very important role in Jean--Paul Sartre’s life as well as his partner, Simone de Beauvoir which is why he made it very prominent in the character’s thoughts, words, and actions. Many aspects of Sartre’s life, history, and tradition, were used in constructions the characters, plot, and overall content of No…

Where is our Place? (A discussion on the main injustices women face) Who is in control of your life? When posed with this question, many of us would like to think that we are, but that isn’t always the case. There are so many different things that can take control of our life. For women, something that seems to have always taken control is men. Women have been working to gain equality for themselves for decades, and yet even today, we aren’t totally equal. Simon De Beauvoir was one of the…