Women's writing in English

junior year I had to put together a research paper about the writing of Macbeth. This did not seem so hard to put together at first. Until, I actually had to start writing and getting information. This turned out to be one of my worse essays which kept me at a C for the semester. I could not figure out exactly what I was doing wrong in terms of writing an A paper. Many of my previous english teachers were willing to assist me in writing this paper. Also, I reread all the material I needed to…

Naseem Shifaee’s Search for Self Identity ABSTRACT The paper undertakes examination of Naseem Shifaee’s poem “Na Chaey Na Aks” (Neither shadow nor Reflection) translated in English by Neerja Mattoo by focusing on theme of self identity. Literature looks at humanity with a questioning as well as affirmative gaze ,disapproving and approving at the same time, reaffirming stereotypes as well as breaking them . Throughout ages narratives in Kashmir have revealed the inbuilt…

Latin phrase that means deeds, not words, and it accurately describes my journey as a writer and storyteller. Although I love writing, from short essays to novels, my words can only take me so far. I have hundreds of unfinished stories locked away in a drawer in my room, but I only began to improve my writing by seeking out a workshop where others could critique my writing during my summer studying at Stanford University. I love to debate with other people, but it was much more fulfilling to…

and emotions in regards to being a woman are portrayed into her stories but do not affect the outcome. Page mixes her modernist aesthetic and themes of feminism to challenge, “the very structure of western patriarchal tradition” (Killian 88). By writing from a feminist perspective, both Atwood and…

Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award. Based on these remarkable awards, Vuic was obviously praised and respected for her highly acclaimed novel. Currently, a more recent novel by Vuic that is under contract with Harvard University Press is The Girls Next Door: American Women and Military Entertainment. Although this novel is not fully published, a simple summary reveals that “this book traces the evolution of wartime gender ideologies and connects women’s work for the military to…

Women within the Puritan community were treated unfairly based on their gender. Women’s roles within the Puritan community were compromised due to their husbands thinking the very least of them and considering them weaker, both physically and mentally. Anne Bradstreet, a Puritan poet, began to write poetry that portrayed the struggles of a Puritan, in particular a Puritan wife against the hardships of the New England colonial life. In addition, Bradstreet wrote several love poems to her husband.…

Jane Austen wrote was saturated with the influence of Rousseau’s writings. Paula Conen states, “The sentimental style popularized by Rousseau was the prevailing model for writers throughout the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century,” (Conen 1). Rousseau’s work was booming throughout the era in which Austen lived and as a vivid reader, Austen would have come across his writings. Recurring in both Rousseau’s and Austen’s writing is the idea that character comes before class. While this is…

Indian Writing in English has been entered a new phase in finding the New Woman, a dissatisfied woman with the cultural and sexual roles assigned by the patriarchal society. The New woman attempts to rebel against the cultural and social oppressions. But at the same time she cannot reject the cultural social background in total. There is a female dilemma a conflict in her mind. Because of this conflict she cannot depict her revolutionary spirit to the highest level. Women, in India, were…

knows there is no reason to suffer and that satisfies him.” (The Yellow Wall-Paper, p. 649) This describes how she knows she has a problem and the ones around her do not seem to understand the magnitude of her illness. She becomes desperate and finds writing as a relief. As the narrator wrote she would describe the house, imaginations and her feelings towards her husband’s ideas that would make her feel subordinate. With this being said, the author creates a notion that women should be treated…

demonstrates how people reject others, or things that are not easily understood. Having the tendency to shun what is not understood and what is thought is not morally acceptable. Not only does it demonstrate how humans reject others but it has a view on women's roles and the idea of feminism. Margaret Atwood intertwines the idea of feminism and discrimination. Woman for ages have felt they have been put inferior to men even to this day and age. They do not have the same opportunities, the same…