Introduction Kamala Das (1934-2009) was one of the most distinctive and original of Indian poets writing in English .Das‘ poetry reveals her concern for woman and search for genuine love. She looks into a woman‘s consciousness and places two aspects before her readers: ―First‚ the relationship of man and woman the second‚ the woman‘s quest for true love.her poetry is rooted in her own personal experiences. When Kamala Das sets out to (consciously or unconsciously) bring out the voice of the women
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Steven Heald Mrs. Mills ENC1102 2.18.13 Feminism in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Modern criticism of Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery has focused almost exclusively on the issues of feminism and gender roles yet some recent reviews tend to classify the writing as feminist literature. They claim the story highlights the negative aspects of patriarchal societies through the telling of the lottery ritual. However many overlook the roles that the women play throughout this story. The purpose
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The relationship between men and women presented in the short story “The Story of an Hour”‚ is that men dominated society. A Woman’s freedom was nonexistent. Throughout this short story‚ women are presented as powerless and dependent while men were considered to be superior. Women were tied down through marriage‚ such as‚ having been expected of doing as the man pleased without having any say in the relationship. Through a feminist critical perspective‚ this short story supports a patriarchal society
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The Impact of Gender on Shakespeare’s Othello In the book “Gender Trouble” (1990)‚ feminist theorist Judith Butler explains “gender is not only a social construct‚ but also a kind of performance such as a show we put on‚ a costume or disguise we wear” (Butler). In other words‚ gender is a performance‚ an act‚ and costumes‚ not the main aspect of essential identity. By understanding this theory of gender as an act‚ performance‚ we can see how gender has greatly impacted the outcome of the play in
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Disabled women in society are doubly marginalized; they are neither understood or accepted by mainstream heterosexual society or by feminist theorists. Indeed‚ according to Susan Wendell‚ their embodied social reality has been ignored by philosophers and feminist theorists. The main focus of Susan Wendell’s article on “Towards a Feminist Theory of Disability”is to use the power of her own experience of going from able to disabled to argue that the voice of the disabled is missing from the standard
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World Literature Assignment The Extent of Patriarchalism in the Societies of Woman at Point Zero and Blood Wedding and its Impacts on the Lives of the Female Protagonists Dağsu Yağmur Demir Candidate Number: 000511-007 Word Count: 1498 Hvitfeldtska Gymnasiet‚ Göteborg/Sweden THE EXTENT OF PATRIARCHALISM IN THE SOCIETIES OF WOMAN AT POINT ZERO AND BLOOD WEDDING AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE LIVES OF THE FEMALE PROTAGONISTS Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi and Blood Wedding
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International Indexed & Referred Research Journal‚ June‚ 2012. ISSN- 0974-2832‚ RNI-RAJBIL 2009/29954;VoL.IV *ISSUE-41 Research Paper - Commerce Women Entrepreneurship in India * Mrs. Savita Kumari June ‚ 2012 * Shahabad (M)‚ Kurukshetra ABSTRACT This paper is confined to the problems for women entrepreneur in India like lack of education‚ family support‚ financial problems etc and also put light on the solutions of these problems. The measure taken by Government to encourage women
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By ZarghoonaMalik Spaces of silence in women‘s language Silence can mean many things because it is so ambiguous. It can replace speech to show feelings. It can express many different emotions ranging from joy‚ happiness‚ grief‚ embarrassment to anger‚ denial‚ fear‚ withdrawal of acceptance or love. Traditionally silence means the absence of voice‚ but the word silence is metaphorically used for women in the field of Feminist linguistics. This does not literary mean that women are unable to speak
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In this excerpt from a speech delivered in 1873 by Susan B. Anthony‚ the author directly refutes the inequal oligarchy of sex by stating the contradictions of these concepts against the constitutions of United States. By heavily emphasizing the attributes of the democracy‚ the author reinforces the concept of revolution‚ which functioned to provoke woman suffarage movement. In order to effectively state her position‚ the author incorporated various persuasive techniques including‚ reiteration of
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The development of civilization began with three basic world orders: egalitarian culture‚ agrarian culture‚ and the rise of civilization. Culture is the shared understanding of the systems by which we live. It is classified into seven different configurations: politics‚ economic systems‚ religion society‚ intellect pursuits‚ art/artifacts‚ and near aspects/geography. In order to preserve this culture‚ it must be passed down through oral tradition. Oral tradition is the transmission from word of mouth
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