Margaret Atwood’s speech “Spotty Handed Villainesses” explores Patriarchy, feminism and “bad” women in literature. She uses wit and humour to disarm the audience and often uses anti-climatic statements to grab the audience’s attention. Margaret Atwood’s speech resonates through time with her critical study of feminism in a social context and the impact that feminism has had on literature. In the speech Atwood explores the moral dichotomy that exists in Women at the time. She shows how women can only be categorised as either an angel or a whore.
The Holy Bible in the same manner can be misinterpreted in many ways as well. The deceptive views of the Holy Bible can lead to oppression so that women may think and use religion as being just a source. The novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood discusses the misuse of religion as a supreme source of oppression and superiority. Allusion in this novel has been shown to make connections between Gilead and the Bible itself,
This symbolizes the moral stains on the hands of revolutionaries. The transformation of wine to blood traditionally alludes to the Christian Eucharist (in which wine symbolizes the blood of Christ), but Dickens twists this symbolism: he uses wine-to-blood to symbolize brutality rather than purification, implying that the French Revolution has become unholy. Knitting and the Golden Thread In classical mythology, three sister gods called the Fates controlled the threads of human lives. A Tale of Two Cities adapts the classical Fates in two ways. As she knits the names of her enemies, Madame Defarge is effectively condemning people to a deadly fate.
He makes the claim that half of her name comes from the famous Anne Hutchinson, who was banished from Massachusetts because of her beliefs. He goes on to explain, “Jackson’s allusion to Anne Hutchinson reinforces her suggestions of rebellion lurking within the women of her imaginary town.”(261) This goes back to the idea that the only people in the town who questioned the practice of the lottery were women. Many of Tessie Hutchinson’s characteristics, he claims, match those of a central character in one of Jackson’s earlier novels in which there is also a ritualistic game played. A major connection made by Oehlschlaeger is Tessie Hutchinson to Hester Prynne from Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”. He explains that both of these women “seek to kill a principle of rebellion that is specifically female, and based in sexuality.”(262) Through this he eludes to the idea that a goal of the lottery is to contain the disruptive force of female sexuality.
France wasn’t part of the colonies like America was, America was sick of being treated badly, and unfairly so they decided to fight. But as for France they were having trouble with their government and needed to create a new one witch they did. And to me it seems like America had much more at stake. The American and French Revolution both worked out in favor of France and for America they both got what they wanted France got the government they fought for, and America parted ways with Britain. The two revolutions were a big part in both America’s history, and a big part in Frances history.
However, the characters within the novel do not. Steinbeck was presented with conflict while writing the conclusion to The Grapes of Wrath. Any other ending would've been seen as “I saw it coming all along”. He, therefore, chooses to leave the reader to wonder of the Joads' fate; their journey ending with Rose of Sharon “smiling mysteriously”. This way, he sticks to his non-teleological pattern that he developed throughout the
From Shame to Strength: The Scarlet Letter’s Various Meanings Can one’s own sin make them a stronger person? In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne commits adultery with Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, while being married to Roger Chillingworth, and is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” as punishment. The “A” causes the public to shun Hester because of her sin, while Dimmesdale remains an icon. The scarlet letter that Hester wears is supposed to represent adultery so the town recognizes her sin and affiliates her with shame. Throughout the novel, the Scarlet letter bequeaths new meanings.
Miller takes the “woman scorned” approach to his character of Abigail. Abigail’s assertiveness is observed early when she tells her uncle “the rumour of witchcraft is all about; I think you'd best go down and deny it yourself,". This remark, within the confines of a deeply hierarchical and patriarchal society, shows her to have knowledge of social situations and also that she does not conform to the Puritan society, which has already been evidenced by her affair with John Proctor. She is spiteful which helps to build the classic “woman scorned” role which Miller moulds her into: “Oh, I marvel how such
Because Arthur Miller wants to depict the dangers of the development and progression of hysteria, “The Crucible” illustrates this through the antagonist Reverend Paris, a closed-minded Puritan society, and the persecuted group of young women on trial. Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible shows the hysteria that took place in Salem in 1692. Although the play is fiction, Miller based the plot of his play on historical events and his characters show how paranoia and fear can escalate. A number of characters used this fear to benefit and they showed
Compulsive Lying Will Put You on a Streetcar to Crazy Town In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” Tennessee Williams, author, uses the theme of death and desire. The play revolves around the character Blanche DuBois; therefore, the play concerns her directly. Blanche is viewed as an interesting character with a troubled past. She used sex with strange men as a defense mechanism. She also lies continually to make her life appear more glamorous.