We are immediately faced with a pessimistic representation of human nature in The Tempest in Act 1 Scene 2 through the character of Caliban and his actions in regards to Miranda, the protagonist’s (Prospero) daughter. Prospero alludes to Caliban attempting to rape his daughter as he says "...I have used thee, / Filth as thou art, with human care and lodged thee / In mine own cell, till thou didst seek to violate /The honour of my child." For Shakespeare to almost open the play with such a savage representation of Caliban allows us to interpret that he is going to explore the extent to which freedom within human nature can often lead to abhorrent actions. However, we must consider that we only have Prospero’s account for the said occurrence and it is evident that Prospero arguably loathes Caliban, Regarding him as a "beast" and a "poisonous slave, and so it’s possible that the things he says about him are not necessarily wholly true. Despite this, we must consider that Prospero and Miranda initially took on the role of caring and educating Caliban in replace of his Mother and Miranda endeavours to scold Caliban for being ungrateful regarding her attempts to educate him in Act 1 Scene 2 - “When thou didst not, savage, / Know thine own meaning, but wouldst gabble like / A thing most brutish, I endowed thy purposes / With words that made them known.” From this, we can gather that Shakespeare is attempting to argue the futility in humans attempting to help one another through Caliban’s rebellion and failure to adopt a moral stance which is another criticism of human nature.
In the 10th chapter, Dr. Jordan speaks of the obligations of women as though it would be a disgraced to be one, saying that the way they dress deform them. He makes frequent references to whores and prostitutes, imagining Dora to be an unpopular prostitute, and calling Mrs. Humphrey “the better class of French whores”. He
One way that Stanton uses logos is "The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpation of man and toward women, having indirect object the establishment of and absolute tyranny over her." This staement is used to show the logic of the women's thoughts and ideas that they have in mind. A way that she uses pathos is when " he has taken from her all in right in property, even to wages she earns." This statement is used to get the reader to feel symathetic for Elizabeth and how she llost almost everything she was
In both poems gender conflict is demonstrated between through the emotion of betrayal in a relationship. For example in Les Grands Seignurs she talks about “little woman” which could show the great depth of thought about how she feels towards men. The word “a toy, a plaything” suggests that’s once she got married she has became powerless and feels like she is a toy, this shows her betrayal as when you get married you expect the marriage to be fantastic and not to feel like a toy. In contrast, Medusa also demonstrates this when she says “wasn’t I beautiful?” this Is effective as I can infer that she feels insecure about her looks. It also suggests that she misses her past through the use of a rhetorical question which makes the reader feel sympathy for her.
Compare the way that Lady Macbeth, the protagonist of The Laboratory, Havisham and one poem of your choice are presented. Lady Macbeth, the protagonist in The Laboratory, Miss Havisham and the woman in the Battered Doll are portrayed as either physically or physiologically damaged causing the audience to be intrigued by their actions, creating a form of entertainment causing the audience to react differently depending whether it was a modern audience or not. The authors present their characters as damaged women using men as a catalyst to ignite their strong emotions towards them. This creates the theme of female dominance, death and a pinch of vulnerability. The result of the actions they have committed or what has been done to them, they react similarly but at different approaches, creating an idea of violence.
However one could also argue that Larkin seems to justify violence against women by suggesting that access to women is something men have been unfairly deprived of. This becomes evident in the first stanza where Larkin presents the girl in ‘white satin’ suggesting her purity and virginity. One could disagree with this statement and interpret the de-feminizing of women differently. It could be suggested that Larkin combines masculinity and femininity together, ‘moustached lips’, to show his view that men and women should be viewed more equally in society. However I disagree with this alternative interpretation as I feel Larkin tries to portray the attacks ‘snaggle-toothed’ and boss-eyed’ are sadistic and grotesque but he does not disagree with
She searches to find reasons behind the dehumanization of women by her 'brothers'. She explores the internal conflict that causes them to objectify and exploit women as they do. Morgan says, “My decision to expose myself to the sexism of Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, or the Notorious B.I.G. Is really my plea to my brothers to tell me who they are... why is disrespecting me the one of the few things that make them feel like men?...what are you going through on a daily basis that's got you acting so foul?” (603) Rebecca Jean
The character of Smasher Sullivan is effectively used by Grenville to demonstrate how such prejudice allowed settlers to ‘dehumanise’ the ‘savages’. Sullivan uses the females as sex slaves, offering one to Thornhill for his ‘use’, bragging that ‘she done it with me and Saggity…like a couple of spoons’. While we, the modern reader, recoil in disgust at this blatantly hideous treatment, declaring such heinous behaviour to be the province of years gone by, it is Thornville’s reluctant refusal of Sullivan’s offer, coupled with his belated guilt that ‘(h)e did nothing to help her’, that asks us to question whether we would indeed help. Indigenous people have been subjected to the same lack of help, the same guilty indifference, in modern times. This type of prejudice is not always manifestly obvious; rather, it is subtle and systemic, the kind that allows people queuing at a bus station to step over an Aboriginal woman lying on the ground, assuming that she is intoxicated when in fact she has suffered a stroke.
Her title, "Elliot Rodger was a misogynist -- but is that all he was?," implies that she is attempting to figure out if he really was a misogynist or something more complex, but her real goal is to convince her readers that he was indeed nothing more than a misogynist acting out the violence that our misogynistic culture encourages; in addition to ignoring the hateful words Rodger directed at men, she also glossed over the deaths of his male roommates, his obviously troubled mental state, and his blatant racism. Hadley Freeman's 2014 Guardian article, "Elliot Rodger was a misogynist -- but is that all he was? ", therefore, is a perfect example of slanted
Just as heredity is formed in society today, that same effect takes place in the epic poem Beowulf. Mindful of Grendel and his Mother’s behavior, the unknown author portrays and demonstrates their evil in “The Battle with Grendel” and “Grendel’s Mother” --- as pointed out by both Grendel and his Mother’s compulsion to kill, insidiousness towards others, and fetish for human flesh --- allaying the astounding thought that killers such as Grendel and his Mother are affectionate individuals.