Within the trials featured in Lanval and Wife of Bath’s Tale, the queens use their power and position to influence the court’s decision both directly and indirectly. The common thread between the two trials is that a decision is rendered that offers a justice that is both authoritative and poetic. The Wife of Bath’s Tale, written by Chaucer, is about a lust-filled knight, who was sentenced to death as a direct consequence to his actions. In his case he had wronged a woman by raping her. This displays the knight’s hostility and disrespect for women.
Mr. Zannata March 30, 2012 Battered Woman’s Syndrome: Homolka's Excuse Karla Homolka was the wife and accomplice of the infamous serial rapist and killer, Paul Bernardo. Homolka used the battered women's syndrome as a legal defense for her actions, but there is an abundance of evidence to prove that she lied and used the disorder as an excuse to lessen her sentence. Learned helplessness is used to describe a phycologic response of a person to the repeated unpredictable exposure to a painful stimuli. This may have been the case with Homolka, yet, as stated on a women's advocacy site, out of the group of women who are diagnosed with 'learned helplessness', only a very small percentage commit acts of murder or sexual assault. Therefore this disorder does not give Homolka an excuse for her crimes.
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 Harry Brown, night raids turn into a large scale riot which is a powerful example of the negative influence of peers. In Blackrock, Scene 21, Ricko, Jared and Tiffany are talking to each other, when an argument breaks out. Ricko is drunk, and wants Tiffany to have sex with him and Jared. She resists and Ricko tries to rape her but Jared restrains him while Tiffany runs away. This incident is an example of physical violence and contains both themes of the negative influence of peers, and more importantly, powerlessness.
The title “Trifles” is quite tricky, since it means more than what it appears at first. Perhaps trifles refer to the way the men in the story treated, and considered the women, like for example: “Sheriff - Well, can you beat the women! Held for murder and worryin' about her preserves. County Attorney - I guess before we're through she may have something more serious than preserves to worry about. Hale - Well, women are used to worrying over trifles.”** Clearly, we see in the play, how men treat the women.
This only derived from war, bad economic conditions, jealousy, and teenage boredom, which resulted in trials, accusations, and executions. The Salem Witch Trials and The Crucible are alike in almost every detail. So, this leads to McCarthyism and how it comes into play and comparison of these two. A Senator, Joseph McCarthy led a stream of allegations, classified as a widespread fear of communism that led the United States to pursue unnecessary investigations, imprisonments, and acts
“In Mexico as elsewhere, hair cutting for women was a gravely insulting, visible symbol of sexual and social dishonor.” This would reflect upon her husband’s honor as well. Although chaotic, both Maria and Rita performed these deeds in order to preserve their honor. Through this story we are able to see how gossip was used to wound someone’s honor, gossip about one’s chastity wounded their honor and how violence was used to publicly humiliate and decrease one’s honor. In “Scandal at the Church” we see how the women underhandedly were able to affect each other’s honor and try to create a way to raise or lower their class rank in
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.
Miller manifests this ideology through the application of literary and stage techniques. A key character in the play which demonstrates this ideology is Abigail Williams. Her unscrupulous nature promotes the use of propaganda to shift suspicion among people and to manipulate by the power of hysteria. From the beginning of the play Abigail enforces power of speech stirring hysteria to devoid any towards her. Continuously throughout the text she performs acts of deception which tragically condemn others to death just to cover her lies.
Women’s Prison Subculture: An Analysis and Comparison to Men’s Prisons Breione R. Nora Southern University Of New Orleans Abstract In the 18th century society, one that placed such heavy emphasis on traditional roles, to be a criminal was seen as a greater violation of the female sex role than that of the male. Back in times where society generally expected a woman to present herself as a “lady”, it was perceived that for her to be a criminal, she must have had to be either crazy (commonly referred to as “mad“) or just inherently evil. This, along with the fact that women were considered property, contributed to the substandard treatment of women in corrections. Throughout the 19th century, female prisoners were generally incarcerated