In the spirit of Oregon Shakespeare Festival's American Night, old stories and mythos are turned upside down to articulate a purely latino/latina struggle in American society. And, like Anzaldua's theory of La Llonana (spelling), we see her idea of borderlands come to life; a place where two realities exist. In the case of The Hungry Woman, we see a place where Medea is a deeply troubled Mexican woman. In Medea it is woman v. woman in a sense that they are both craving Jason's affection, in this circumstance, it is woman v. woman in who will give in to her lesiban tendancies. Story of the partiular lesiban/gay struggle in the latino community, which didn't get drection attention during the early 1990's movement enlightening and releasing stereotypes in the gay community in new york Luna and Medea explore what it means to be a woman, medea through her relationship with her children, luna through her "castration" Explores the ways in which Latina women have explored particular difficulty in the fight for equality between straight and lesiban, and women and men.
Rosie the Riveter Revisited Women, The War, and Social Change Gluck, Sherna Berger. Rosie the Riveter Revisited: Women, the War, and Social Change. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1987 Author Sherna Berger Gluck is Director Emeriti of the Oral History Program at California State University, Long Beach. She has concentrated most of her academic career developing and endorsing what is now officially recognized as an individual discipline (Women’s Oral History). Gluck completed her undergraduate work at Shimer College (the Great Books College of Chicago) in Illinois and completed advanced degree work at UCLA and University of California, Berkeley.
As an example two influential short stories will be discussed in depth in order to shed light into the lives of the two authors and their stories. The short stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) and Angela Carter (1940–1992) both sideway the same idea; the confinement of women in particular roles and positions in both personal and professional lives, posed on them by patriarchal figures. Toril Moi quotes in her examination of feministic criticism, Sexual/Textual Politics (2002), Elaine Showalter’s idea that “women writers should not be studied as a distinct group on the assumption that they write alike, or even display stylistic resemblances distinctively feminine” (Moi, 2002: 49), which comes across when reading the two stories which are stylistically already very different. It might be so that a feminist reader of both times (there’s some 80 years difference between the two stories) did not only want to see her own experiences mirrored in fiction, but strived to identify with strong, impressive female characters (Moi, 2002: 46), and looked for role-models that would instil positive sense of feminine identity by portraying women as self-actualising strong identities who were not dependent on men (Moi, 2002, 46). The two stories bring out two female characters, very different by position and character; the other a new mother, scared and confused of her own role, and the other a young newly-wed girl, still a child, being fouled by a much older man, mainly as a mark of his authority over women in general.
“The Pumpkin Eater” By Alexi Kondylas The short story "The Pumpkin Eater" by Isabelle Carmody is a coming-of-age rite of passage and an allegory. Events in the narrative show quest conventions that are common throughout history. Like with; traditional gender roles are restrictive, beauty can cause unhappiness for women, and that love and marriage trap women. The quest short narrative have conventions that assist the exploration of ideas with the quest - the journey and prize. At the beginning of the story, the protagonist (princess) thought that having true happiness meant finding a man/prince to sweep her off of her feet/ to instantly fall in love , and take her away from her castle/home.
This particular excerpt illustrates the grief of Tita towards the marriage of Rosaura and Pedro by depicting the scene as a heartache resulting from the turmoil of the Mexican revolution. Esquivel integrates love, food, nostalgia, and tradition in this excerpt, throughout the novel. This accentuates the outcome of the Mexican revolution and its affect on the citizens. The first evidential literary device used in
The language Gwen Harwood uses in these poems emphasises the feeling of drained energy and failure in other aspects of their lives (for example fugue playing). Phrases such as whine, bicker, tug at skirt and rehearsing names and birthdays show the poet’s cleverness in incorporating everyday annoyances into the poem In The Park. Suburban Sonnet uses words like nausea, overpowers, scours, yawned and soft corpse to strengthen the point of the poem. These two sonnets are examples of Gwen Harwood leading the audience to share her thoughts
Ibsen’s eye for resemblance and use of symbolism highlights issues that he wanted to convey about the social environment at the time, including the harsh patriarchal society, seen mostly in Torvald in the play and the role of women, represented mostly in Nora. These symbols act as foreshadowing before the tragic events at the end of the play, as they show the problems which lead to the demise of the Helmer’s ‘perfect’ family life. The name of the play itself ‘A Doll’s House’ is symbolic of the domestic dynamic in the Helmer’s household, as it reflects Nora’s position as the ‘doll’ in Torvald’s doll house. It is clear from this that Nora is seen by Torvald as an accessory or pet, who is simply for aesthetic purposes—"The squanderbird’s a pretty little creature but she geets through an awful lot of money. It’s incredible what an expensive pet she is for a man to keep".
This idea is explored in the novel, ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta emphasizing on the negative side to one’s identity and its effects on life as they move into the world. Josephine in the novel is seen to be reflecting on her culture leading her to have a negative outlook on her future and the consequences she may undergo. This is evident when she states to the reader about her social status in comparison to others at her school leading her to have a downbeat response towards her future; ‘’ I come under the ‘scholarship’ category, and when I say that, I would rather be the daughter of a labourer, I felt disadvantaged from the beginning.’’ The use of the adjective ‘ scholarship’ in inverted commas emphasizes on Josephine’s differences compared to the ones who are wealthy leading her to be excluded as she experiences the downsides of being different from the others. This also emphasizes on Josephine’s negative outlook on life as she undergoes that experience. Moreover, as she reflects on her social status, she compares herself harshly to the ones who are not from ethnic backgrounds, wealthy and have the same level of smartness as her but still leave Josephine as an outcast having a downbeat impact on her life; The repetition of the 1st person reveals the confusion felt by Josephine with respect to her identity.
In Margaret Atwood's novel, The Handmaid's Tale, manipulation is exercised through the lessons of the aunts. Their use of propaganda tricks the minds of the handmaid's, showing what position the handmaid's hold and how great it is to be living in Gilead, a place where women are respected and protected; however, it is brainwashing them and turning them into true believers, when in reality Gilead is a prison towards the handmaid's where their only purpose is to reproduce. In Chapter Nineteen of The Handmaid's Tale, during the ride to Commander Warren’s house, Offred has a flashback to when she was in the Red Center. In one of Aunt Lydia's lessons, she discusses how some women believed there would be no future and that the world would explode therefore putting the excuse that breeding was useless, and
Zoe Glore AP English Mr. Frederick November 8, 2014 2005: In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899), protagonist Edna Pontellier is said to posses “This outward existence which conforms, the inward life that questions.” In a novel or play that you have studied, identify a character that outwardly conforms while questioning inwardly. Then write an essay in which you analyze how this tension between outward conformity and inward questioning contributes to the meaning of the work. Avoid mere plot summary. I’ll just runaway As children, one will wish to runaway from home at least once. These problems are often thought as something that can just be left behind, but perhaps that’s merely the perception of the matter at the time.