Lecturer, author, and philosopher, Elizabeth Stanton created a huge impact on the growing hindrance of women’s rights. Born in November of 1815, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the daughter of Margaret Livingston and Daniel Cady. According to research, “Stanton received her formal education at the Johnstown Academy and at Emma Willard’s Troy Female Seminary in New York” (National Women’s History Museum 1). She also received some education from her father. Her awareness of the increasing problem of slavery began to occur at an early age.
Snagged Responding Task Introduction: -Introduce the play; who wrote it, what it is about, the themes, when it was performed etc. -Your thesis: Has the director been successful in his manipulation of the elements of drama to create dramatic meaning (ie was the play good..?) -Outline what you will discuss in the essay: elements of drama, acting skills, overall success of the production. Elements of Drama Tension: What is dramatic tension? What are the types of tension evident in the play?
“Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen” was published thirty seven years ago, yet it raises issues that are still relevant to woman in the twenty-first century. The book cover shows a woman looking at herself in a hand-held mirror while standing in front of a vanity where a framed picture of a woman with a 1950s hair-do rests. The cover hints at what readers of the book may feel: as women read about Sasha, they may not be reading about themselves so much as their mothers. Major issues in the book include date rape, marital rape, infidelity, illegal abortions - all in the same year that Roe vs. Wade was being debated in the Supreme Court. All of these actions were juxtaposed with the idea and image of a Prom Queen.
Her novel `The Awakening' (1899) shocked many people with its portrayal of a young woman's sexual and artistic longings. Collins, Martha Layne (born 1963) Kentucky's first female governor and first woman to chair the National Conference of Lieutenant Governors. Friedan, Betty (born 1921) Born in the U.S., a famous author and known feminist. She wrote the best-seller, "The Feminine Mystique" and challenged traditional roles of women. Cofounder and president of the National Organization for Women (from 1966-1977).
A comparative study of texts allow a responder to examine issues such as race, power and its application, gender, the thirst for revenge and the nature of institutions. A comparative study also challenges the responder to consider how these issues are represented in a specific context. Discuss the way in which the context of each text has impacted on the way two of these issues have been represented in Shakespeare's play, Othello and Sax & Davies’ film Othello. By comparing Shakespeare’s Othello, with Sax’s modern film adaptation of the play, the audience can appreciate and explore the extent to which context, or the surrounding influences, impact upon the key concerns in both texts. Othello by William Shakespeare is a tragedy set in
The play, as one can observe, is definitely support the fact that there where struggles between men and woman at that period. Several clear characteristics in the play emphasize that position and leave no doubts for the reader. One example is when the playwright is introducing the women at the play only in their last names what definitely emphasizing their low class. Another example is the various settings at the play. The playwright chose several settings such as the bedroom, the barn and the kitchen.
What I discovered was that, over the 300 or so years between the time of Shakespeare and the Victorian era, the feminine role had changed very little. Additionally, scholarly research on gender roles of the period, from the previously ignored feminist perspective, offered a great deal of insight into the works of Shakespeare and the depth of his characters. In Victorian Voices, Mary Balestraci discusses the connections between Shakespeare’s female characters and the societal conceptions of womanhood from the perspective of Victorian age critics, paying special attention to the feminist perspective. She observes that during the 19th century, just as it was in the 16th century, all women fit into one of two categories in the eyes of the law. The legal system classified them as either femme sole (unmarried) or femme covert (married).
In literature gender may often play an important role on a characters passion to express oneself. In Hands by Sherwood Anderson, and The Lady Hamlet, by Sarah Schulman, we are acquainted to characters that deal with issues with their professions, something that in both stories the main characters have a strong yearning for. However this strong craze that they have for their professions is greatly affected by questioning the security of their gender. These two works of literature greatly show how gender and desire fall hand in hand with each other. Hands, by Sherwood Anderson, is about an old man named Wing Biddlebaum who in a nutshell is known for his quick hands, and “The story of Wing Biddlebaum is a story of hands” (Anderson 1).
Through a feminist critique of Othello, it is possible to examine the influences of sexism in the society by inspecting the construction of the patriarchy, the idea that gender is not the same as sex, and lastly, the construction of femininity within the play. Feminism, is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary to be “the advocacy of women’s rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes”, and as A. Balu Vijayaraghavan said, by applying feminist criticism, one could “investigate how Shakespeare’s plays relate to the codes and conventions of the gender system specific to the early modern period”, as well as having an understanding of “how thoroughly Shakespeare shared the gender assumptions of his own time and the ways in which his plays must have disrupted these assumptions”. The
In her publication titled “Gender Trouble”, Judith Butler presents her view that gender is a performative role in society, meaning that in order for gender identity to be genuinely expressed and understood, it must be conveyed openly in social spaces. Throughout her book she provides numerous examples of these “social spaces” that would be a necessary ground for women in order to better establish an identity in society. These include political representation, cultural movements, and the economic climate. These social spaces are presented in great depth and explain how they limit a person by identifying with a specific gender. In this paper, I will argue for Butler’s view on how certain gender performance is restricted in these numerous fields, and how Ms. Butler would object to these various situations.