Actually, the language that women and girls use is to express and establish relationships of closeness and equality. For men, on the other hand, talk often serves the purpose of asserting one’s position within the hierarchy of the group. Therefore, men-only talk is of a more competitive, monologue based nature than women’s talk. Studies on gender difference indicate, for example, that minimal responses such as nods, “yes” and “mm hum” are common features of conversation. Those responses, however, usually provoke conflict as they have different meanings.
(2011:97) Dramatic Monologue is a device whereby the poet invents a character to provide the voice and opinion represented in the text. Browning’s poem, “My Last Duchess”, addresses a rather complex character commonly found in the Victorian Era. The persona in this case, is the Duke of Ferrara. The poem, being a Dramatic Monologue, features a second character, the messenger, which the Duke addresses. Browning’s use of this Dramatic Monologue involves the reader in the process of assimilating and deconstructing the story of the Duke of Ferrara’s relationship with his ‘last duchess’ through his diction, style, structure and rhythmic pattern.
The representation of gender roles and marriage as portrayed in "The Necklace" by de Maupassant and in "The Story of an Hour" by Chopin. This two short stories reveal some universal subconscious beliefs. Both point out the similarities and differences in both of the authors’ works. Guy de Maupassant and Kate Chopin are two different types of writers. By comparing and contrasting the way the authors use their writing style to achieve their intentions in "The Necklace" and "The Story of an Hour" they focuses on values that connect them in literary styles and in the fight for women’s self-determination.
Philosophy of Love and Sex – Final Assignment – Question # 2 500287179 April 16, 2014 Philosophy Paper – Woman in Love De Beauvoir highlights a significant difference between man and a woman, regarding love and relationships. Beauvoir outlines the idea of love being two factors, authentic and unauthentic love, between the two genders. According to Beauvoir women treasure and experience love as total devotion, claiming herself as a gift to the man she loves. Men rather view love as being in control, beings that are capable of handling their lives and gaining supremacy without assistance (2010). Women therefore are seen as depending on men and must gain power, independence, transcending with the aid of man (2010).
Men and women both feel they deserve more credit for what they do, that others don’t listen and that nothing goes as fast and/smooth as it should. Everyone has their own communication style, rather it be up front and straight to the point or beating around the bush to make a point. According to Deborah Tannen, linguistics professor and author of You Just Don’t Understand, believes males and females have a difference in focus. Men converse with a focus on obtaining social status and avoiding failure. Women focus on having more of a personal connection, and try to avoid social isolation.
She believed that women should be equal to men in relationships. Although Wollstonecraft had an idealistic view of marriage, Tweedy reinforces how marriage is far different from the ideas that we have. She describes elements of love which prevent true reality of what is being seen. Wollstonecraft gives the advice to women readers that they should consider their choices; is having a husband the right choice? Or is a lover better?
The in-class presentation of Balzac’s Pere Goriot emphasized the importance of “intertextuality” to this novel. Balzac’s work has been compared to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Milton’s Paradise Lost as well as Goetha’s Faust. How does Balzac stage the struggle between good and evil in the conflict between Eugene de Rastignac and Vautrin? Your essay should demonstrate that you have some familiarity with the plot of the novel through Pere Goriot, Part Three, and should briefly discuss at least one canonical work to which Balzac’s novel has been compared. Balzac’s novel shares a lot of characteristics with Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales.
However they also strive to form meaning within the writing through literary devices, characters, and the piece as a whole. But writing can also be a form of relief from hard ache, melancholy, and sometimes resentment. Writer’s write for themselves because it is what they are meant to do, but along the way they create meaning, conversations with others that they have never come in contact with, but most of all form beautiful forms of art through the simplicity of words. Writing is constructed based around improbable conversations they have with themselves and their readers. They write to express their feelings, opinions, and truths, but prominently themselves.
Although Rousseau states that these characteristics of a girl’s behavior, such as being timid, weak, etc., are natural, he also notes that women have to actively employ these traits manipulatively in order to remain appealing to man and thus continue service to him. The contortion of character that women have to perform in order to encourage masculine qualities in men
Not being able to communicate or understand each other makes it hard to talk to one another. Communication is the key to a great marriage. First, communication between women and men are different. Women want their husbands to talk to them because it brings closeness and intimacy in the relationship. Eleanor Maccoby states, in reports from her own and others that “for women and for girls intimacy is the fabric of relationship, and talk is the thread from which it is woven” (110).