Three literary works from the death unit that illustrate the conflict that many women encounter are "Barbie Doll" by Marge Piercy, "No Name Woman" by Maxine Hong Kingston and "The Woman Hanging from the Thirteenth Floor Window" by Joy Harjo. ... In these works, each character represents a woman trying to come to terms with, and find a solution to her depression and anxiety. ...
In light of this, this critique shall use the Feminist Literary Theory. ... The critique hopes to be faithful to the principle of Feminist Literary Criticism in that it will be "an academic approach to the study of literature which applies feminist thought to the analysis of literary texts and the contexts of their production and reception" (Goodman xi). ... The irony, however, is that she did not use this power to dictate terms within the relationship. ... This is very characteristic of a literary stereotype which shall be labelled the Feminine Female. ...
Jeanette wants to escape binary oppositions and she uses a lot of literary issues in order to show the deconstruction of boundaries, such as fairy tales, romances, among others. ... In the first part of the novel, Louise is idealized by the narrator in terms of physical appearance and mind. ...
