Anne Bradstreet "Gender- The Struggles and Fears of being a Puritan mother and a puritan woman, Bradstreet had trouble writing poetry in a patriarchal, unimaginative world. ... She showed the world that being a woman was to her advantage in the realm of her poetry. ... Some Critics make a range of claims about the role of Bradstreet's gender in her poetry. ... Wendy Martin, in "A Study in Subversive Piety,"" and Ivey Schweitzer, "The Work of Self-Representation-: Lyric Poetry in Colonial New England indicate that as a woman Bradstreet probably had a less direct relation with God t...

• Word Count: 886
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Anne Bradstreet "Gender- The Struggles and Fears of being a Puritan mother and a puritan woman, Bradstreet had trouble writing poetry in a patriarchal, unimaginative world. ... She showed the world that being a woman was to her advantage in the realm of her poetry. ... Some Critics make a range of claims about the role of Bradstreet's gender in her poetry. ... Wendy Martin, in "A Study in Subversive Piety,"" and Ivey Schweitzer, "The Work of Self-Representation-: Lyric Poetry in Colonial New England indicate that as a woman Bradstreet probably had a less direct relation with God th...

• Word Count: 887
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In "Sonnet 20," Shakespeare grapples with paradoxes, centering his poem on a man both masculine and feminine, powerful and powerless-the impossible object of a homosexual love that should not be. Through images of eyes and wealth veiled in double meanings, penned in the freeing and restricting form ...

• Word Count: 1124
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Yet, through the short shorts, the neatly trimmed moustache, and the sophisticated poetry, The Master Chief still maintains among his subordinates a high degree of authority and most importantly, fear. ...

• Word Count: 996
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the summer of 1771, on vacations in a small town near England, Benjamin Franklin decided to recall and write about his life to his son: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. On his book, one of the first things he clearly states, is that he is very thankful with God; that he has liked and ...

• Word Count: 1115
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A hundred years after Bradstreet pushed the boundaries with her captivating poetry and paved the way for future women to take over, Judith Murray broke through with her use of unfiltered literature and she continued the fight for women's equality. ... This explains lines like "Men can doe best, and Women know it well" in "Prologue" that seem to be counterproductive to Bradstreet's feminist message, but are actually just a imitative of the exaggerated humility rampant in Greek poetry (Bradstreet 550). ...

• Word Count: 2469
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Several brave female writers came forth during this period, to speak out against their oppression through the means of poetry, the application of atypical female characters, and the use of symbolism embodying monarchy and oppressive patriarchy. ...

• Word Count: 2160
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate