While Adrienne Rich, an obviously gifted and passionate writer, raises a number of compellingly valid and accurate points concerning the plight of the feminist writer and the injustices suffered at the hands of a male-dominated society, I believe she overshoots her mark. ... I do not require a vagina to understand Rich's consternation. ... Rich is, at times, no better than the oppressive society she seeks to change. ... This sounds suspiciously like Rich's complaints against men's demeanor in reverse. ......

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Adrienne Rich and her writing, When We Dead Awaken, argues that writing as a male does is no longer considered to be equal in literature anymore. ... (Rich 631) In the above passage, Rich expresses the point that there was a time when the female role did not include writing at all. ... (Rich 632) In this statement, we find that Rich's desire to have equal roles in society and especially literature is flawed. ... (Rich 629). ... (Rich 629). ...

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Another great example can be seen with the works of Professor Adrienne Rich. In a specific essay she wrote, she explains how she went to an all girls school, however according to Rich, "the content of the education they gave us in no way prepared us to survive as women in a world organized by and for men " (Rich 387). ... By writing this essay titled "Taking Women Students Seriously ", Rich is taking a stand. ...

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• Grade Level: High School