Characters are the central point in the novel and are the personality in the book. ... The lens that was chosen for the novel is the feminist lens. ... We plead with her, send anonymous notes. ... Symbols play an important role in the novel as they represent growth and trauma. ... The critical lense that was chosen for the novel Speak was the Feminist Theory. ...
On the other hand, the fact that the novel was written by a woman is crucial itself, and says a lot. ... In keeping the Victorian mindset, the novel encompasses many stereotypes of gender roles for its main characters. ... Phillip, born with a deformity of the spine, is considered weak throughout the entire novel. ... Lucy Deane, a relative to the Tullivers, is not a main character in the novel. However, it is important to note that she is one of the characters who followed gender roles almost perfectly as an adult. ...
In the Anglo- Saxon time period in which the novel, Beowulf, was written, women were seen to have specifically only one role that was what made them who they were. ... In one important scene in the novel, Grendel's mother's violent ways come out in a fight between her and Beowulf. ... During this time period of the novel, women were shown to have gross- like actions, which is not what a man desired in a woman. ... Note that the author uses 'good warrior' to describe Beowulf in the same line as Grendel's mother having 'horrible claws' to portray how men were...
Racism is a main issue in the novel. ... Sexism is also a problem in the novel. ... There are many female relationships in the novel. ... During Nettie's time in Africa, Samuel notes to her that the Olinka women have a strong relationship between each other. ... The men in the novel are given no last name. ...
The sexual imagery attached to the description of the snake also highlights its place as a phallic symbol within the novel, "His abdominal muscularity, his loathsome, fluid motion, somehow made me sick." Jim's revolution towards the snake further accentuates how the idea of the male is treated within the novel, opening up a space for a lesbian narrative to be formed. ... Cather also perhaps expresses how her sexuality does not make her unequal to men or heterosexual relationships in this particular line in the novel. Farwell notes how "Feminist literary theory has been eager to...
The theocratic totalitarian regime operating in Gilead was instigated and is controlled by men, the male protagonists in the novel are seen as caring and sympathetic. ... Although alleged to be one of the architects of Gilead society, throughout the novel he is portrayed as surprisingly sympathetic, if not a little pitiable. ... Now it's something he can't do with his Wife"(Pg-113), and this section provides the strongest image of male wretchedness than at any other point in the novel. ... It can be concluded that the novel frequently views men with a sympathetic eye regardless ...
Written and set in the late 19th century, Bram Stoker's epistolary novel, Dracula, is a pivotal book in the horror/gothic literature. ... I think Stoker showed this as a threat in the novel perhaps because of the society he lived in believed that a woman that embraces her sexuality would have power over a man because she could control and nourish men's greatest sexual desires. ... Although Dracula himself is the embodiment of the horror aspect of the novel, the "hidden horror" lies in the liberation a woman's sexuality. ... " (Stoker 86) With all of this...
The novel, like Trainspotting and Bridget Jones", is another potential cult classic. ... A testament to this is the 2000 release of a movie adaptation of the novel starring John Cusack. Though not a top-grosser, it was heralded for its simple beauty consistent with that of the novel. ... The novel was indeed an accurate depiction of the idiosyncrasies of amorous relationships. ... In a personal note to this writer, she adds that the theory "also looks at male stereotypes but always paralleled with the female stereotype." ...
There was also a marked increase in women's non-fiction including Marsh's The Female Captive.9 Female authorship brought up anxieties, suggesting that novel reading would take women out of the domestic sphere and spawn desires that could not be met by the domestic contract.10 With Colley using Marsh's book as a source for her biography, arose some controversy. In Elizabeth Marsh's writings of her travels, on no account did it contain any detailed notes compiled at the time of her journey, and no information about the society she was involved with.11 It was also written t...
After noting the extravagance of a luncheon at a men's college, Woolf depicts the inadequate dining at Fernham, a college for women, presenting a drab meal consisting mainly of aplain gravy soup.? ... In the July 1998 issue of Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources editors Linda Shult and Phyllis Weisbard give evidence of the denial of entire acceptance of women writers by showing that only eight women made the list of Modern Library'sone hundred best twentieth-century novels in English.? ...
Title: An Investigation into Sexist Language. Name: Andrew Verrijdt One of the most important political and social movements of the twentieth century has been the drive towards achieving complete equality for all people regardless of race, colour, class, gender identity, mental state or physical impairment. One area that has remained resistant to change is language. While it is has been widely accepted that some aspects of language are clearly sexist, for example the use of "he" as a genderless pronoun (Cameron 1998, Wardaugh 1992, Pauwels 1998), there is still argument as to whether or n...
James Carson, from "The Story of One White Woman,"" and Jake Barnes, from The Sun Also Rises, fail to embody the traditional characteristics of masculinity. While James lacks honor and does not represent a protector, or a provider, Jake remains physically emasculated. Despite the seemingly impo...
