Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley, an English female author, at around the year 1818, about a young scientist named Victor Frankenstein who makes a creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. This specific book has generated a lot of critical analysis from its…
Essays on Feminism
Societally speaking, literature has consistently been utilized throughout history as a means of commentary; Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is no exception. The classic novel outlines the dangers of misogyny and religious agendas during an American era of social liberties and monumental movements towards female…
Frankenstein consists of various literary devices and describes different qualities and social perspectives. The tale intensely rotates around various individual aspects in Mary Shelley’s life. Perusing the novel through a women’s activist lense, it’s intriguing to break down how this perspective identifies with Mary Shelley’s…
Gloria Steinem once said that “Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking…
The image of what a feminist woman looks like that is conjured up when mentioning feminism is oftentimes a crazed, bra-burning, man-hater rejecting the systematic structure known as the patriarchy. Perhaps some people picture a mid-century homemaker complaining that her only occupational choices are to…
History as we know it was mostly documented by men, as a result, the roles played by women in the events leading to the Independence of our nation Nigeria in 1960 have been largely overlooked and forgotten. For hundreds of years, women have made notable…
Since the 19th century women’s roles in the construction of geographical knowledge are thought to have been minimal. Feminist epistemology implies that the geographical knowledge that we use today is based on a masculine narrative and that the gender disparity that was present in the…
Although women have been subject to societal roles structured by men since the beginning, they have been able to greatly affect American History for the better. Women were treated poorly and held up to ridiculous standards, but they have evolved to break free of those…
World War II was the most widespread and destructive global conflict, that started in September 1939 and ended in August 1945. World War II brought a revolutionary change in women’s role and empowerment in history, that has impacted generations. It dramatically changes the lives and…
I have learned many things throughout this course that relates to American literature from that date back to historical times. I believe that learning American literature and history is important because it shapes today’s literature and teaches new things in our society. My evolution as…
When looking at our society today, realize I take much for granted. As a woman, I will be able to vote, become a doctor, study at university, have the choice to marry and start a family (or not), and do many other things that just…
Men are seen active through traditional films and women treated as a passive object in which they are the prize or reward for male characters point of view. It states that ’Men act and women appear. Men look at women. Women watch themselves being looked…
In order to do this literary project, we were looking for different articles from reliable sources in order to find out information about Women’s Liberation Movement and about the writer that we have chosen, Adrienne Rich. We have found incredible points of view from some…
As we saw previously, Kim Kardashian is an undeniable role model in our times, but what happens when sexiness and narcissism come between being a mother? There is a lot of praise and criticism coming from the public and both sides seem to have reasonable…
Born A Crime is a humorous and serious memoir by Trevor Noah. The book begins in South Africa, where Noah is from, under apartheid, and continues throughout his childhood and adolescence, as South Africa rid itself of apartheid. Trevor and his mother go to church…
