Feminism Essays

Rhapsody on a windy night was written directly after Preludes and echoes many of its themes. Rhapsody… charts the night-time journey of a man through the streets of a city. Held in a trance by the moonlight, he is shown various sights by the street lamps he passes, and these …

In “The education of women” by Daniel Defoe, few rhetorical devices were used; one of them was use of analogy. Defoe states “the soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear”. Defoe uses this analogy to …

The “Orphan Trains” was a charitable organization to provide homes and a better way of life, for orphans and neglected children on the streets of New York. Charles Loring Brace, who was a young minister in New York, founded the Orphan Trains (1855-1929). The children were taken off the streets …

When writing The Medea, Euripides challenged the social norms by abandoning the gender roles of the ancient Greek society. The main characters, Jason and Medea, are atypical characters in many ways. Medea defies perceptions of the normal attitudes of men and women by overcoming her “female” emotions and performing acts …

Response paper to Emma Watson HeForShe Campaign speech at the UN: A comparative to “An Open Letter to Emma Watson by Malvika Jaganmohan & Kamelyia Akkouche On the 20th of September, Emma Watson, actress renowned for playing Hermoine Granger in the Harry Potter series and now a UN Women Goodwill …

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the Scientific Revolution, which was the development of new sciences and technology, and The Age of Enlightenment, which was the so called “age of reason”, had sparked women’s participation in sciences. Ever since Europe was moving towards the modern world, women had been trying …

The Role of Women in Things Fall Apart In society, both males and females take distinct roles. It is those roles that keep “life” functioning; but which role is more important? Often times, women are degraded and forced into the roles viewed “unnecessary”. This is what happened in the Ibo …

With increased industrialization and various production machines, products that are available in the market are getting more numerous and diversified. In order to compete for a share of the consumer market, manufacturers are willing to spend vast amounts of money on advertising their products to attract the consumers. This may …

Alice Munro’s collection of short stories in Open Secrets is one example of her focus on women, ordinary women, and the lives they experience and lead. Her stories present us with characters that think, feel, and develop in normal, as well as abnormal, situations. In the following discussion we focus …

In every part of the world, women have been considered subordinate to men and have not had as many rights as men. They were always expected to do thing such as taking care of the family, satisfying their husband’ every need, and not working outside of their houses. During the …