Compare And Contrast The Long Queen And The Map Women

It is possible to argue that Duffy's collection Feminine Gospels is a cry of rage and frustration. Certainly, The Map Woman and The Laughter of Stafford Girls' High present the persona's rage at the suppression of their individuality and identity, whilst The Diet presents Duffy's frustration at the expectations society places upon women.

Patriarchal culture has dominated society throughout history. Males have control in many aspects of life and women have continued to fight for equal rights in society. There are many ways women have contributed to the fight for equality; some more physical and other less abrasive. Education and Literature gave the voice to a few women in a male-centered world. Poet Lady Mary Wroth captures the injustices experienced by women in the feminine narrative of Sonnet 9 from her collection of sonnets, songs, and lyrics entitled 'Pamphilia to Amphilantus. In this poem, Wroth explores the thoughts of elite women in the 1700s and uses aspects of her own cultural and historic circumstance to convey the theme of a religious patriarchal society.

A voice is given to the mother in this poem, who is representative of all women who have suffered under the churches morals and values and still hold a high regard for religion, in this case, Christianity. It is clear from Heaney’s depiction of suffering that the mother does share a maternal bond with

It is important to first begin with the basics of each piece of artwork. The graywacke statue of Menkaure and a Queen was made between c. 2490-2472 BCE during the Old Kingdom period in Giza, Egypt. Although the artist is unknown, it is understood that the time during which this artwork was made was during the Old Kingdom period, which lasted from c. 2575-2150 BCE. This statue is smaller in height than the average human being, being 51 ½ inches tall, which is a little over four and a quarter feet tall (Stokstad and Cothren: 60). The stone that it is made from is a rocky, rough stone, that took a considerable amount of sanding to get the statue to look as smooth as it is. The second set of statues I will be comparing and contrasting to the Menkaure and Queen are the limestone statues, Anavysos Kouros and the Peplos Kore. Both were made in c. 530 BCE during the Archaic period in Athens, Greece. Similar to Menkaure and a Queen, the Anavysos Kouros and the Peplos Kore do not have a known artist, however it is known that the time period in which the statues were made was during the Archaic Period, which lasted from c. 600-480 BCE. These statues are more life-like in size. The Kouros statue is around the size of a tall male, six feet four inches tall. On the other hand, the Kore statue is smaller in stature, about four foot tall . Both statues were made from carved marble, although some of the other kouros and kore statues that were made were from terra cotta, wood, or limestone

These two stories exemplify the epitome of women’s repression in the male-dominated society of the late nineteenth century by conveying the feelings of

Through both poems, Duffy establishes the cause of both the women 's suffering and how it 's the foundation for both of their lives. In the 'Map women ' Duffy uses an extended metaphor that the "women 's skin was a map of the town", the

When the Roman Legions left Great Britain in the 5th Century CE, they left behind different architectural and sociopolitical legacies, including a rigid set of barriers to women achieving political power. Regardless of their social status, women were not expected to wield any civic or bureaucratic authority. Women of nobility did, however, have an important role to play in the maintenance of the political stability and continuation of the state, primarily though having children. There was a dichotomy of acceptable promiscuity, with women either having one partner to bear children with, or being completely abstinent (usually with the expectation of a life of religious devotion). It can be argued the obsession with chastity and purity can be seen even in modern British Culture, as Queen Elizabeth I was often called “The Virgin Queen”. A fixation on women remaining within the bounds of the social order points to a patriarchal social system, which was prevalent not just in Anglo-Saxon Britain, but throughout all of Medieval Europe. It would, however, be a mistake to ignore the instances of women breaking the social stigma around power, and finding ways to ascend to positions of political authority. One such instance of this phenomenon would be Cynethryth, Queen of Mercia and Wife of Offa the Great, and her utilization of minting her own coinage. The practice of minting coins was perfected by Roman Emperors such as Augustus, Vespasian, and Diocletian, and as many Roman customs

Great writers convey their message without bluntly stating it to their audience. Hardy’s insightful poetry conjures the minds of his audience and encourages them to reflect on how inhumane the social classes were and how poorly women were treated without every saying it. Because of its’ simplicity and relatability Hardy’s clever use of an everyday conversation between two women is more powerful than any lengthy lecture or straightforward statement he could have given.

In analyzation, the connotation aspect of this poem is how women during this time, specifically white women, used their power over black men and their freedom. Although the texts’ literal interpretation, or denotation,

How would you feel if you were treated as if you lack the ability to feel, speak, and decide on your own behalf? An object would have no issue with this due to its lack of emotions, however, as a human being and a woman, it is considerably distinct. In Margery Kempe’s The book of Margery Kempe¸ her character is consistently undermined and harassed by aggressive male roles to uphold their dominance. Women are more than functional tools for men’s egotistical benefit; this idea of an independent and successful female is not portrayed within the text. Margery Kempe’s The Book of Margery Kempe uses the constant denial of subjectivity through her husband, the reduction to body, and the Holy Trinity’s silencing of Kempe to convey the maltreatment she endures by the male characters so as to demonstrate their masculine, aggressive ways.

One of the central issues that this poem deals with is the conflict between male power and female powerlessness, even if it doesn't seem like it, It all determines how one would understand the poem. For example, in the first stanza, Williams describes the woman moving “…behind the wooden walls of her husband’s house” (2-3). This can be interpreted in a couple of multiple ways. First of all, you could look at it literally and picture the girl in the house moving about do various things. You could also look at it in the way that the woman is being controlled by her husband. Williams also depicts the woman as “…a fallen leaf” (9), since the woman looks dead, and has no direction in life anymore, Like a falling leaf, since when a leaf falls from

Writers consistently use poetry as a lens through which they scrutinize and delineate society. The poet, Carol Ann Duffy, uses her anthology, “The World’s Wife” to portray her strong feminist views. Within this collection Duffy gives a voice to female Biblical, historical, mythical and fictional figures, whose voices have previously not been heard. A famous feminist author, Simone de Beauvoir, once said, "Representation of the world is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth". Mrs Beast upholds the feminist literary tradition of re-writing literature to include these missing female perspectives, with Duffy's clear intention encapsulated in the line ‘These myths going round…

The Portrayal of the Plight of Women by the Author, In Their Particular Period of Time

The conflict of this poem is male authority and control versus the right of a

Adrienne Rich's poetry serves a prophetic function by articulating the history and ideals of the feminist struggle. By recalling the ancient chthonic mysteries of blood and birth, by reconnecting daughters with their mothers, by drawing parallels between women today and their historical counterparts, and by envisioning the women of the future who will emerge from the feminist struggle, her poetry celebrates women's strength and possibilities. Elaborating her vision, Rich brings a nurturing ethos to her analysis of social priorities: