The Long Queen And The Map Women By Carol Ann Duffy

Mothers are pictured as the care giver of the families and the ones who love their children unconditionally no matter the situation. They’ll do anything to support their family and raise their children right. In “The Queen of Mold” by Ruth Reichl, the mother in the story is pictured as the one who makes a meal almost out of nothing, just to provide and have something on the table for her family. Even though the food she cooks is moldy, this is how she demonstrates her motherly love.. In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, the mother is portrayed at first as an over excited mother waiting for her over achieving daughter Dee. As the story progresses the excitement for the daughter starts to go away and her motherly love towards Dee becomes complicated because Dee thinks she is greater and much smarter than the rest. Both of the stories depict complex motherhood, in Reichl story her mother’s love becomes complicated when she cooks food for the guest and her daughter tries to save the guest from being killed, while by the end of Walker story she only has love for the one daughter that has always been by her side and that’s Maggie.

One may contend that Sexton rejects the appalling degradation of women as being witches, foul-fiends and tempting creatures in literature, too. She admits that men’s “dead body did not feel the spade and the sewer as [her] live body felt the fire” (92). Shakespeare depicts Joan, in Henry VI, as “a ‘troll,’ ‘witch,’ ‘strumpet,’ ‘foul fiend of France’ (qtd. in Sarawsat 90). Likewise, Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales represents the ‘wife of Bath Tale’ as bawdy. The protagonist Alison “still submits to the rule of patriarchal world”, she suffers because she is oppressed to the bone. She “struggles for respect in her own household”. That is why; she needs an inner upheaval to dispel any sense of dejection. She is

Women have endured many things throughout the centuries, either it being suffering, inequality, or hardships from society or cultural expectations. Most women, however, challenged societal expectations and rose against the patriarch by proving they are self-sufficient, especially from the women writers in the text. A common theme that is found throughout almost all of the poetry and texts is how each these writers are self-reliant and the best way some of these woman are able to show this is by writing texts based off their experience by expressing what they think, which in turn empowers themselves and others who read their texts. Regardless of where these women writers come from, the era they live in, and the culture/religion they come from,

Also, the poem shows that women do not have much of a role in their era but the movie shows having a big role. For example, Wealhtheow is seen on various occasions throughout the movie. Meanwhile, the poem mentions her at the beginning. Women in Modern America do have a much bigger role, now women take higher positions of power than men, to Anglo Saxons and much older societies women were always seen as

While Dorothy Mermin provides a plethora of examples through the inclusion of verse and detailed analysis of poetic texts, she does not provide a solution for the gendering of poetry that is causing both male and female poets to suffer. Her article focuses on detailing the problems arguing that women struggle to be more than just the object and men “[struggle] against the difficulty of a situation in which poetic structures [are] still framed for male subjects but poetry’s qualities were those associated with women.” (165) Her work, much like Victorian gender ideals, largely ignores the suffering of women in favour of the suffering of others (in this case, men). This perhaps stems from the Victorian notion that one must talk about another’s suffering (men’s) to discuss the point at hand (women’s suffering).

The women at the Convent felt lost in one way or the other because of what they had been through: pain and heartbreaks; and that made it hard for them to find inner joy. An ongoing pattern for every woman in the Convent was the mistreatment by men; either by abuse or abandonment. They felt completely friendless because they were not

Women in history have long been oppressed, with their maltreatment ranging from the denial of basic human rights to more subtle maltreatment such as the subjugation to gender roles. The wife “wanted to know, and be of the fighting host”, mirroring the desire of women in history to break free of the chains of society (p. 3). In like manner, the hyperbolic description of the vicar reveals how vital it is to women to be able to be free. Though he is not as physically strong, he is emotionally and intellectually superior to any man. He “moved in worlds beyond where her own menfolk existed” and the wife desperately wanted to know why (p. 3). She decided it was not anything on the physical realm that would satisfy her- it was transcendence. This self-realization would free women and allow them to raise above the men that have pushed them to be below them in society.

Toni Morrison’s novel, A Mercy, uses multiple point of views in order to show the growth of several female characters. These characters include: Sorrow, Daughter Jane, Lina, Florens, and Rebekka, who is also known as the “Mistress”. Morrison brings up the idea of overcoming male dependence, and becoming strong independent women. It parallels with the idea of both slavery and freedom, and it proves how common those concepts were in this New World that Morrison writes about. In all of history, women have been belittled by men and seen as weak or powerless, but this novel shows the great length women go in order to find this freedom and to survive in a patriarchal society. With the many perspectives, it is as though when women are able to find

‘The World’s Wife’ is a collection of poems by Carol Anne Duffy published in 1999. Throughout Duffy’s collection of the poems she represents women from history, myths and fairy tales, particularly those whose stories tend to be defined by men, or who have only a cameo appearance in male-dominated scenarios. ‘The Worlds Wife’ collection explores the themes of sexism, inequality and stereotypes, which women, sadly still face in modern society. In Duffy’s collection some poems look at the story of the man from a woman’s perspective, such as the poem ‘Mrs Aesop’. Other poem’s stories have been slightly altered like ‘The Kray Sisters.’ As we already know the Kray Twins are two male English gangsters from the East End of London during the

The form does converge and diverge with the content. The three-stanza poem is replete with innumerable images of the female struggle. In this respect, Sexton opens the wide doors for a new vision on women through a discerning portrayal of three distinct female characters. Thus, in a way the form embraces the content in terms of evoking the three waves of feminism in which French feminism does propel a thorough account of writing the female body. Nevertheless, this does not fend the fact that the three stanzas are gauged from much deeper insight than a mere form focus.

The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spencer uses erotic and mystifying dreams to provide insight into the representation of gender relations; it is through women that the emotional state of desire as well as terror is experienced. Throughout the epic women dominate the visions experienced by the knights which sometimes makes the dreams more complex and difficult to interpret. Interestingly, the male counterparts within the context of the epic explore controversial implications of their virtues as men, because of how they conceptualize women within their dreams.

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:

“Woman” is a very popular theme in poetry and literature. The role of women through the ages changed tremendously. We can notice characters from being weak and controlled, to being strong and independent. There was always a certain behavior demanded or expected from women and they were playing their roles through their lives. But deep inside most of them wanted something more from life. A play “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen, poem “Living in Sin” by Adrienne Rich, and short play “Beauty” by Carla Bethany introduce us to four different women characters. Living in different times, they prove that women were always strong and independent even though they were not always treated that way. They showed a strong desire to break free from social restriction and stereotypes.

Written by John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi is an exquisite play filled with plot-twists, tragic moments, and stupendous actors who have studied under some of the greats. One actress in particular, playing the Duchess of Malfi is Ms. Julie Granata-Hunicutt , studied the works of Ms. Uta Hagen. She successfully demonstrated some of these magnificent techniques in the show tonight; I very much urge others to go and see the well-executed work for themselves.

Every person has his/her own story, own problems, and one thing that is common among everyone is the obstacles faced because at some point or the other a person has to face obstacles in life. Let’s consider the poem with respect to a woman. As author herself was a woman, it would provide us with a better understanding and we could try to understand the state of mind of the author at that point of