Violence In Alice Walker's The Color Purple

The male characters in this play often feel uncomfortable when their female counterparts break gendered stereotypes. This is the same feeling that drove Theseus to war with the Amazons. An equally important woman is Hermia: Theseus and her father have in mind Demetrius for Hermia’s groom, yet she still refuses even after a small threat from Theseus, “Be advised, fair maid. To you, your father should be as a god” (1.1.47-48). Here in patriarchal Athens, fathers are the head households and hold influence over near-all decisions.

In the essays, Carnal Acts, Nancy Mairs, a young writer who deals with MS disease and mental illnesses speaks out about the difficulties of dealing with MS and how her voice as a writer helped her cope with the difficulties of MS. Mairs tells us she sees a very close connection between life and writing, “For me, thinking about literature and thinking about life aren’t separate, or even separable, acts (4)”. The theme of love who you are is distinctly depicted by Mairs in her essays. This theme is very common throughout the book, especially in the essay titled “Carnal Acts” where she clearly states society 's standards for women are too high. Mairs never considered herself beautiful because she never fit the perfect image of a beautiful woman,

According to the author, despite his age, he has had many sexual relationships with other women out there and fathered many children before remarrying Annie’s mother. This makes these women harass Annie’s mother occasionally along the streets because they think she is the one who barred them from getting married to her husband. These insults are

This made him feel like it was harder to make his mother ever love him because all she did was control him. Ridgway hated his mother but at the same time he was sexually attracted to her. (Gary Ridgway – The Green River Killer. (2011, May 2).) This shows how his environment caused him stress which led to poor controls over his behavior and lead him suffer from a dimension of psychopathy.

Touching Bottom by Kari Strutt – Feminist Criticism In Touching Bottom by Kari Strutt, the author completely flips male and female roles around. Usually, the main hero in literature is male. However, in this short story, the author challenges the concept of male dominance and destroys gender roles. The female protagonist learns to clutch onto the power she has over her life. At first, she lives her life in fear and to only please men such as her father and her so called husband.

For example, Angela Vicario, the youngest daughter in her family, suffers through the judgement of society and the set standards of marriage and virginity. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, the author illustrates how men force women into submissive roles in society in order to emphasize how it causes women to feel powerless and lessens their ability to attain equality with men. One illustration, proved by Bayardo San Román, demonstrates how men have the power to force women into submissive roles, especially through marriage. When he first comes to town with silver saddlebags matching his belt, he amazes everyone through his power and wealth. Furthermore, when Angela Vicario catches his eye for the first time as she is crossing the square, he says, '"When I wake up," he said, "remind me that I'm going to marry her"' (Márquez 29).

According to the Resource Theory, “males that do not have high-paying jobs often resort to violence more often as a way of controlling the spouse” (Wallace and Roberson, pg. 19). In Mitchell’s case, the fact that he did not hold a job shows that he was more likely to abuse his wife as a way to be in control. Forcing his wife to prostitute also put the Patriarchy Theory into play. Mitchell forcing Marica to prostitute on the streets shows that he was being possessive of her and tried to dominate the relationship. The Patriarchy Theory

She compares present day males ages 18-34 to children who refuse to grow up. This demographic is then compared to males between the same ages during the year 1965, almost fifty years past. She goes on to describe the present day SYMs as underachievers who prolong the agony of the women in waiting. She describes these males as having their “big life priorities” in order such as jobs, homes and financial security yet lack the desire to settle down with women who have grown tired of being used for their sexual desires without the commitment.

Critical analysis article titled “Sex, Violence, and Organic Consciousness in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Donald R. Marks dissected how organic and mechanistic ideology impact in the following areas of life: relationships, social, personal. The main character, Janie, has a romantic history with four men, each unfolding different experiences and lessons. Unfortunately, as two of the four men develop a controlling manner towards her during their relationships, all of Janie’s lovers sexually violate her. Defining what is disgusting and what is passion become blurry to the character due to her perception of each man. EVALUATE HOW

The big question still remains if men are fully undertaking their roles in the society because Kenyan men suffer tremendous domestic violence in the hands of their women due to failure of not being responsible in their duties. Also women are fighting for the equality meaning that a man can do female roles and vice versa. During the time of our grandfathers, men were not supposed to step in kitchen because it was believed to be a sin but today majority of men go to kitchen and cook for themselves in the presence of their women. Some years back men were favored for the top positions in organizations but that has changed because today anybody can vie for that position so long as he or she is qualified (Wels,

Sharpe was a very aggressive boyfriend Mona Hayes has ever had. Sharpe would threaten her and assault Mona Hayes and not caring about what effect this might have on the society. It was getting very rough Hayes did not like the way Sharpe treated her and wanted to get away from him. She was in a taxi that night she shot Sharpe and it was the end of it all.

Insecure women aren’t born, they are made. In “Strong Enough”, Shanker introduces her personal experience of what being treated as an outcast feels like. Due to rejecting a boy after he asked her to have sex with him, she is then seen as a “lez”. Shanker feels it is devastating that a girl can’t make her own decisions without automatically being labeled. Majority of the reason she is made fun of and is

Towards the end of the Civil Rights Movement, The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual was published in 1967. Speaking to the audience of creative Black intellectuals who were the voices and advocates of the African American community, he charged the readers with four central task of becoming conscious of the various black advancement movements and their purpose, analyzing the pendulum between intergrationalist and separatist, and identifying the political, economic, and cultural requirements for black advancement in order to mend them into a single politics of progressive black culture, and combining all the task to recognizing the uniqueness of the American condition. Cruse bids for a “cultural revolution by a critical assault on the methods and ideology “cultural revolution by a critical assault on the methods and ideology of the old-guard Negro intellectual elite. The failures and ideological shortcomings of this group have meant that no new directions, or insights have been imparted to

He reflects upon this when he mentions his father, “he would pull our ears and smack us, and then we would have to kneel in the corner for a few hours.” (p.134) In many instances one would say that Yunior sees women as an object, only for his uses and desires. However, this is the only way he was taught to look at women. Yet, Yunior’s masculinity is perceived as the need to behave in same matter as his father and brother have towards women.

Throughout history, individuals have shown a trend in escaping situations in which they were in captivity. Similarly, this trend hold true in literature, as well. Alice Walker’s The Color Purple exemplifies this idea, as her protagonist, Celie, escapes from an abusive relationship by the end of the novel. Furthermore, Ayn Rand’s Anthem conveys the same message, for the main character of the novel, Equality 7-2521, eventually leaves the oppressive society in which he grew up.