Shashi Deshpande's Novels

In Willa Cather’s essay she unfolds Sarah Jewett’s ability to express her feeling for writing through her diction to form art. In Sarah Jewett’s novel, her feeling for writing is shown through her main character who came to New England to write her own novel. Jewett shows the struggles she feels when writing her own novels through her character. In one of the passages she writes, “Literary employments are so vexed and uncertainties at best and and it was not until the voice of conscience sounded louder in my ears than the sea on the nearest pebble beach that I said unkind words of withdrawal to Mrs. Todd”(18). Miss.

“I was never a beautiful women, and for that reason I’ve spent most of my life suffering from the shame of falling short of an unattainable standard” (87). Mairs starts off by telling us she was never a beautiful woman. By describing herself as this, it acts as an attention getter so the readers can become more interested in the reading. By putting emphasis on the topic of society 's standards for woman allows Mairs to go into greater depth with the topic, allowing readers to gain more knowledge and understanding of what the standards are like for a woman. A sullen tone is maintained throughout this chapter as Mairs describes the society 's standards for women leaving the readers a choice on how they feel about these standards.

Historically, women in literature are oftentimes not afforded kind treatment, and both the wife and daughter in The Reeve’s Tale have a worse fate by far. Poet Chaucer adheres to the stereotypes of the day when describing their appearance, giving scant clues into the minds of the two ladies. Reduced to extensions of the miller in the tale, their respective husband and father, the women are bound by typical gender roles dictating the

“It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop,” a quote Confucius once wrote. The meaning behind this quote is found within Sylvia Plath’s award winning novel, The Bell Jar. The main character within Plath’s novel is on a journey to find herself and heal her mind. Esther Greenwood suffers from a mental illness, depression, and is struggling to find happiness. Symbolism is heavily used throughout Plath’s novel to emphasize a greater meaning behind Esther’s mental illness.

I still think it was a masterpiece of its kind; it had the lettering all in black, … and in the bottom corner a sort of artist’s impression of the terrified damned. Elsie had framed it so it looked quite professional.” (Winterson 43-44). We discovered in our English class that Elsie was a fictional character that Jeanette had made up to make segments of the story to lighten the reader’s perspective. Through the voice and the tone of the novel we would have been able to believe that Elsie was an actual friend of Jeanette’s. Displaying the authenticity and genuine passion that Jeanette places in the

Francine Prose the author of Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife has a writing style that has a unique technique and strategy. Within the common punctuation placement, paragraph construction and sentence standards; Prose escapes the generic structure of writing. In The Book, Part I, Prose makes a point to draw the attention of the audience by beginning with a story. The story is introduced in the first paragraph with only one sentence. She gives a detailed description that is a surprise yet still on topic.

Feminist Adrienne Rich argues in her essay, “When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision,” that there are drastic differences between the established gender roles in society. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hester, an adulteress and martyr, suffers from the strict grasp of Puritanism and patriarchy. Throughout the novel, Hester is a luxury to men, especially the revered minister and secret sinner, Dimmesdale, as well as her husband, Chillingworth. However, the rest of this male-dominated, Puritan society, or the world as she perceives it, is not a luxury for Hester, but a necessity. Thus, the relationship between Hester and the men in her society demonstrates and proves Rich’s argument regarding the distinctions between gender roles.

From the publication of East of Eden to today the rights and empowerment of women have escalated exponentially. Women are no longer obligated to follow the nurturing mother ideal; they can be independent and strong. Then, in the novel, East of Eden, some believe the author oversimplifies his female characters by filing them into either traditional, caring mothers or heinous villains. However, Steinbeck utilizes their simple, one-dimensional archetypes to show how complex his female roles truly are through subtle details. Within the novel, most female characters are designated into the class of typical, loving mother types, but they are each defined separately within their cohort.

These women all were married to powerful men and handled marriage in different ways, while struggling internally with the abolition question and women 's rights. There 's little discussion of the war it 's self simply that these women residence of this era. The most fascinating biography of this book was of Angelina Grimke and her sister Sarah. Angelina Grimke 's story is one that needs to be read by anyone interested in the

A Wife Works Twenty-Four Hours A Day While reading “I Want a Wife” by Judy Brady and “My Mother Never Worked” by Bonnie Smith-Yackel, I can see that there are similarities and differences in the stories. Both essay describe the day to day responsibilities, and tasks performed by the wife or should I say the stay at home wife. Judy Brady uses the catchphrase “I want a wife” throught out her essay with a sarcastic tone. Bonnie Smith –Yackel in “My Mother Never Worked” is remembering her mother with the feelings of disdelief of how society views a stay at home wife. While some differences between “My Mother Never Worked” and “I Want a Wife” are evident, the similarities are noticeable.