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2024-03-28T11:01:11ZJane Austen and the Model Woman: Elizabeth and Emma's Feminism
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Jane Austen and the Model Woman: Elizabeth and Emma's Feminism
Vogl, Shelby
Marriage is a central theme in all of Jane Austen's novels. In her novels, it is presumed that her heroine will live happily ever after with the right man. However, her work is much more than a stereotypical love story. Through the marriage of her heroines, Austen presents what would eventually be considered feminist traits. She does this by presenting readers with strong and independent women who display choice in their marriages. The heroines in her novel exhibit admirable traits that allow them to enter into a happy and equal union. Both Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice and Emma Woodhouse from Emma embody characteristics that are admired by other women. They both represent Austen's model woman, which Austen perhaps used as a tool to show other contemporary women that even though they have little choice in life, one area that they do have some say is in their marriage partner. Through the marriage of her heroines, Austen is showing readers that they can choose a husband who respects and admires them, one that considers them as equals. Through heroines like Elizabeth and Emma, Austen is creating a model woman for other contemporary women to look up to. These woman posses both a rational mind and the ability to challenge their society's expectations, it is these independent, clever, and strong-willed traits, that show readers that women can choose a husband who treats them as equals in a society that didn't.
2014-04-08T00:00:00ZTo My Absent Father
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To My Absent Father
Robles, Katherine
2014-04-08T00:00:00ZThe New Normal
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The New Normal
White, Kamryn
Writing about romantic female relationships can be traced back over 2500 years. But until recently, they have tended to perpetuate the narrow stereotypes of lesbianism. These recent narratives create new depictions of lesbianism that disrupt stereotypes and appear in a variety of media: non-traditional memoir, television and web series, and fiction novel. Not only are these authors saying something new, but they are using media in new ways to do it.
2014-04-08T00:00:00ZEmbracing Science Fiction in School Curriculum
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Embracing Science Fiction in School Curriculum
Riccomini, Anna
On a cold starry night in 1816, young Mary Shelley started a story that would change the world. In Frankenstein, Shelley told a tale that went beyond the modest task of a ghost story. In it, her hero Doctor Frankenstein created a living being from the dead flesh of corpses. Horrified by the monster, the doctor fled, abandoning his child and forsaking his creation. Meanwhile, the creature roamed the country, innocent in his origins, confused and bereft until he met a poor family. Staying hidden, he watched them until he learned their language and many of the characteristics that the poor family had. Touched by the love that they had for one another and aware of his own paternal rejection, he searched out his former father looking for some kind of connection. He found him, but the father spurned him once again, driving the monster to kill most of the young doctor's family. When the monster finally cornered Doctor Frankenstein, he asked for a mate, but the doctor refused and the two were driven to kill the other. In the end, Doctor Frankenstein dies but the monster finds no salvation in his death. Shelley's ghost story transcended the typical archetype, becoming one of the first science fiction stories. In her tale, the man became the monster and the monster was searching for his humanity in a world of darkness. These themes, while not new, helped define a new genre of fiction and open the doors for many to explore the greater themes of man while within a science fictional narrative.
2014-04-08T00:00:00Z