Reba was cutting her toenails with a kitchen knife or a switchblade, her long neck bent almost to her knees. The girl Hagar was braiding her hair, while Pilate, whose face he could not see because her back was to the window, was stirring something in a pot (Marianne, 177)
Morrison has said that in books about males, one must have a more expansive setting, since women have lived out their lives in houses, whereas men have had a greater freedom to roam. This expansive setting has given Song a more sprawling character (Watkins, pg
Much of the environment has been shaped by the peers, role models in the society and to a larger extend media has a role in providing information. The media portray images considered fashionable and the females who do not have the portrayed looks are usually dissatisfied with their own images which brings discomfort in them and as a result it contributes to the usage of certain drugs and chemical products among the adolescents in trying to improve their images and feel accepted among their peers which have several side effects in the long run (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005)
The stage varies between the sexes and has been proven that it comes early in the females than in the males. For purposes of this paper, much emphasis is given to the female adolescent focusing on the mood swings and finding how it can reflect in one's personal life or professional setting and the importance of understanding related concepts (Dr. Paul, 2007)
It is at this stage of adolescence when the females are sexually active and the pressure to fit into a certain group might lead them into riskier sexual activities that might result into the contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, unwanted pregnancies and sometimes bad sexual orientation experiences which can affect ones personal life due to the trauma that is associated with such encounters. It also affects the way one perceives the opposite sex as these bad encounters may adversely affect ones opinion about people of different sex which affects the way they relate in personal life or in a professional setting (Uttara Manohar, 2012)
These conditions can be dormant during childhood but strengthens during teenage causing mood disorders as the body undergoes the hormonal changes. If not well treated it can affect ones personal life as ones behavior and judgment is adversely affected making the affected individual to engage in risky activities such as usage of drugs which can affect their lives completely (WebMD, 2005)
Technically, female "heroes" do exist in the realm of Arthur but they only exist so as to help the (presumably "more important") male heroes. "Arthurian female heroes, contrariwise, exist (at least for a time) as active helpers to male heroes, but always in the service of the patriarchal culture the hero upholds" (Fries, 3)
Technically, female "heroes" do exist in the realm of Arthur but they only exist so as to help the (presumably "more important") male heroes. "Arthurian female heroes, contrariwise, exist (at least for a time) as active helpers to male heroes, but always in the service of the patriarchal culture the hero upholds" (Fries, 3)
Morgan Le Fay is an exceedingly powerful sorceress. However, unlike Merlin, who can use his powers for good, Morgan is a character who is painted in the one-dimensional shades of black, engaging in trickery and deception: "…for-by the treason of Morgan Le Fay to have slain Sir Launcelot, and for that cause she ordained thirty knights to lie await for Sir Launcelot" (Malory, 390)
It is she who gave me an abundance of gold and silver and such rich gifts as I have distributed from time to time among poor knights. It is she who exalted me and set me in the luxury I now enjoy… She it is who raised me from poverty to riches and from hardship to the sum of earthly bliss" (Matarasso, 89)
Pugh surmises that the male screenwriters of the film seemed to think that: "…a dead Guinevere provides a better female role model than a live but adulterous one" (69). The dead Guinevere in the film works as a message to young girls everywhere, alluding to the limits of their rights and femininity (Pugh, 69)
Confined in this marriage, she really embodied the proverbial caged bird or beautiful object enclosed within a glass case. As other scholars have noted, Guinevere is at times portrayed as a shadow of herself; a fundamental anxiety resounds throughout le Chevalier de la Charrette the poem composed by Chretien de Troyes in the 12th century (Sample, 107)
While Fries strongly attributes this narrowing and general one-dimensionality of the female figure in Arthurian literature, to the sheer inability of male authors of the period to imagine anything else, and this is in fact an accurate take on the situation, it's not the only reason why women in the Arthurian universe have to take on the role of counter-hero so immediately. So much of the female dynamic as counter hero is connected to the male fear of female power, and that if females were to actually achieve this power, they would use it to the detriment of men (Saul, 1)
While Arthurian authors are gifted at describing many of the female characters in vivid, memorable terms that make many of them seem like ethereal goddesses; a one dimensionality persists in their character, regardless of whether they are considered morally good or morally bankrupt according to the codes of the Arthurian realm. The female characters created demonstrate how in Arthurian literature heroism belongs chiefly to men, and that beauty, or more aptly flawed beauty, is a trait most immediately connected to women as medieval literature often uses a lady's beauty as a means of confirming that she has a strong moral character (Schaus, 79)
When female characters in this realm begin to embody more and more negative qualities, it's not an evolution, but rather just a maintenance of the status quo. Morgan becomes the representative anarchist of the Arthurian realm, a veritable tornado dedicated to destroying all the values that are held sacred (Slocum, 26)
, xii). Some scholars even go so far as to wager that in Medieval European scholastic literature, beauty and moral goodness weren't just immediately connected, there was no distinction made between the two (Stewart, 10)
Thus, organizations and societies themselves have created techniques to gradually eradicate this harmful ritual while at the same time preserving the cultural meaning that FGM has for the society. An example is "Cutting through words," a program that serves as an alternative for FGM, wherein young women are educated by the female elders, usually their mother or grandmother, about "personal health, reproduction, hygiene, communication skills, self-esteem and dealing with peer pressure" (Nzwili, 2003)
She was a born writer and her most critically acclaimed piece, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" is under our consideration today. (Jones Sharon, 2009) Their Eyes Were Watching God tells us the story of Janie Crawford who was born when her mother was raped by a teacher and her mother had a similar birth history
Familial Connection with Black Community Values The source of this reading of Janie is that her novel depicts her as believing her sole means of establishing agency is to forsake the familial connection that underpins the black community's values. For example, Janie admits to hating her grandmother and having "no interest in that seldom-seen mother at all" (Hurston 89)
In this context, not only privilege a connection to the past but view it as a necessity for survival, a woman who relinquishes her role as a daughter within her own family threatens to undermine the larger, distinctly feminine role -- so crucial within the Diaspora of conferring knowledge from one generation to another. Morrison, in an interview with Robert Stepto, discusses this role of "the black woman as parent, not as a mother or father, but as a parent, as a sort of umbrella figure, [as] culture-bearer" in the context of describing "what [black women's] huge responsibilities have been" (Morrison, 1977, p