Greetings Excellent Images of Women in Literature Students--
REVISE YOUR THESIS/CLAIM HERE AND BRING FIRST DRAFT OF ESSAY TO CLASS TUESDAY (TYPED)
STRUCTURE:
1. OPENING PARAGRAPH WITH PRECISE CLAIM INCLUDING SUMMARY OF EXAMPLES
2. AT LEAST 3 BODY PARAGRAPHS, EACH PROVIDING ONE EXAMPLE OF EVIDENCE (WITH APPROPRIATE QUOTES FOR SUPPORT)
3. A THOUGHTFUL CONCLUSION THAT REFLECTS ON WHAT THE WRITER IS SUGGESTING ABOUT WOMEN
600 WORDS, DOUBLE SPACED
ALSO READ "THE NECKLACE" BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT FOR TUESDAY--QUIZ!
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For Thursday, January 14, please write a very short blog making a claim (thesis) about one of the texts read so far.
Your claim or thesis may be structured around any of the following:
1. symbolism
2. setting
3. character
4. Irony
So just do what we did in class Tuesday: think of one text and develop a one sentence claim or argument, something that goes beyond summary (tells why or how). Make sure your claim is something you can support through examples in the text.
Examples:
In Susan Glaspell's Trifles, symbols function as clues, leading to the secrets of the "crime."
In Susan Glaspell's Trifles, Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale gain power in a patriarchal world through observation, empathy and secrecy.
Setting in Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby" foreshadows the darkness in Armand's soul.
In Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour" Mrs. Mallard gains control of her story (life) through withdrawal, communion with herself, and, finally, death.
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THINK ABOUT INSIGHTS THAT FIT MORE THAN ONE TEXT:
EXAMPLE:
In texts that seem to be grounded in male privilege, women triumph through deception and secret insight into their situations. These acts are risky but show women's strength and the strategies they use to gain power.
Thesis for Trifles.
ReplyDeleteWomen look into things and investigate more than men do, as proved in Susan Glaspell's "Trifles". According to the title of the play it means the value of a thing that isn't important. The focus of the play shows the views of the men towards the women. They believe that they are only concern about the unimportant things such as the kitchen, which ironically has all the evidence. The men find it amusing that the women are investigating the kitchen because they feel like there is nothing inside there worth looking for. The play compares the women considerations to the men's lack of observation.
Thesis for Desiree's Baby
ReplyDeleteIn Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin Identity plays a huge role. Desiree lacks knowledge on who she really is which ultimately causes her to kill herself.
In the "Rappaccini's Daughter", when Giovanni Guasconti was admiring the Doctor Rappaccini garden and daughter in the beginning. However he didn't realize how far he would go. Until at the end quoted "..The powerful antidote was death" (44).
ReplyDelete"The power antidote was death " good quote . You can relate to any scenario of the story .
DeleteThesis for Desiree's Baby
ReplyDeleteThe story "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin, is focused largely around the issue of identity and race. Chopin cleverly plays around the racial identities of the main characters. However, this is not made clear until LaBlanche's quadroon son is standing side-by-side with Desiree's son.
REVISED THESIS
DeleteThe story "Desireé's Baby" by Kate Chopin is filled with racial undertones. Chopin shows how race and sexuality plays a big role in the distinction of social classes.
Thesis : Trifles
ReplyDeleteThe play Trifles is based on irony. The men in the play could not solve the crime because any evidence related to women or their actions were considered trifle. The reason the author chose to name the play Trifles was to show the irony involved with how the thoughts of men are influenced when women are involved.
"Trifles" by Susan Glaspell shows the everlasting struggle for recognition between man and woman.
DeleteJohathan--here I would ask myself--what would my 3 examples (evidence) be--"everlasting struggle for recognition" is a little abstract. What if you ground your thesis in the word "trifles"--that is the center of the difference between men's and women's views, no? Who considers what a "trifle"?
DeleteThesis Desiree's Baby:
ReplyDeleteIn Kate Chopin's Desiree's Baby, play a role of abandonment, rejection and race. Chopin symbolize the story showing how one individual could live through a lie then discovering what he hated the most, meanwhile rejecting and disowning the one he truly love.
The women in Glaspell’s Trifles stage a mini-revolution: Minnie in the role of radical killer; Mrs. Hale as firebrand in destroying evidence, accusing John of killing the bird, and by playing into Mrs. Peters’s emotions; and Mrs. Peters, as a conspirator in concealing evidence.
ReplyDeleteHaha I love the idea of a "mini revolution"!
Deletelovely play with words, i like it!
DeleteThesis: Desiree's Baby
ReplyDeleteIn Desiree's Baby, Desiree is portrayed symbolically as a blank canvas with no identity and a lacking personality, this ultimately makes her to become very dependent and reliant on her husband which at the end her dependency leads her to her downfall by having self doubt and questioning her own identity and existence.
I like the way you described this. Reading your thesis made me think of the ways this still happens in present day. Many women revolve their lives around their boyfriends, husbands and/or children, losing their own identity. This is often why they are so devastated when a relationship ends or the children leave the nest.
DeleteIn Desiree's baby, Kate Chopin uses irony not only in the dénouement, but also in the identity of the character Desiree
ReplyDeleteOooh, denouement....good word choice!
DeleteIn “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, a murder and its motive are cleverly revealed through symbolism.
ReplyDeleteThe setting of Desiree's Baby depicts a time when not having a name or not being white would signifigantly alter the course of the characters lives.
ReplyDeleteIn Desiree's Baby, the characters are controlled by the ideology of race, gender, and class.
ReplyDeleteI like your thesis . We have simiarlites
DeleteKate Chopin clearly potrays how both genders perspectives will always have major effects in life related situations in her short story "Trifles".
ReplyDeleteHey Samantha. Trifles was written by Susan Glaspell.
DeleteIn Desiree’s Baby, Desiree knows she must follow her marriage vows of honor, obey and respect. When Armand find out the true of his family origin , his behavior towards his family changes .
ReplyDeleteIn Trifles by Susan, irony and symbolism are used to depict how women are more intuitive and pay more attention to detail about little things than men would be.
ReplyDeleterevised thesis: In Trifles by Susan Glaspell, irony and symbolism are used to show the blindness of men and the intuition of women.
Deleterevised thesis: In Trifles by Susan Glaspell, irony and symbolism are used to show the blindness of men and the intuition of women.
Deletein the story of an hour Kate Chopin's character.
ReplyDeleteLouise Mallard finds surprising freedom, when she escapes from her husband’s domination, even though it’s for a short amount of time. Louise mallard was unlike many women back in the day who depended on their husbands, when she found out her husband was dead she was instantly hit with the realization that she now had the freedom she had anticipated for a long time.
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ReplyDeleteDesiree's Baby by Kate Chopin highlights how a woman's identity is dependant on what others project onto her and once that stops, she is erased.
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ReplyDeleteThe short story/play Trifles clearly shows how men and women interpret things differently when placed in the situation. In this case where a murder happened, the women were more concerned with underlying details, while the men were focused on evidence found on the surface.
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DeleteThe short play Trifles surrounds the murder scene of John Wright. When his wife Minnie is being held for the murder, both men are women attend to the scene to try and solve the crime. We see that the women were insightful and able to solve the crime while concealing evidence and the men were blinded while looking at evidence but overlooking it at the same time.
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ReplyDeleteI just finished reading Rappaccini's Daughter--my apologies, I think I'd like to change my thesis!
ReplyDeleteRappaccini's Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne replete with its images and representations of good and evil, light and dark, life and death, encompasses the concept of the duality of nature, mankind and truth.
...therefore illustrating that we conveniently choose what we believe the truth/reality to be.
ReplyDeleteREVISED THESIS:
DeleteOk, I attempted to narrow it down further. I have an idea of what I want to discuss but I am unsure if this is a good thesis. I appreciate your feedback.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s use of light and dark symbolism in binary opposition illustrates how good and evil cannot be clearly defined and its meaning varies depending on who is viewing it and when.
The irony seen in this short story "Desiree's Baby" is that Armand didn't realize that who he is could kill his reputation, character, and purpose. Yet Armand is trying to hold to power that is crumbling under his feet at an uncontrollable rate. While Desiree is insinuated to be a black woman who's was fed the a truth being a lie, that she is a white woman.
ReplyDeleteSo let's see how you can make a thesis with irony and Armand:
ReplyDeleteArmand D'Aubigny, in Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby," is forced to confront the ironic fact that he has projected "blackness" onto Desiree. Perhaps his treatment, not only of Desiree but of the slaves on his plantation, suggests another irony--that he has been denying his race in various ways all along.
I'm just trying to retrieve some of the class comments--see what you can do making claim.
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ReplyDeleteArmand D'Aubigny after his unexpected visit , Desiree sense mystery upon the air "Satan seem suddenly to take hold of him in his dealing with the slaves" . His oppression to the slaves grew bigger knowing his son wasn't white .
DeleteThis is true Ana. The question is can you build an essay with three examples of support about Armand's attitude toward slavery--we discussed his denial of his own identity in class. Work with that a little?
DeleteThe very name of the estate, L'Abri and how it is shrouded in gloom and darkness ironically represents the darkness Armand carries in his blood and quite possibly the dark suspicion that has always loomed in his heart.
ReplyDeleteThat works well. Setting works well to focus thesis. You can find many examples!
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ReplyDeleteIn the "Rappaccini's Daughter", the character Giovanni Guasconi falls in love with a women named Beatrice. However like most people that are in love, he can't help but to ignores all the signs that has been given to him.
Good start Kelly--rephrase just a little: In Hawthorne's Rappaccini's Daughter, the main character, Giovanni Guasconi, falls in love, ignoring the warning signs that are given to him. He is a perfect example of the lover who always deceives himself in order to maintain his belief in love.
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ReplyDeleteNathaniel Hawthorne’s use of light and dark imagery in binary opposition illustrates how good and evil cannot be clearly defined and its meaning varies depending on perception.
In “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell, the motive for a murder is cleverly revealed through symbolic evidence – an exploded jar of fruit preserves, which represents Minnie’s “explosive” rage that leads her to commit the crime, a dead canary, the bird’s broken neck reflects the manner in which the crime was committed and lastly, the broken bird cage, which represents how Minnie has finally broken out of the hellish house she had been trapped in for thirty years – discovered by two women, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters, who piece together the crime.
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