Essays on Women

This story of a small south Indian village caught in the maelstrom of the Gandhian movement successfully probes the depths to which the nationalistic urge penetrated, and getting fused with traditional religious faith helped rediscover the Indian soul. K. S. Ramamurti, similarly, considers Kanthapura a “miniature version of resurgent Bharath in which we see the…

            Kate Chopin’s stories entitled “Story of an Hour”, “A Respectable Woman”, and “The Storm” are depictions of women’s sexual orientation to men. These three stories tackle women’s perspective against men as they overcome their sexual pleasure and urgency. As the author justifies the essence and meaning of sexual relation, she also discusses the concept…

Throughout history, Americans have fought for various rights and freedoms such as religious freedom, freedom of speech and press, abolition of slavery, and the right to vote. These fundamental liberties have been handed down from one generation to another. However, it is unfortunate that many Americans do not fully grasp the significance of these privileges…

Women’s Rights Over the years, women’s rights have lessened in the Muslim society after the Taliban took over. For example, things like laughing, singing, writing, even having an education was all forbidden (Hosseini, 248). A Thousand Splendid Suns written by Khaled Hosseini, is a prime example of this, telling the lives of two women, Mariam…

“I am woman, hear me roar In numbers too big to ignore And I know too much to go back an’ pretend ‘Cause I’ve heard it all before And I’ve been down there on the floor No one’s ever gonna keep me down again Oh yes, I am wise But it’s wisdom born of pain…

Analysis Paper: Black Women “Ain’t I a Woman by Bell Hooks brings to light many aspects of how many oppressive forces such as racism and sexism can affect woman’s life. The book emphasizes how these deep interconnections between sexism and race are the key reasons why black women especially, struggle for liberation. Hooks takes a…

Shirley Chisholm was born in 1924 in Brooklyn, New York. She was the first African American to run for president but she was the first African American to be elected to the U. S. Congress. Chisholm was a strong supporter of equal rights for women and delivered her speech, “Equal Rights for Women,” in Washington,…

A modern Indian poet , Arun Kolatkar comments on contemporary society through this poem. The poem is simple in language and theme. The poet uses a very simple common image-a beggar, in this case, an old woman, who is found begging outside the horseshoe shrine . In India this is a common sight as common…

Back in the 1930 women were known as second class citizens. They didn’t have the same rights that men had. Doing any other job than being a house wife was really frowned upon. Men would go out and work for the money whilst women would look after the children and clean the home. Also during…

Slaves as defined are groups of people who are owned, manipulated and serve as a property of others or a slaveholder, to the extent that they have almost no privileges and any freedom at all. Slaves are not compensated for their work, aside from clothes, food and shelter required for basic survival. Meanwhile, slavery is…