by Alexis Jennings | Apr 21, 2024 | Literature
Mary Maloney is the protagonist of Roald Dahl’s short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter”. She is introduced as a typical middle-class housewife who is six months pregnant and is devoted to her husband, Patrick Maloney. She is described as a beautiful woman, with soft skin...
by Alexis Jennings | Apr 21, 2024 | Literature
Women have had to fight to get to where they are today. The right to vote, equal wages, the perception of their status in society… all these victories, whether fully achieved or not, have been, and still are today, a struggle. In a hetero-patriarchal society...
by Alexis Jennings | Apr 21, 2024 | Literature
Dee, Mama’s eldest daughter, is a well-educated black woman. In embracing her traditional identity, she changed her name from Dee to Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo (an African name). So, Dee notifies her mother that she has changed her name to Wangero Leewanika...
by Alexis Jennings | Apr 21, 2024 | Literature
When we think of heroes, we tend to associate them with a cape or a mask. This statement has not remained true in both early and modern times throughout history. Odysseus who was King of Ithaca and a hero in Homer’s poem “The Odyssey” was a prime example of an...
by Alexis Jennings | Apr 21, 2024 | Literature
Alice Walker is one of the most popular figures in those days. Her writings mainly concentrate on their lands and the people, especially women. Her writings give energy and awareness of those days. In the 1970s, women have a lot of suppression in their society. Male...
