Copy of Mahi
Speaker 1 00:00
No must say i'm agony appearing for the november 2022 examinations. My ioc today is
centered around the global issue of gender inequality as well as examining the way
patriarchy has been normalized by society. But in men at a position of superiority
over women, further characterizing women as mere instruments and a desire of men
throughout medusa by caroline duffy and no exit by sean paul sartre. Women are
portrayed as domestic creatures that relies solely on the attention and approval of
men for their survival. In addition, these authors have pointed out that women are
objectified and their only characteristic. Is there extreme dependency towards men
for validation? Throughout their whole lives? Women have had to immense opinions
against their own self worth and importance.
The myth of medusa was reconstructed by caroline duffy, whose sub supports the
gender imbalance and is included in the collection, the world's wife in these
poems, medusa. In these poems that includes medusa, duffy affirms the idea of
patriarchy in a way that women become waggles through which men gain power. This
poem is an attempt to reconstruct and redistribute the power in old stories and
myths. If I men by giving the female persona medusa, a voice that will help her
express herself and her feelings and be liberated instead of being confined and
labeled by society like she has been till now. In this way, defeat enables the
readers to understand how women are forced to bear the consequences of men's
actions and how they are pressurized to suffer, pressurized to suffer and live up
to the societal standards of beauty physically.
And in terms of their behavior. In this entire poor medusa, if he emphasizes the
reaction of an insecure woman, who is frightened that the men in her life do not
love her and she isn't pretty enough for them. I know you will betray me is an
excellent example that shows that our society has normalized objective occasion to
win to an extent that women are expecting betrayal when they're no longer
physically attractive.
Furthermore, by presenting medusa as a stereotype by using the words jealous and
suspicious, the poet is trying to show how her life is dominated by men and how
their actions are increasingly turning her into someone who is hostile even to
herself as deduced by the readers.
The misogynist, this one of the misogynist attitude here is well expressed in the
ascendant, a suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy that leads the readers to graphically
presume the paranoia of poseidon leaving on this woman as communicated in the
lines, beautiful, fragrant, and young. It is shown how women are objectified. And
they are only taken into account for their physical, for the physical appearance,
reflecting their social conditioning. It is also expressed in the poem that if men
want women to remain faithful to them, they have to live up to the these
expectations. However, this entire idea is juxtapose in the play by using the words
sour and stink to to express medusa situation. Furthermore, it is as if even though
a man is at fault, a woman is strongly encouraged to find fault with herself as
she's the one who drove the man to adultery.
Duffy further highlights how even with the muffed powers, medusa still yawns for
the preconceived notion of beauty and softness. Throughout the structure, defeat
attempts to invoke the idea that medusa is broken. Majorly through the rhythm and
rhyme of the poem. Broken and incomplete sentences are used throughout the poem,
such as stared at a dragon. Shorter sentences have also been used, implying.
Shorter sentences have also been used such as being terrified to exhibit how
unstable and damaged medium size.
Furthermore, the absence of the rhythm and rhyme in the poem explains how the man
leaving medusa is life has left a big impact on her. How him leaving has left a big
impact on her life. Having to leave having to seek approval from society has broken
medusa so much internally that she is unable to give opinions even when she is to
herself. This is indicated by the format of the entire poem being a monologue
supported by the evidence of the use of the pronoun I throughout the entire poem.
This global issue is further highlighted when the phrase my own is instantly
contradicted with the preposition, but showing that a woman will never have as much
power over a man as a man has over a woman.
Carolyn duffy reiterates masculine superiority and power over a woman, power over a
woman by using the words god and perfect to ex to explain to describe poseidon.
Poseidon perfect personality is juxtaposed by the person of by the female female
persona medusa vulnerability. It reals, it bestows the readers to real at the
injustice of medusa, injustice of medusa, although she has channelized her anger
and despair into such a wave of powerful, significant anger. This further explains
to the reader that men can do anything they want due to the power they hold over
women. Furthermore, by these street ties, presented in a poetic form, duffy has
connoted, the power of medusa exponentially increasing every single day. This is
evidence by the size of the objects that she turns into stone, starting with a bee,
progressing into a cat, then to a bird and finally into a dragon.
Look at me now is used in the end of the poem showing that medusa has power and
ability have been heightened tenfold. The poet works in this inevitable fashion to
redistribute power to give the female persona equal if not more power. As a result,
the poor judges medusa capable enough to turn poseidon into stone, thereby dares
him to gaze at her. Inequality is redefined and presented in a different way by
jean paul sartre in no exit. He has presented to distinctly distinctively to
strikingly distinctive women, estelle and ns estelle is portrayed as a character
who seeks attention and validation in men, whereas in as is presented as a
character who seeks validation from herself by causing by suppressing men.
In no exit, estelle is introduced as a character. In no exit. Sartre has introduced
the character of estelle to have identified herself as a feminine seductors. That
identity is so powerful, that anything else creates an existential crisis within
herself. Throughout the text, it is shown that anything or anyone who doesn't
resemble and agree with her idea about herself, she rejects with a lot of
aggression, whether it be the idea of motherhood expressed in the lines, but the
baby came worst luck or the idea of nurturing love implied by the lines. I hated
him, then. Her identity and her existence is so narrowed by her life experiences
that she doesn't allow for anything else.
Therefore, to maintain this role of a feminine seductors, she seeks visual
validation and develops the notion over time that the visual stimulus is the only
stimulus that mail around her, males around her respond to. Hence, as a
consequence, she appears obsessed with physical beauty and sees that being
reflected in the mirror. This is featured repeatedly in the lines, any sort of
glass, a pocket mirror will do. Furthermore, as she has received reinforcement
about her physicality, only she feels that she has nothing intellectual or
emotional to offer to a man. Furthermore, furthermore, this gives the reader a
taste of inequality representing that a woman's life experiences result in the fact
that they fit themselves in a narrow box and do not conceive into being anything
more than the box suggests that they are.
Similarly in as is exhibited as a strong feminist character was shown to be
existing for the sole purpose of restoring a woman's attention to her. As she
believes that if a woman pays attention to a man, then her right to equal attention
is being violated. Thus, instead of celebrating the attention that she received
from her cousin's wife, she celebrates the emotional trauma that her cousin must
undergo after she's able to win his wife's attention. According to innes, men don't
deserve the attention of women. And this is a philosophy. Philosophy of look at
every heterosexual relationship from the outsiders perspective. This is sensed in
the indifference of the tone and language that she uses with estelle and carson.
Estelle. She uses the phrase or poor child versus with garrison. She uses the
phrase you brute, clearly marking her distinction of hatred towards all men. Innes
represents the more opinionated side of women who are sick and tired of the
constant patriarchy and are taking active steps to stop it from being prevalent and
dictating the way women should be living their lives.
Duffy and sartre have both shown their versions of prevalence of patriarchy in the
society and the unrealistic expectations that have been placed for women. Duffy
shows that duffy shows how medusa feels that she isn't enough for her husband, and
she deserves being betrayed because she is no longer physically attractive. Sartre
shows the other two sides of the coin for the first side of innes, showing how
women seek that. Estelle, how women seek validation from men and derive their
happiness from that solely. Whereas, in essence, character shows a strong hatred
towards men.
Although there might be a slight change visible in the women's characters between
both these texts when looking at it as a whole women yet, women till today's date
haven't been enough given enough rights and privileges. It sheds light on the issue
that it shed light, it sheds light on the idea that this issue is still prominent.
Consequently, making inequality a timeless issue. The fact that both these texts
have been published with a large time gap between them 1944 and 1999 and medusa
being amid. Even older further proves how inequality between the genders is still a
major problem. It exhibits how regardless of which civilization you are, part of
this disparity and unequal distribution of power has been the same. Thank you.
Speaker 2 10:32
my head. How does the usage of diction drive issues of patriarchy in the text of
your choice?
Speaker 1 10:38
In medusa, duffy has used the plural form of the word girl as girls. This shows
that the society is so ironic and infidelity is normalized for men, whereas women
are expected to be loyal and faithful to the men, their whole life. The word your
is dis is used to describe girls. In this circumstance is used less as a pronoun
and more as a descriptive word, showing how women are properties of men. Whereas
for men, the word greek god and perfect men are used showing that women themselves
place men at a position of superiority, giving them the option of walking out and
leaving them at any given point of time.
Furthermore, women usually seek for validation for men to show that they are worthy
of their time and attention.
Speaker 2 11:24
Rightly, but how does the form of the drama, no exit play an important role in
showing that the distribution of power and rights between both agendas is done.
Speaker 1 11:32
The stereotypical idea of women speaking less and more softly while having little
to no opinions is represented and addressed through the form of this literary work.
When looking at the size of the dialogues for all the characters in as garson
estelle and the structure of said lines, the reader can infer that innes and
garcense lines are longer and include more opinionated pieces, such as monologues.
Whereas estelle dialogues include one or two liners, which has almost no opinions.
When digging deeper, the common thread between the characters of innes and garson
is their masculinity, implying to the readers that the only people allowed to and
appreciated for having a voice.
And having opinions are those who aren't feminine. This compels the readers into
looking at the harsh reality of society and look at the equal rights given to men
over women.
Speaker 2 12:24
Although both the techs have a strong and heavy feminine focal ., how are the men
presented in these two texts? Both that is medusa and no, except。
Speaker 1 12:33
in my opinion, both the men and men in both the text have been represented in two
different lights in medusa.
The male poseidon has been represented as a classic male who does not express any
emotions and is called towards all the women in his life and and assumes this sort
of superiority over her and feels like she. He owns the woman and although he was
at fault, he was the one who was in a polygamous relationship. He never took the
blame for whatever was his fault, whereas in no exit garcin is in touch with both
his emotional and his cognitive side in the beginning when he enters hell. He's
shown to have a lot of ego and a lot of pride when he says that he's not a coward
and he's presented as a male who is very strong. However, as the play progresses,
he is shown as someone who regrets his actions and understands the importance of
innocence character and the importance of men as well as women and in the society.
Yes.
Speaker 2 13:38
Very well explained. Thank you, maggie. That is good.
