Feminist Criticism - Ananya (1) Sayana (2) Telsha (3) by Ananya Shrestha https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x en-us 2021-05-20 19:29:36 UTC 2025-11-30 23:09:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png Person 1: Why bother viewing literature through the Feminist perspective? Why should we still use it to analyze literature? ashrestha41 https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373578 2021-05-20 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373578 Person 3: Post an image that symbolizes the Feminist perspective. ashrestha41 https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373580 2021-05-20 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373580 Person 3: Feminist Analysis of Passage from Macbeth ashrestha41 https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373583 "My hands are of your color, but I shame / To wear a heart so white... / A little water clears us of this deed" (2.2.82-82-86).

Answer the following:
  • the speaker and the one spoken to (could be himself/herself) 
   Lady Macbeth is talking to Macbeth about how even though she has blood on her hands, she would rather have bloody hands than a weak heart. 
  • the context (what was happening at this point in the play)
  At this point of the play Macbeth has just killed King Duncan and Macbeth is freaking out. This makes Lady Macbeth put water on Macbeths hands to clean them off and take their sins with the blood. 
  • Analyze this passage from the Feminist perspective. 
This passage from a feminist perspective goes against female stereotypes and also contributes to them. The stereotype of men being "brave" and not afraid is flip flopped with Lady Macbeth being the one to get Macbeth to actually kill Duncan without any worry or sympathy, but she also nags Macbeth into doing it which is a common women stereotype.
]]> 2021-05-20 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373583 Person 2: Locate the speaker's main claim and paraphrase this main idea. ashrestha41 https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373586 Women are defining feminism as breaking gender boundaries/stereotypes in Macbeth's era in order to get what they want. ]]> 2021-05-20 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373586 Person 1: What are the 3 most effective pieces of textual evidence paraphrased in your own words? ashrestha41 https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373587 1.  "Lady Macbeth, in moving from nurturing mother to infanticide, represents a shift from the passive 'milky' masculinity she associates with the weak men in the play to a power position which resonates with a sense of maternal love"

2.  "In juggling with the contradictory values of fair and foul, they [the witches] call into question the moral systems and standard upon which this play will operate."

3. "In this world, femininity is not an attribute to be equated with power and, in the murder of Duncan (a king whom Janet Adelman describes as weak and ineffectual), feminine attributes lead to virtual erasure in terms of power politics. Here, there is no place for vulnerability."


]]> 2021-05-20 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373587 Person 2 Questions: ashrestha41 https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373591 1. What constitutes masculinity and femininity in the text?
Masculinity is the male power that overpower any form of power a woman could have. Femininity is the power and the use of traditional gender roles that can benefit a women, for example Lady Macbeth wanted Macbeth killing Duncan.

2.What are the power relationships between men and woman?
One power relationship is that Lady Macbeth has more power towards Macbeth because of her "overpowering feminine influences" when killing Duncan. Another power relationship is men have no power, no real power, against the witches, they have the ultimate power.

]]> 2021-05-20 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373591 Roles ashrestha41 https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373593 Person 1- Ananya
Person 2-  Sayana
Person 3- Telsha]]> 2021-05-20 19:29:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashrestha41/krfu0u9zvctlj59x/wish/1545373593