In class we have been reading “ A Vindication of the Rights of Women ” by Mary Wollstonecraft. I found this reading to be very interesting because it showed how the concept and mindset of feminism started and evolved. In the reading Mary gives many points on why she thinks that women are being mistreated. […]
In class, the story that stuck out the most to me was mary wollstonecraft. The reason is stuck out to me was because it was dealing with the conversation of empowering women and making women more independent. What confused me a little about the reading was that the author thought women being more independent and […]
I really liked the discussion that we had in class about women’s rights and what virtues women should have or already have. I do agree with Mary Wollstonecraft on her views of what virtues women should acquire. Mary said women should have knowledge so they can be an equal partner for men. I believe she […]
This week, we analyzed Mary Wollstonecraft’s letter entitled, “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.” The letter addressed Wollstonecraft’s opinions on women being treated as objects, not being well educated, etc. One thing was brought up during the discussion that I found particularly interesting. In the 1700s, it was thought to be dangerous for women […]
In class this week we read some ballads by Charlotte Smith. Ballads are fourteen line poems that have a rhyme scheme, such as ABAB. We read the ballad “Written in the Church-Yard at Middleton in Sussex” as a class and then my group read “To Fancy”. In this blog post I am going to give […]
In class, we discussed Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography. I learned that Equiano was one of the thousands slaves that were traded during the late 1700s. The story starts as Equiano being a slave in a Virginia plantation. He first mentions “ this gentlemen,whose name was Michael Henry Pascal” (Equiano, 107). Mr.Pascal bought him off his first […]
A lover. That is what he was to her. He was a man who seemed like a breath of fresh air. A man who promised her adventure and a new way of life. With this facade, how was she supposed to know that even shiny, gold things can become deadly? Reading the ballad and understanding […]
As had been mentioned during our latest class discussion as of 01-31-20, the British, or rather a portion of them, did not inherently believe that slavery was good in any way, shape, or form; many Britons had the thought to ask themselves of their standing with regard to the moral quandary that is the profitable […]
This week we went over some British history as well as analyzing two stories written by former slaves Olaudah Equiano and Mary Prince. We first talked about the geographic location of England then went into Medieval England discussing the Roman Empire, the shifting of the English language. We then mentioned works such as Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman […]
In class, we briefly discussed the history of slavery, and the stories of Mary Prince and Olaudah Equiano. These two wrote about their experiences of being slaves. Before I read Olaudah Equiano’s story, I always thought of how negative slavery was and never looked at what it taught America. I decided in this post I […]
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