feminism in the scarlet letter and the thorn birds

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1、毕业论文(设计)FeminisminTheScarletLetterandTheThornBirdsFeminisminTheScarletLetterandTheThornBirds11.Introduction12.DifferencesbetweentheattitudetowomeninPrynne'stimeandMeggie's2time22.1Thesocialcircumstancesofthetwonovels22.2Feministinthecertainsocialcircumstances32.3Differentways

2、ofpresentingfeminismbymaleandfemalewriter43.Similarfeministideasrelatedtothetwoheroines103.1Feminisminlove103.2Resistancetothesociety113.3FeministideasreflectedinPearlandJustine134.Conclusion15References1617毕业论文(设计)1.IntroductionAccordingtoOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-Chine

3、seDictionary,feminismis“beliefintheprinciplethatwomenshouldhavethesamerightandopportunities(legal,political,social,andeconomic,etc)asmen.”(AS,Hornby2002:535)Traditionally,womenweretiedbybondsofloveanddependenceonmen(andsubsequentlytotheirchildren).Alsothetraditionalbeliefwast

4、hatwomenwereinferiortomennotonlyinphysicalpartbutalsoinpsychologicalaspect.Theywereconsideredlackinginconsciousnessofleadingtheirownlives.Feminismcontradictsthesetraditionalbeliefsandemphasizesindividualcharacterandthefemaleconsciousness.“Feministwritershavearguedthatourcultu

5、reandthesocialstructuresbuiltarounditforcekeepingwomentiedintothetraditionalgenderroleandsubordinatetomen.”(GuoyingFu,2002:75)ThisthesisistoexplorehowfeminismimpliedisinTheScarletLetterandTheThornBirds.Regardingtothefeminismthatshowsinthetwonovels,wecanstudythesignificanceoff

6、eminisminmodernliteratureandfiction,whichinfluenceonwomenthatwillbegoodforustosearchamorehighvaluepositionforwomeninthismodernsociety.Fromthetwoheroines,wefigureoutthatwomenalsocanmakeeveryefforttosearchfortheirwantanddrivetheirowndreams.Inaddition,wefemaleshouldnotbescaredby

7、themaledominatedsociety,buttrytoprotectourlibertyandrightsasthetwoheroinesdid.17毕业论文(设计)2.DifferencesbetweentheattitudetowomeninPrynne'stimeandMeggie'stime2.1ThesocialcircumstancesofthetwonovelsFirst,InTheScarletLetter,NathanielHawthornehaddeepbondswithhisPuritanancestorsandc

8、reatedthisstorythatbothhighlightedtheirweaknessesandtheirstrengths.T