ENGL 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Mary Wollstonecraft, Feminazi, Anna Laetitia Barbauld
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Mary wollstonecraft: a vindication of the rights of woman. Familial: religious foundation for equality, individualism. Happiness cannot be determined by men for women: patriarchy. Challenging male rule: church, family, political system. Makes the writer think about their role: uncensored. Claimed in the intro to be unpolished": appeal to pathos. Create fear/shame in men: historical allusion. To french revolution: appeal to logos. Headnote v. vindication: acted without reason for love, advocated for reason thinking. Her writing style: more age of reason". Masculine women: masculinity is connected to virtue. Manly virtues= human virtue: men are threatened by masculine women. She is advocating for women with masculine virtues: similar to the fear of the feminazi". The ideal of love: promotes friendship not lust, promote fraternity, love for her sister and her friend, shaped by her father and brother-in-law. The rights of woman was written in a response wollstonecraft. Rst 6 stanzas written in verbal irony: stated meaning is not your intended meaning.
