Hers is a morality tale in its own way, a confession and a moral instruction of what not to do (Hotz 2001:1). Unlike Fantomina, Eloisa's morality tale is self-generated, apparently, and lacks the guiding sense of a moralizing, authorial voice. But even in her own words, Eloisa 'authors' a kind of envisioned public place of worship, repentance, and homage to God that transcends the material she worshipped with Abelard. Perhaps the main contrast between these two, equally self-dramatizing heroines and authors is that the love of Pope's Abelard and Eloisa is eternal, unlike the love of Fantomina. "[Beauplaisir] varied not so much from his Sex as to be able to prolong Desire, to any great Length after Possession: The rifled Charms of Fantomina soon lost their Poinancy, and grew tastless and insipid; and when the Season of the Year inviting the Company to the Bath, she offer'd to accompany him, he made an Excuse to go without her (Hayward 268). The love men feel for Fantomina is transient, and her love cannot endure confinement behind convent walls, rather her confinement ends the story. Eventually learning she was "in a Condition," Fantomina is sent "to a Monastery in France...And thus ended an Intreague, which, considering the Time it lasted, was as full of Variety as any,...
Fantomina is hidden away from the public realm of desire utterly, the ultimate punishment for someone who allowed herself to be corrupted by desire. But Eloisa, too, in her convent lives on, and continues to reflect upon her errors, hidden from the world that corrupted her innocence, and still offering herself as an example of the dangers of love and the failure to obey the correct laws of society rather than her private whims of desire.
Unruly Women of Paris, the historian and author Gay L. Gullickson clarifies a common misperception of history through unfolding a historical narrative and contrasting popular illustrations and images with historical documentation. She makes a contrast between the different images presented in contemporary culture between the behaviors of the women of Paris during the Paris Commune of 1871, and the actual role played by the women of the commune in
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Even more interesting is how Roseanne was treated as if she were somehow an anti-feminist because she wished to push her own agenda on the show, creating conflict with one of the producers. Interestingly enough, Barr observed, "I made the mistake of thinking Marcy was a powerful woman in her own right. I've come to learn that there are none in TV. There aren't powerful men, for that matter,
tales we know to be true. They begin with "once upon a time." They end with "happily ever after." And somewhere in between the prince rescues the damsel in distress. Of course, this is not actually the case. Many fairytales omit these essential words. But few fairytales in the Western tradition indeed fail to have a beautiful, passive maiden rescued by a vibrant man, usually her superior in either social
Unruly Americans In Woody Holton's Unruly Americans, the author endeavors to bring to light many of the as-yet unwritten aspects of the founding of the United States of America. Many men and women have written on the subject. There are films and documentaries and historical records from a plethora of perspectives. For many people, they only meet with the topic of the Founding Fathers in history class. Holton takes up the
Women Police Officers In initial discussion post, briefly summarize readings Kleinig Banks' texts. In addition, initial post discuss journal articles Appendix A. The journal article choose discuss post article chosen week. The post include a question elicit responses peers. Discussion post: Women police officers and the use of coercion According to the article "Women police officers and the use of coercion" (Paoline & Terrill 2005), despite many advances in equalizing the treatment of
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