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Women's discourse of power in Shakespeare's "Macbeth"

Anwar Elsharkawy

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Description:Scientific Essay from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: M.A, course: Discourse Analysis, language: English, abstract: Women in "Macbeth" (i.e., Lady Macbeth and the Witches) speak a strange language that is very similar to what women seek today. This language can be described as antilanguage: a language by which women can direct, control, and dominate men. This paper introduces a contradictory statement to the current views in discourse analysis, which indicate that women are powerless, trivial, dominated, and sexual objects (Andersen, 1988, Chaika, 1982; Lakoff, 1975) by showing women as powerful, serious, and dominating as men. In doing so, it focuses on the recent views of discourse, power, and women, taking Shakespeare's "Macbeth" as a field of application by analyzing Lady Macbeth's turns of talk.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Women's discourse of power in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". To get started finding Women's discourse of power in Shakespeare's "Macbeth", you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Scientific Essay from the year 2013 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: M.A, course: Discourse Analysis, language: English, abstract: Women in "Macbeth" (i.e., Lady Macbeth and the Witches) speak a strange language that is very similar to what women seek today. This language can be described as antilanguage: a language by which women can direct, control, and dominate men. This paper introduces a contradictory statement to the current views in discourse analysis, which indicate that women are powerless, trivial, dominated, and sexual objects (Andersen, 1988, Chaika, 1982; Lakoff, 1975) by showing women as powerful, serious, and dominating as men. In doing so, it focuses on the recent views of discourse, power, and women, taking Shakespeare's "Macbeth" as a field of application by analyzing Lady Macbeth's turns of talk.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Women's discourse of power in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". To get started finding Women's discourse of power in Shakespeare's "Macbeth", you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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