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5 pages in length. Women are portrayed as hostile and shrewd in both the story of Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" and the movie "Five Easy Pieces," an assertion that is tantamount to patriarchal control. Inasmuch as Dame Van Winkle represents a cultural villain, one might be more inclined to side with the hero as he diligently toils to escape such oppressive social chains. As well, Robert -- the protagonist in "Five Easy Pieces" -- attempts to paint the same negative portrait of his pesky companion, Rayette, when all she wants is the respect and understanding that comes from carrying his child. The writer discusses that these female characters are portrayed as hostile and shrewd in their intent to achieve their primary objectives speaks volumes about the manner by which male dominance bleeds through past and present literary structure. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the movie Five Easy Pieces, an assertion that is tantamount to patriarchal control. Inasmuch as Dame Van Winkle represents a cultural villain (Irving PG), one might be more inclined
to side with the hero as he diligently toils to escape such oppressive social chains. As well, Robert -- the protagonist in Five Easy Pieces -- attempts to paint
the same negative portrait of his pesky companion, Rayette, when all she wants is the respect and understanding that comes from carrying his child. That these female characters are
portrayed as hostile and shrewd in their intent to achieve their primary objectives speaks volumes about the manner by which male dominance bleeds through past and present literary structure.
Judith Fetterly addresses somewhat obscure pretense of female rogues in popular literature by assessing the content against feminist principles. According to Fetterly, American
literature written by men "insists on its universality at the same time that it defines that universality in specifically male terms by demonstrating the somewhat obscured implications of feminism" (Fetterly
PG). The author implies that the impressions of women in American literature represent the same hostility and shrewdness found in these female characters actually reflects that of their male
counterparts instead. By transposing these characteristics from male to female, the male character is given the opportunity to elicit a sense of pity and compassion from the misled audience.
"The woman who reads such literature must learn to resist the temptation to identify with the hero against women" (Fetterly PG). To
say that women like Dame Van Winkle and Rayette have had to fight for their existence within the literary world would be a gross understatement. Indeed, the road to
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