Author Archives: Mallory Carr
She as a Very Dark and Twisted Disney Princess
From when I saw the cover of She until about the third day of reading it, I had high hopes for the female representation in “She.” The powerful woman raising her arms in a commanding fashion, staring at the looker … Continue reading
“Perfect Womanhood” from Rosamond to Hitchcock
After attending the Lackay lecture today, I couldn’t help but see the parallels between what Prof. Mulvey characterized as the “male gaze” in Hitchcock’s film “Vertigo” and the gaze of the narrator in Middlemarch. Prof. Mulvey specifically discussed the contrast … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorothea, gender, Hitchcock, Middlemarch, perfection, Rosamond, womanhood
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Mill, Marx, and Rosanna: Tyranny of the Majority
“Society can and does execute its own mandates: and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle, it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many … Continue reading
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Tagged bourgeoisie, J.S. Mill, Marx, On Liberty, Rosanna Spearman, The Moonstone, tyranny of the majority
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Who is Marx Talking To?
Throughout the Communist Manifesto, it seems that Marx speaks to the proletariat. However, there are a few short passages where Marx switches and talks to some unnamed “you.” The first instance of this, on the bottom of page 23, is … Continue reading
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Tagged bourgeoisie, Communist Manifesto, Marx, point of view, private property, proletariat
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