Week 10/12 DQ

3. Consider the lecture on feminism (if you've read it or plan to; it's supplemental, but should be read if youa re planning at all to use feminism as a lens for your research paper). Do you think the text is feminist in nature? Why? How? Why not? (You will need t provide a clear, working definition of feminism to answer this-- whatever yours is.
I would say no. I would say that this is more on the gender identity or role playing in both stories. If this story revolves more on feminism, I would say that the author would not be very specific on how the male gender and the female gender differs when it comes to their abilities or what their roles are. I would say that, there is an equality in "job distribution". Like for example when the men went outside, they have to go out and use the other room or the barn, which is more "manly" in nature.
Well, at this time in age, both husband and wife should have a partnership going on in the kitchen. I know that some still thinks that the woman's place in the home is to maintain the household. That the man is only to sit and provide. Well, no (for me). Also, when the women solved the crime in the end of the story means that, women are equal to men. The mentality that men are superior than women, I do not think so but it is also reflected early in the story when the author said, "Mr. Hale is already outside waiting". That means to say that men should not be there waiting ahead of a woman? I do not think so, he can wait as long as it takes for her to get ready.
4. The play relies primarily on symbolism and some foreshadowing to develop the plot. Which elements are symbolic? How do you know?
I think the cannary is one of the symbolisms used in the story as well as the quilt. The Cannary is symbolizing Minnie. It is affirmed in Mrs. Hales statement," “come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. Real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and — fluttery.” But the women find the bird dead; strangled, a symbol for Minnie’s squelched liveliness in a drab house. Just as Mr. Wright had clipped his wife’s wings and left her to toil alone in an insufficient kitchen, Mr. Wright killed the bird, “a bird that sang. She used to sing. He killed that too.” The bird once the wings are cut, it defeats its purpose of flying, meaning the bird is worthless in a sense. It is true with Minnie. When her husband leaves her in the house and that means Minnie's husband taking that "life" of Minnie in singing is just like taking part of her. Her happiness is also based in her singing.
Another example would be the quilt. The quilt are suppose to be a compilation of squares sewn together. At first, the quilt was neatly sewn by Minnie, meaning she was happy and content. Later on, the quilt's stitches were not uniformed and she uses a different way of stitching and tying together. Of which made the ladies conclude that it is the same way she is doing it to her husband. She was once happy with her husband then later, she uses the same knot she used on her husband's neck which ties the knot to Minnie's guilt.