Students’ reflection on how violently women are treated in one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, Othello, and five well-known novels like Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale or Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple.
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Violence against women has been a major theme in literature from its very start. Let´s illustrate it with examples from different literary periods: The Rape of Lucrece or Othello, by Shakespeare, Alice Walker´s The Colour Purple or the more recent Kiss the Girls and Make them Cry, by Mary Higgins Clark, Margaret Atwood´s The Handmaid´s Tale or Freaky Green Eyes, by Joyce Carol Oates. Continue reading
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