Define and discuss the Slave Narrative
Answer one of the following questions in this category: narrow and focus your answer and also support your response with examples and/or quotes from the readings. Your post should be between 300 and 350 words to get full credit. Click here to view the Discussion Guidelines. Click here to see the Rubric for the Discussion Post. Click here for some Helpful Hints about posts. Click here to see a Sample Discussion Post. Once you have completed your initial post, read and respond to at least 1 of your peers. Define and discuss the Slave Narrative. Provide examples of the Slave Narrative other than those we’re reading. What are some of the common characteristics of the Slave Narrative? Which of these characteristics does Douglass’s Narrative illustrate? Does Jacobs’s narrative emphasize other characteristics? Explain. Consider the differences in the two slave narratives by Jacobs and Douglass, particularly from a gendered point of view. For example, consider how Douglass achieves freedom and the obstacles he overcomes as a man.[unique_solution] Then consider the obstacles to freedom Jacobs faces, both as a woman and as a mother. What are these differences and why are they important to understanding each individual’s quest for freedom as well as the journey to self-identity? Consider that Jacobs has to use mental acrobatics rather than physical strength. Or you may discuss the search for freedom and identity in only one of the narratives. Be specific. Read the “Role of Women in the Early 19thcentury,” linked to Stanton’s page. Discuss how one of readings by Jacobs, Fuller or Stanton challenges gender roles, including the ideology referred to as the Cult of True Womanhood their writings. Include a full definition of the Cult in your post. After reading Davis’s “Life in the Iron Mills,” consider the conditions of working class people in the mid-19th century. Consider the following questions: What is life in the iron mills like for Davis’s characters? Be specific. What do you think Davis’s purpose is in this story? Does she undercut or critique the American Dream, for example? Narrow and focus. Consider the important symbolism of the Korl Woman, the statue, in “Life in the Iron Mills.” What does she represent? How does the Korl Woman bring meaning to this story? Why is it important that Hugh is an artist? What does Hugh’s death illustrate? Is he a Christ figure, for example? (Consider that Hugh is sacrifices his life as Christ did; this is a metaphor, not a literal Christ figure.) After reading the assigned selections from Stanton and Fuller, discuss EITHER Stanton or Fuller’s arguments for the rights of women. (Remember that the women’s suffrage movement is new and that women will not gain the right to vote for almost another hundred years.) You may also specifically address the arguments that either Stanton or Fuller make for women. Why are these authors important; what are their contributions? In what ways do Bartleby′s ″passive resistance″ and his use of the catch-phrase ″I prefer not to″ reflect Romanticism′s emphasis on the individual and his or her conflict with societal demands?