Comparison of A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft and In the Grass by Annette Elisabeth Doste-Hülshoff Essay

Mary Wollstonecraft is a well known literature author in the Enlightenment period of the 18th century, she tried to change the prospective of the society about women and succeeded to change the view of society towards women, while Annette Elisabeth who is also well known for her literary works and has was prominent in the Romanism period, the first half of the 18th century. Accomplishments and life of Mary Wollstonecraft & Annette Elisabeth Doste-Hulshoff Mary Wollstonecraft is one of the most prominent and earliest female philosopher, her works were also among the earliest forms of feminist philosophy. Ms. Mary Wollstonecraft was known as the â€Å"hyena in petticoats†(a vindication 1) just because she object the society’s image of women, she said that the conduct book given out to women do not educate the women, it just made them silly and vain. Her literary work entitled A Vindication of the Rights of Women earned her the title of being the â€Å"mother of modern feminism,† her work is also responsible for the â€Å"Declaration of the Rights of Woman. † Although she was a premature baby, Ms. Annette Elisabeth Doste-Hulshoff does not have pre-mature literature, her execution in poetry is highly notable and she is considered to be one of the most unique writers in her time and remained the most honored women poet of the century. Her poetry is still respected till this day and her literary works remains strong and still have a unique point of view. Comparison of A Vindication of the Rights of Women and In the Grass A Vindication of the Rights of Women’s clear intention is to empower the women and give the women the same rights the society gives men, while the poem In the Grass speaks in the romantic side of things. While A Vindication of the Rights of Women is planting encouragements on society to see men and women equal, In the Grass author is harvesting the plants; she was allowed to study and is exceptionally knowledgeable in music and natural history. Just like the Wollstonecraft, Doste-Hulshoff has also experience being under minded, in her poem In the Grass, she wrote â€Å"sweetly laughter flutters down,/dear voice murmurs, and trickles/down like linden blooms onto a grave† (Doste-Hulshoff lines 6-8 p65). In the lines, she is stating that they, the society, murmur and laugh at her capabilities, their insults trickles down into the grave or rather drips deep into her, while in the literary work of Wollstonecraft, she made it clear that society is also undermining not herself, but all the women, that because the women in her time is only allowed to tend to their husbands and the girls to play with dolls and attend to their mother, they grow up copying them and acting the same way and not giving them the freedom to think for themselves and act like an independent individual she was meant to be, â€Å"she will imitate her mother or aunts and amuse herself by adorning her lifeless doll† (Wollstonecraft 666). After Wollstonecraft has planted all the seeds to ensure that women will be allowed to have the same rights as men have and died, is the birth of another strong bodied woman named Annette Elisabeth Doste-Hulshoff reaped most of what Wollstonecraft has planted. Although Wollstonecraft has succeeded in changing the society’s mind of giving women a chance to have equal rights, some people still resist the idea, although Doste-Hulshoff became a powerful poet, she was still undermined because of her gender; but despite of their critics and they have both prove the world through their literature that women should not be undermined. Works cited Doste-Hulshoff, Annette Elisabeth. In the Grass in Name of book. Publication Location: Publication. (year printed). Print. Wollstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Women in Name of book. Publication Location: Publication. (year printed). Print.