Examine the contrast between the speaker in Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman” and the girl-2child in Piercy’s “Barbie Doll,” in terms of who has power over the female figure’s self-image.

Write a clear, well-developed, precise essay of 550-750 words (no more and no less, not including citations) on one of the following topics. Note that you are required to incorporate in a meaningful manner one research resource in your paper.

1. Explore the tension between two different types of, and ideas about, masculinity, in Edward Whitelock’s “Future Connected By” and the concept of femininity in Browning’s Sonnet 43.

2. Examine the contrast between the speaker in Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman” and the girl-2child in Piercy’s “Barbie Doll,” in terms of who has power over the female figure’s self-image.

3. Explore the tension between three different types of, and ideas about, femininity in Mirikitani’s “Breaking Tradition.”

4. Discuss the modern depiction of ‘love’ in Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.

***Make sure that you incorporate a research resource meaningfully in your essay. Cite both the poem(s) and the ressearch material using the MLA format.

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