I think it is interesting that here the term "make love" is used when describing how the men were forcing themselves onto the boatwoman. I think that it speaks on how women were viewed at this time because this wasn't assault or rape, it was referred to as "making love". However, the rest of this story shows how Marguerite and the Heptameron were an example of early feminism. The boatwoman tricked the men into thinking that she was going to oblige, but she really wasn't. Here, she also calls the woman clever and virtuous, and refers to the men as gross and wicked. Men were seen as better in all aspects and more clever than women. Marguerite speaking fondly of women and not of men was not something that was usually done, and was an example of early feminism. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3194487

Within this entire opening, Rabelais is basically saying that the reader should enjoy themselves and not be so serious and judgmental while reading. He is prefacing that he knows that these stories are filled with crude jokes, but that there is a deeper meaning behind them that people are too quick to judge. While reading other sources, I was able to understand more about how Rabelais was relaying deeper meanings in his work. He compares it to a monk, that on the outside they look like they should be respected, but on the inside it's the opposite. He is essentially telling the readers not to judge a book by its cover, or in this case to think beyond just the words he uses. https://itech.fgcu.edu/&/issues/vol2/issue2/rabelais.htm

Here, we see the bravery that the Green Knight possesses, and this could be interpreted in two ways based on how the reader views the Green Knight. If they see him as the "devil" or some kind of evil figure, this could be cockiness because he knows that he will be ok. If he is viewed in a more positive light by the reader, this is an act of courage by the Green Knight. Either way, he is so calm when being threatened that an ax being swung is compared to him being brought a glass of wine because of how small of a reaction he had.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25642113?seq=1

The Green Knight carrying a holly-bough represents peace. Holly is a symbol uses by Christians to celebrate Christmas, and represented that spring would come again. The Green Knight uses this holly to show that he's not there for war and is being peaceful. Green represents life so the holly being Green, as well as everything else being green, symbolizes this.

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In this part of the oath, the women are saying that they will be tempting the men at home, but refusing to have sex with them. While this may seem like another way that Aristophanes is saying that women's main purpose is to stay home and do things for their men, I think that this is another sign of early feminism. Though the women are expected to stay home and essentially just be there for their husbands, they are taking control of their own bodies and basically telling the men that even though they are dressed up, they don't have the right to assume they can just have sex with them. It is a temptation for the men, but the women are the ones in control even if it is just from their homes. Women’s Rights And Feminism In The Play Lysistrata. (2021, September 27). Edubirdie. Retrieved February 4, 2024, from https://edubirdie.com/examples/womens-rights-and-feminism-in-the-play-lysistrata/

Here, Krishna is referring to each one's Dharma and the commitment that they have to complete it. This is Arjuna's, but for everyone they have their own and it is their duty to fulfill it. It is better to complete your own Dharma imperfectly than it is to complete someone else's perfectly. Now that Arjuna is going to complete his, Krishna is trying to tell him that it doesn't have to be perfect. KARMAYOGA OF BHAGAVAD GITA - A PHILOSOPHICAL ANALYSIS Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Lakhimpur Kendriya Mahavidyalaya, Dibrugarh University, North Lakhimpur, Assam, India https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/35421210/10