Maris Smith - ENG2010

 Margaret Cavendish - The Convent of Pleasure " Facil: But nothing is difficult to Willing-minds. Adviser: My min is willing; but my Reason tells me, It is impossible; wherefore, I'le never go about it.  Take Pleasure: Faith, let us resolve to put our selves in Womens apparel, and so by that means get into the Convent .  Adviser: We shall be discover'd. Take Pleasure: Who will discover Us? Adviser: We shall discover our Selves.  Take Pleasure: We are not such fools as to betray our Selves." (Cavendish, 108) White Chicks (2004) White Chicks Scene I chose this specific scene in White Chicks because I could not stop thinking about this movie while reading this scene. While in The Convent of Pleasure  and White Chicks  men are dressing as women for different reasons, they all are doing it for personal gain. I couldn't help but wonder why this is an ongoing trope across literature and film. From reading this play combined with my knowledge of Shakespeare plays,...

 Marie de France - Lanval "They were about to give their judgment when through the city came riding a girl on horseback: there was none more beautiful in the world. She rode a white palfrey, who carried her handsomely and smoothly: he was well apportioned in the neck and head, no finer beast in the world. The palfrey’s trappings were rich; under heaven there was no count or king who could have afforded them all without selling or mortgaging lands. She was dressed in this fashion: in a white linen shift that revealed both her sides since the lacing was along the side. Her body was elegant, her hips slim, her neck whiter than snow on a branch, her eyes bright, her face white, a beautiful mouth, a well-set nose, dark eyebrows and an elegant forehead, her hair curly and rather blond; golden wire does not shine like her hair in the light. Her cloak, which she had wrapped around her, was dark purple." (546-571) Beauty Standards Over Time: https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/07/health/body-...