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Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes. A literary dialogue. Jonathan Swift. “The Lady’s Dressing Room” (1732) (pp.307-309). http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obr%C3%A1zok:Jonathan_swift.jpg. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

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Battle of the Sexes

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  1. Battle of the Sexes • A literary dialogue

  2. Jonathan Swift • “The Lady’s Dressing Room” (1732) (pp.307-309) http://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obr%C3%A1zok:Jonathan_swift.jpg

  3. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu • “The Reasons that Induced Dr. S. to Write a Poem called The Lady’s Dressing Room” (1734) (pp.488-489) http://worldroots.com/brigitte/gifs18/marywortleymontague.jpg

  4. Discussion Questions • What happens in Jonathan Swift's "The Lady's Dressing Room"? http://www.ascasonline.org/ARTICOLOTOILETING.html

  5. What happens in Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's "The Reasons That Induced Dr. Swift to Write a Poem Called the Lady's Dressing Room"? http://www.ascasonline.org/ARTICOLOTOILETING.html

  6. What genre is "The Lady's Dressing Room"? Why? • What genre is "The Reasons That Induced Dr. Swift ..."? Why? http://www.ascasonline.org/ARTICOLOTOILETING.html

  7. How does Swift use language? http://www.blastmilk.com/images/ginlane/after.jpg

  8. How does Montagu use language? http://www.blastmilk.com/images/ginlane/before.jpg

  9. Is Swift a misogynist (a woman–hater) or a misanthrope (a hater of humanity)? Or neither? http://www.bullworks.net/virtual/boudoir/boudoir.htm

  10. How does Lady Mary seem to have answered the question? http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eudr/ho_C.I.64.14.htm

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