Compare and contrast the ways that early women writers fly in the face of conventionality or risk their status and even lives to challenge status quo. Choose three women writers from before 1700s (up to p. 123 in your text) to demonstrate the ways these early writers blazed a trail for later independence. Set them into their context culturally speaking and demonstrate the conditions under which they were operating. How do these women view themselves? How are they viewed by those around them? Be sure to build your argument using specific quotes from the primary text. Try not to rely on your editors, Gilbert and Gubar, except for factual information and in such cases, cite them using MLA8
Compare and contrast the ways that early women writers fly in the face of conventionality or risk their status and even lives to challenge status quo.
