Topic > Playing Read more by Emeli Sande - 1224

When I first heard Read more by Emeli Sande, I fell in love. It was a song with intense lyrics and a beautiful piano ballad. Although his song could be interpreted in many ways, I felt it perfectly described my quiet and shy character and who I had a connection with. I listened to it all the time, especially when I was having a terrible day. For me, Emeli Sandé was trying to encourage me to come out of my shell, overcome my fears and leave the world and its problems behind. During the last few weeks I have spent studying Text and Meaning, with all the literary theories learned in this course, Reading all about it is more than just coming out of your shell for the shy. This song, when viewed through a Marxist and feminist lens, speaks a simple truth: there really is injustice in the world. The world has been divided into two, upper (bourgeois and men) and lower (proletariat and women). Looking at my favorite song through these two analytical lenses not only opened my eyes to see the division and injustice in our world, but also made me understand the relationship between these two lenses. However, it is still my favorite text. What is feminism? Feminism cannot be tied to a single definition because not all feminists believe in the same thing, each has their own different beliefs. Feminist literary theory according to Lois Tyson (1999, p. 81) examines the ways in which literature reinforces or weakens the economic, political, social, and psychological oppression of women. This song is about women's inequality. In the first line of the first verse it says 'You have the words to change a nation but you are biting your tongue', this clearly describes patriarchy. Patriarchy is the system… at the center of the paper… and feminist literary theory has one goal: to challenge power structures in a society. I believe there is a relationship between the fight for a classless society and gender equality that is not possible without the other. Inessa Armand, the first leader of the women's department of the 1917 Russian Revolution, said that: "If women's liberation is unthinkable without communism, then communism is unthinkable without women's liberation." This simply means that patriarchy and all its unwanted baggage cannot be eradicated without eradicating and achieving a classless society. Aside from the fact that Emeli Sandé uses images and sweet voice to create a beautiful compilation, she tells us a simple message that, when seen through these two lenses, makes it clearer, she showed me the relationship between the two analytical glasses and it definitely remains my favorite text.