The Laugh Of The Medusa Analysis

Throughout the history, women were considered below men. Then it led to believe that only men can write but not women. However, women managed to enter literature world like men did. However, most people believed that only writing style that exists in literature is men’s style not feminine. Almost to the point, people believed that there is no feminine style of writing. Helene Cixous is a writer of The Laugh of The Medusa. This book is about women’s writing from Cixous’s view and explanation of feminine writing. Cixous believed women should write their own style in order to break and destroy male dominated society.
Cixous supported the idea of feminine style of writing. Also, key theme of The Laugh of The Medusa is about breaking rule of writing. Cixious said, “what I say has at least two sides and two aims: to break up, to destroy; and to foresee the unforeseeable, to project.” (Cixous, 27) This showed what kind of view that Cixous had. She believed that feminine writing is about breaking rules that was existed in

Cixous believed that writing is a powerful tool that women could possess in order to destroy oppression that women faced. Also, she was strongly expressed that writing is the way to set women free from oppression. Cixous says, “Writing is for you, you are for you. I know why you haven’t written. Because writing is at once too high too great, too great for you, it’s reserved for great men.” (Cixous, 29) This showed that what kind of view that Cixous had about women’s writing. Cixous saw women didn’t realized what kind of power that writing has. Cixous considered writing as unstoppable tool that women could have. Cixous mentions, “Write, let no one hold you back, let nothing stops you: not man.” (Cixous, 29) This passage showed Cixous thinks writing is one way to destroy any kind of oppression and obstacle that women