Recipe: Store-bought...but there's a reason!
When I began reading the works of Shakespeare, I had always marveled at the creation of his female characters. When I started researching him, I deciding to ask why? I found out that Shakespeare just might identify with women. In Shakespearean London, women were oppressed and their voices were suppressed. Men had more rights than women. It's that simple. Blue has always been associated with the male gender, and pink has always been associated with the female gender. So on my delicious treats, I decided to put big blue dots on the boy's cupcakes and little pink dots on the girl's. These dots are symbols of the power that each gender held during that time period.
As I was deciding on whether I should bake chocolate or vanilla cupcakes, an idea arose inside of me. Buy them from the store! Though this may be viewed as an act of laziness (it really was not, I promise) the manufactured cupcakes represents the uniform thought of Shakespearean society. Men being better than women was an ideology that was blindly accepted by the public at that time. The uniform make of store-bought cupcakes appeared to me as a perfect parallel to this accepted societal belief.
First of all you won my approval just by bringing in cupcakes, however, I found your reasoning perfect as it addressed your theme better than every other food item brough in (for our class at least). I thought the colorization, pink and blue was quite revealing of your purpose. Throughout our study of literature Shakespeare is of recurring theme, we hear about “Romeo and Juliet” and “Macbeth” there is not any mention of what you addressed in your PowerPoint, thesis and food. This uniqueness really stood out when compared to the masses. I found that shakespear used the character to speak through them differently as for male and female characters and I found it interesting how you drew the power roles into question. Even more amazing is that you were able to pair this with the simple coloration of a mini cupcake. Maybe it’s my sweet tooth talking, maybe not. Thank you for an effective, impactful food item.
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