400 Years of Shylock: Exploring Emma Smith’s “Was Shylock Jewish?” “Was Shylock Jewish?” is the somewhat misleading title of Dr. Emma Smith’s 2013 article for Shakespeare Quarterly. The essay is an excellent example of new historic criticism laced with formalism that does not actually question Shylock’s ethnicity. Rather, Dr. Smith spends thirty-six pages applying her command of obscure academic terminology to argue that despite, “very little historical and archival basis” negative connotations
Mercedes Wong PHIL 2306 Dr. Cimpean 21 April 2015 Research Essay: Simone de Beauvoir The intellectual capacity of woman has been looked down upon for ages. According to French existentialist philosopher, Simone de Beauvoir, the reality of gender oppression stems from the power men have, “History has shown that men have always held concrete powers, from patriarchy’s earliest times they have deemed it useful to keep woman in a state of dependence… Their codes were set against her…she
that define who one is when one is an occupant of a particular role in society”. The nameless narrator is the protagonist in this novel, he tries to define his identity through different characters, and each “prescribed role” given to him is an inauthentic identity, thus hindering him from exposing his true identity. The invisibility is due to the race of the character as an African American living in a white racist social hierarchy. The significance of placing the novel in 1930s American is that
In this essay I will be researching and reflecting on the effects of a predominantly European/White beauty culture on minorities, specifically African American girls and women in America. Many of these women grow up within a popular culture that promotes cosmetics or fashion images of models that do not look like them or anyone in their communities. For years Black women were encouraged to manipulate their hair to conform or to meet society’s beauty standards. From an early age Black girls are bombarded