Warren She was the love of my life and she was whisked away from me like candy before dinner. Mary and I had arrived at the airport and unlocked our car. It was late night in Long Island, New York and the parking lot was practically empty. We started driving home from our honeymoon in the beautiful Bahamas. I had nodded off on the plane and was my brain felt as if it was clogged with molasses. I had married Mary a few months ago and we were both from fairly rich families. We owned a luxurious apartment
orientation. Over the course of her life, Alison Bechdel eventually comes to the realization that she is a lesbian. Interestingly, Alison Bechdel uses this novel to recount her experience of events that helped to shape her personal identity, which resulted in a transformation of the way she sees herself. In the end, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a wonderful narrative that shows its readers the complexity of personal identity, and how things like sexual orientation, love, the values of society, and politics
Explore the way in which Austen presents attitudes to marriage In this essay I will be exploring the way in which Austen presents attitudes to marriage in Part I of Pride and Prejudice. This will put into perspective the societal views of marriage in the Georgian era compared to the twenty-first century. The different attitudes I will include are satirical attitude, marriage for love, marriage for money and class, and marriage for fashion. Austen's satirical perspective through omniscient
Cathy Caruth once said ‘The traumatized, we might say, carry an impossible history within them or they become themselves the symptom of a history that they cannot entirely possess.’ It is true that fictional narratives are not always derived from the personal views or experiences of the author who is writing them. But at times, they can perfectly capture trauma so convincingly that we are almost convinced they are drawing off of first-hand experience. Cathy Caruth, a trauma theorist, has summated
A comparison of song types within the Irish Singing Tradition The singing tradition is a vibrant and essential facet of Irish culture. From lullabies to lays, keens to laments; all combine to generate a truly versatile genre. All of these song types feature several similar traits; they all stem from an oral tradition, all boast a fruitful history in Ireland and all reflect the emotions of the communities in which they were created. Further to it intrigued me to notice that nods to paganism and supernatural
This essay serves as a way to understand the intertextual relationship between Hamlet and Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus, by showing readers the difference between revenge and retribution, as well as what prompts each of these two ideas, the influence of a father figure (or lack thereof) on a son’s moral compass, and the introspection of Hamlet and the Creature in what they are and who they become on their journeys of revenge. On the surface, the ideas of revenge and retribution are one
Introduction This paper presents a case study of a dispute between a worker who has an accident at the workplace and his employer. The paper will critically analyze the argument by following the critical thinking step in an attempt to solve the problem. John Smith, one of the organization’s workers, injured his hand with a machine while attending to his duty at the work place. The accident results into a dispute over who should be held responsible for the accident. Parties, the injured worker and
discussed in this essay so far, the double standards originate from the structure and values of Early Modern English society. The topic of sexuality was also subjected to laws that favoured men and, according to Bernard Capp, “female sexuality was regarded (by men) as a male possession” (70). Leontes’ words reinforce this argument: “Ere I could make thee open thy white hand / And clap thyself my love; then didst thou utter, / “I am yours forever”” (WT, 1.2.104-106). This perspective on love and marriage
weeks readings are related to The Southern Renaissance, Ethnic Writings, The Native American Renaissance, Protest and Counterculture Poetry, Confessional Poets, Latina/Latino Poetry, and Asian American Poetry. Upon reflecting ten questions/quotes in my reading, which are Toni Morrison “Recitatif”; A Confessional Poet, Anne Sexton; Lois Gordon’s quote about Adrienne Rich’s work; Devonney Looser’s question about Sylvia Plath’s Confessional Poems; Jeffery F. L. Partridge’s quote about Li-Young Lee’s
the two story “[refutes] the American assumption that white American males treat their wives better than do Chinese husbands.” In “The Story of One White Woman Who Married a Chinese,” the narrator, a young mother named Minnie, describes a miserable life as the wife of James, a writer with an interest in women’s suffrage. James belittles Minnie’s desire to stay at home with their baby, urging her to model herself on the educated businesswomen of that time: “‘You weren't built for anything but taking