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- 20191: Gender In As You Like It
- Many characters undergo a change in William Shakespeare’s play, As You Like It. Duke Senior goes from being a member of a court to being a member of a forest. Orlando changes from a bitter younger brother to a love-sick young man ... Rosalind. Her change from woman to man, not only alters her mood, candor, and gender, but allows her to be the master of ceremonies. Celia and Rosalind are fairly happy in the court of Celia’s father, Duke Frederick. However, much to her surprise, the Duke banishes Rosalind from his court. Celia, not allowing her beloved cousin to "go it alone", decides to accompany her to where ever she may roam. They decide to search out Rosalind’s father, Duke Senior, in the forest of Arden. Before they depart, Rosalind decides that for both her and Celia’s safety, she will dress herself as a man, saying, "Were it not better, Because ...
- 20192: Literary Analysis of To Kill a Mockingbird
- ... was disriminated against the most. For instince the many times Scout was told her father defened niggers, and was a nigger lover. One of these times would be when Francais states, “I guess it ain't your fault if Uncle Atticus is nigger lover”(83). And although Scout didn't truly know the meanings of these statements seemingly rooted into the core of many Maycomb populants, she did sense that they were not statements of reverement. Another type of prejudice in the book would be ... and men should act, dress, and what they can and cannot do. A good example of this being the many times Mrs. Dubose made statements like, “What are you doing in overalls. If you don't start acting proper you will end up serving tables”(101). What I would consider to be vast majority of this sexism was aimed at women and girls. They were constantly told what was proper ...
- 20193: The Taming Of The Shrew
- The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare is probably one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies. Its plot is derived from the popular 'war of the sexes' theme in which males and females are pitted against one another for dominance in marriage. The play begins with an induction in ... to ensure Katherine is married, Baptista disallows Bianca to be espoused until Katherine is wed, forcing the many suitors to Bianca to find a mate for Katherine in order for them to vie for Bianca's love. Many critics of the play condemn it for the blatant sexist attitude it has toward women but closer examination of the play and the intricacies of its structure reveal that it is not merely ... her outwardly conforming to the norms of society, this is in action only, not in mind. Although she assumes the role of the obedient wife, inwardly she still retains her assertiveness. Most of the play's humour comes from the way in which characters create false realities by disguising themselves as other people, a device first introduced in the induction. Initially this is accomplished by having Christopher Sly believe he ...
- 20194: The Taming Of The Shrew - Anal
- The Taming Of The Shrew by William Shakespeare is probably one of Shakespeare's earliest comedies. Its plot is derived from the popular 'war of the sexes' theme in which males and females are pitted against one another for dominance in marriage. The play begins with an induction in ... to ensure Katherine is married, Baptista disallows Bianca to be espoused until Katherine is wed, forcing the many suitors to Bianca to find a mate for Katherine in order for them to vie for Bianca's love. Many critics of the play condemn it for the blatant sexist attitude it has toward women but closer examination of the play and the intricacies of its structure reveal that it is not merely ... her outwardly conforming to the norms of society, this is in action only, not in mind. Although she assumes the role of the obedient wife, inwardly she still retains her assertiveness. Most of the play's humour comes from the way in which characters create false realities by disguising themselves as other people, a device first introduced in the induction. Initially this is accomplished by having Christopher Sly believe he ...
- 20195: Madame Bovary: The Origin of Emma And Nora
- ... masterpiece Madame Bovary was released, he was arrested on the grounds that his novel was morally and religiously offensive to the public, despite the fact that it was a bestseller. Also Henrik Ibsens “A Doll's House” was such a slap in the face to many Europeans that it was banned in some countries and revised in Germany so that it had a happy ending. Some people in Norway even attributed ... named Elisa Schlesinger. His personal attitudes about love are portrayed through Emma. After his divorce, he entered into a relationship with the poet Louise Colet that was mainly based on letter writing, just as Emma's affairs with Rodolphe and Leon rely heavily on letter writing. In fact, Flaubert and Colet only saw each other six times in their first two years. This relationship with Miss Colet shows clearly the fact ... that Gustave Flaubert, like Emma Bovary, liked the idea of having a lover more than actually having one. In 1844, Flaubert started to develop a nervous disorder that forced him to retire to his family's estate. As Flaubert returned to his provincial lifestyle, he realized how boring it was. It was this boredom and isolation that shined through in Emma Bovary, who was created not only as a representation ...
- 20196: Ballad Of Birmingham
- Dudley Randall's Ballad of Birmingham Dudley Randall's Ballad of Birmingham gives a poetic account of the bombing of a Birmingham church in 1963. The poem was written in ballad form to convey the mood of the mother to her daughter. The author also gives a graphic account of what the 1960's were like. Irony played a part also in the ballad showing the church as the warzone and the freedom march as the safer place to be. Writing the poem in ballad form gave a ...
- 20197: Hasan BUZZ
- ... a fleet car could be kept to a minimum. Having completed this investigation I will then make a recommendation to Lee on how this could be achieved. Lee is the fleet manager of Three C’s trading Company, whom maintains a fleet of cars for its executives. Part of her job is to allocate the cars as efficiently as possible so the cost to the company is at a minimum. The ... car. There fore generally the cost is related to the average speed with which the car will be driven. -Assumptions When talking about a car, the car in question is one of the Three C’s Trading Company’s fleet cars that Lee is responsible for The hourly cost of running a car, , is modelled by is the variable that represents the average speed of a journey in terms of km/h is ...
- 20198: The Andromeda Strain: Summary
- The Andromeda Strain: Summary The book I read was Michael Crichton's Andromeda Strain. It is a science fiction story about an outbreak of a deadly airborne virus. The virus came from an experimental satellite named Scoop VII. The satellite landed in a small town in northwestern ... virus and to search for the living man they had seen in the flyby photos. Upon arriving they search through the houses until they found Scoop VII. It had been pried open by the town's doctor. They quickly slipped it in to a bag, hoping the virus was still intact. As they walked around, they observed hundreds of strange forms of suicide and death. Some people hung, drown, shot, and ... being careful not to cut their airtight suits. With the scalpel Stone cut open a man lying on the street. All of his blood was hard, clotted solid. Then out of the corner of Stone's eye an old man appeared and stumbled. They quickly found him and took him back to where the helicopter was hovering high above the town. As they walked back Burton heard crying and rushed ...
- 20199: New Ending Of Romeo And Juliet
- New Ending Act V, Scene III Verona. A churchyard; the monument of the Capulets. Enter Romeo and Paris. Paris This is that banished haughty Montague, That murdered my love’s cousin, with which grief It is supposed that fair creature died, And here is come to do some villainous shame To the dead bodies. I will apprehend him. Stop thy unhallowed toil vile Montague. Can ... with my love tonight, Put not another sin upon my head By urging me to fury. O be gone For I shall know not what I do but rather do what I must A madman’s mercy bid thee, run away. Paris I defy thee! For thou hast done my love great injustice. Romeo Her love is mine! Your love she shall never be! [they fight] [Paris is slain] Romeo Forgive ... them be none other than Prince. I bid thee, flee from this place of death For this godforsaken city bring thee no justice nor righteousness, Fashioned were the walls of Verona to house the devil’s minions And that it does. And so begone or thou shalt meet thy fate! Juliet Dear Friar the lord himself be in you So good a man deserve not be in such a place ...
- 20200: Hamlet, Contrast Between Hamle
- He was great man and prince, with great potential and virtue. Another person whose virtue parallels that of Hamlet was Laertes, the son one of the Courtiers in Claudious’s court. Both of these men also share the trait of impulsiveness, achieving spontaneous reactions when angered. In Laertes this revealed in his return to Ellisenore after his father’s death. He returns with fire in his veins and revenge seething from his breath ready to kill the king. “To Hell, Allegiance! Vows, to blackest devil!”. In Hamlet this is seen in his rash reaction ... virtue which he considers to be at threat by Hamlet, ”But you must fear, his greatness weighed, his will is not his own”. With Hamlet it can be clearly seen in the scene of Ophelia’s funeral where he declares his love for her and his distress of the departure of her soul, “forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make my sum!”. Just before this ...
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