... As a result of the explosive Industrial Revolution, massive economic growth and the birth of a new middle class in the early part of the nineteenth century, Northern women were experiencing a total reform of society. Nancy Woloch states in Women and the American Experience “middle class Americans had rising incomes, expectations, and living standards” (p.67). The atmosphere was charged with growth and transformation. It was out of this shift in society that the “cult of true womanhood” was born. This idyllic view of women’s appropriate sphere “celebrated the new status of the middle class woman, along with her distinctive vocation, values, and charac ...
... of losing his father along with the burden and obstacles in avenging his murder. Act four places a special emphasis on Hamlet's intelligence. In scene two, Hamlet is very insolent and rude towards Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with such phrases as, That I can keep your counsel and not, mine own. Beside, to be demanded of a sponge, what replication should be made by the son of a king? (IV, ii, 12-14) The reference to the sponge reflects the fact that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are easily ordered by the king and do not have minds of their own. Hamlet does not like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern since they are servants of the Claudius, Hamlet's mortal enemy. The reade ...
... to ascertain which of the two older women is the true antagonist and protagonist, as they both accomplish some unfriendly activities within the story line. As one of Alida's encounters as antagonist, she attempts to harness her jealousy, guilt and vindictive gratification regarding the fact that Grace double-crossed her in love. It seems that Grace feigned an illness one evening in their youthful years, begging off any further activities following a late night sightseeing expedition. What really occurred, which did not escape Alida's knowledge, was the fact that Grace had a rendezvous with Alida's fiancé, Delphin Slade. Alida barely controlled her anger ...
... 53). From the beginning of the novel, society prominently displays its views on marriage. When Mr. Bingly moves to town, Mrs. Bennet immediately entreats her husband to go introduce himself. Mrs. Bennet describes Bingly as “a single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!” (51). Bingly is immediately acceptable due to his money and connections, and Mrs. Bennet is already dreaming that one of her children will marry him. In fact, “the business of her life was to get her daughters married” (53). One of Elizabeth's close friends, Charlotte Lucas, feels “happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of cha ...
... on the scaffold for three hours. Her hair is a glossy brown and her eyes deep-set, and black, her attire is rich, carefully caressing her slender figure. The scaffold is a painful task to bear; the townspeople gathered around to gossip and stare at Hester and her newborn child, whom she suitably named Pearl, named because of her extreme value to her mother. In the disorder of faces in the crowd, young Hester Prynne sees the face of a man she once was fiercely familiar with, whom we later learn is her true husband, Roger Chillingworth. Her subjection to the crowd of Puritan onlookers is excruciating to bear, and Hester holds the child to her heart, a symbol ...
... receive fair wages and have earned the right to work with men. In China, women are assigned the role of housewives and must stay at home to clean the house and raise the children. Women in America receive educations that will prepare them for the high paying jobs of a professional. The women in China are known for taking orders from their husbands. Another feature that is found to be different in China from America is the different roles women take in the home. The author explains that a Chinese woman is expected to be a good wife for her chosen husband. Girls are promised at an early age to a man. The story “The Red Candle” shows an arranged marriage w ...
... gives an individual, morals and control, while science gives an individual the medium under which he can explore the hidden. "Dune" is a fine example that shows the mingling of religion and science and how it affects the individual or society. Religion is the main idea in the book Dune. The author states the different types of religions that come to pass since the beginning of this age. Before the coming of Muad'Dib (a savior), the desert people on the planet of Arrakis practiced a religion whose roots came from an undetermined source. Many scholars have traced the extensive borrowing of this religion from other religions. Many people were confused to f ...
... American Dream and how it had become corrupted by greed andmaterialistic possessions. At the end of Chapter One, Nick catches Gatsby stretching his arms out towards a green light. At the time it is not revealed to us that this is the light at the end of Daisy's dock. he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward--and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. (Fitzgerald 26) Throughout the novel Fitzgerald emphasizes the color green as a promise of hope. Through G ...
... spectacles if not blinders. They are exhilarated at the realization that, “hey, we both like apples dipped in peanut butter.” The little things are far more important than the bigger ones. And sometimes people pretend not to see the obstacles that are in the way from the start of a relationship because they want it to work so badly. “When we are leaving someone we say: how strange you are we cannot communicate we can never agree how hard, hard and weary to be together.” When you are in a relationship that is ending, the smallest thing bothers you about your significant other. You could suddenly decide that the way they sneeze drives you absolutely c ...
... and Dr. Dolittle freed him by talking to his dog who witnessed the whole thing and explained how it was an accident. After that they set off on a voyage to Spider monkey island where he hopes to find Long Arrow, an Indian who is the greatest naturalist of all time. When they arrive at the island they find Long Arrow and nine other Indians in a cave in which they were trapped. Another tribe on the other side of the island wanted to go to war with the peaceful Indians that had taken in the doctor and his crew. Polynesia brought millions of black parrots from South America to fight for the peaceful Indians. The parrots perched on the Indians’ heads and bit pieces f ...
