Ironically, it was this passion of painting that led to her passion (suffering) surrounding her rape. A man named Agostino, who worked with her father, raped her. He was supposed to be teaching her technique and brush strokes but instead, he selfishly took advantage of an eighteen-year-old girl who would never be the same. Agostino was sent to trial but really it was Artemisia who was being punished and interrogated. She endured immense humiliation in the courtroom while her father just stood by and witnessed everything.
Edmonia Lewis and her brother became orphaned at the age of ten. Edmonia original name was Wildfire and her brother name was Sunrise. When their two aunts adopted and took them to northern New York, that’s when their name changed to Edmonia Lewis and Samuel W. Lewis. A bright education for her future, Edmonia went to prep school and Oberlin College in 1859. Not being able to finish College because of two white girls accused her of poisoning them and was not able to finish her last year.
Miranda forces her will upon Caliban, boisterously teaching “each hour/ One thing or other” to her obviously unwilling student, who wishes upon her “red plague” for making him learn her language (121). His attempted rape is no doubt caused by his own evil desires, but it is also indirectly provoked by Miranda, who although has “taught (him) language”, but his only “profit on’t / is (that he) know how to curse” (121). Hence, Caliban’s attempt “to violate (her) honour” can be rationally seen as an attempt to reverse the power dynamics – for rape is the most obvious physical manifestation of one’s urge to exert power
In Measure for Measure, a leader corrupts the legal system for his own benefit. Vienna is being lead by Angelo, a name reflecting 'bad angel', and the city has been outraged due to his corrupt ways. The play is based around the court case of Claudio and the injustice delivered to him by the corrupt leader for a crime that some would consider being trivial. Claudio had made love to his fiancée prior to their marriage. At this time in Vienna, this was a crime punishable by death and Angelo was quick to pounce on this fact, sending Claudio to gaol and sentencing him to death.
The Duke and King tried scamming the Wilks family who had suffered the loss of Peter Wilks. The Duke and King used the death to their advantage and tried to ruin a family with 3 young girls. The Duke and King doing this highly immoral scam showed them as a negative influence for Huck. In addition to scamming the Wilks family, the Duke and King lie throughout the whole story. Initially lying about their identities, followed by all the scams the Duke and
Chanel's family grew with a sister Antoinette and brothers Alphonse, Lucien and Augustin who died as an infant. Four years after the death of Augustin in 1891 Chanel's mother passed away. Chanel's father left the children with various family and in orphanages. 12 year old Cahnel was left in the orphanage of the Catholic monastery of Aubazine. There she learned to sew and Chanel spent school vacations with realtives learning to sew with more style than what was thought by the nuns in the monastery.
She played an important part in trying to save Sparta and was as much a hero as her husband, Leonidas I. In one of the scenes, Theron, a corrupt politician, raped Queen Gorgo and tried to blackmail her in his role in persuading the Spartan council to send help to Leonidas. After she refused, Theron betrayed her in front of the entire council by accusing her of committing adultery. In an outrage, Queen Gorgo kills Theron and when her dagger pierced his purse, gold coin out and revealed his traitorous side. That prompted the council to side with the Spartans against the Persians, which solidified Queen’s Gorgo heroic role in helping save Sparta as much as her husband.
With all of that going on she still tried to keep her budding romance with the butcher’s son alive. It seemed as though the only person she could relate to was Vermeer which caused further tension in the house because it was not considered the norm as he was her Master. She was able to learn a lot about painting, mixing paints, correct lighting and more from cleaning Vermeer’s studio, one wish his wife was not allowed to in to. He instantly saw her and became inspired to paint from her intriguing look and her desire to learn about art which he
The initial incident of the play fueling the rest of the events was Angelo sentencing Claudio to death for premarital sex, as Claudio had engaged in sexual acts with his lover Julia who was pregnant with his child, being that they intended to marry. The rising action of the play reveals the true moral character of both Angelo, and Claudio’s sister Isabella. When Isabella learns of her brother’s death sentence, she arranges to meet with Angelo to plead for her brother’s life. Angelo presents her with an ultimatum, that if she yields her virginity to him, he will spare Claudio from death. This proposed ultimatum speaks volumes about Angelo’s true character.
Honor killing is a culture specific act that is defined by exicuting an individual based on the belief that they have brough shame upon their family. An example of acts that are deemed to bring shame are being a victim of rape, dressing in a way that is seen as inapropriate, or refusing to enter an arranged marrige. For example in this story according to (CNN) Gulnaz, a 19 year old girl in afghanistan got raped by her cousins husband. Gulnaz tried to keep it from her family for as long as she could until she became pregnant. After her family found out, she was sent to jail.