Smith uses “Ms. Hip Hop, generic girl fan” to comment on music because New York is the “birthplace” of hip hop. She also uses it show the difference between New York and California by telling us what Ms. Hip Hop likes in California, “California has its glories, and it holds on tight to its trophies -- the Eagles, Sly and the Family Stone, Jefferson Airplane, Tower of Power” (para. 5). 3.
In the 10th chapter, Dr. Jordan speaks of the obligations of women as though it would be a disgraced to be one, saying that the way they dress deform them. He makes frequent references to whores and prostitutes, imagining Dora to be an unpopular prostitute, and calling Mrs. Humphrey “the better class of French whores”. He
According to the account of her execution given in the anonymous “Chronicle of Queen Jane” and of “Two Years of Queen Mary”, Jane gave a speech upon ascending the scaffold: “Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. The fact, indeed, against the Queen's highness was unlawful, and the consenting thereunto by me: but touching the procurement and desire thereof by me or on my behalf, I do wash my hands thereof in innocency, before God, and the face of you, good Christian people, this day.” Mary killed over three hundred Protestants during a period of just five years. Mary burnt the young and old, rich and poor, bold and mild, generous and selfish, just because they were all Protestants. Mary was called “Bloody” even while she reigned. Songs like “Mary, Mary, quite contrary” confirmed this.
When George and Lennie were back in Weed, Lennie grabbed a woman’s red dress and made the girl think that she was being raped. When Lennie does this, he sets everything
There are many quotes that show this in the book and also information that is understood from the book but not actually written by John Steinbeck. Curley's wife is a prime example of how Steinbeck portrays women; she is the most prominent woman in the book, so there are more citations about her. Primarily, she isn't even given a name; she is just referred to as "Curley's wife" and this shows that Steinbeck doesn't really think that women are important, so they don't deserve a
The Great Gatsby The women in The Great Gatsby are primarily concerned with money, pleasure and social status to the extent that it compromises their moral values. Teagan Smith 12AB The three main female characters in ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F Scott Fitzgerald, are Daisy, Jordan and Myrtle. Each woman represents a different typical group of women in the nineteen twenties. Despite their many differences, all three women behave immorally in order to live a particular lifestyle, regardless of the consequences. Daisy is introduced in the novel when wearing an airy, white dress, which has pure and angelic connotations.
The Portrayal of Female Characters in Tolkien’s Epic Series When reading J.R.R. Tolkien’s most popular work, the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the lack of female characters can be noticed throughout the storyline. Having said that however, throughout the three books, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and the Return of the King, there are a number of female characters that go against the stereotypical role of women and subvert the norm of submission to a patriarchal authority. In the three books, Arwen, Éowyn, and Galadriel do not conform to the submissive role that was expected from women during Tolkien’s time, as contrasted with characters such as Goldberry, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins and Farmer Maggot’s daughters. Arwen is an elven princess, and the daughter of [Lord] Elrond and Lady Celebrían, who rules Rivendell.
Imagine a world with no discrimination against women. In this fictitious dimension, there would be no degrading stereotypes or insults pivoting around females. Unfortunately, we live in a misogynistic world filled with hateful comments spewed out carelessly against women. I used to be under the impression that sexism was not as important as other societal issues, such as racism. It was only after analyzing “Antigone”, when I started to understand the gravity of how persistent and awful sexism has been over the years.
This is primarily because he does not think about the most important aspect of this obsession with is Georgiana herself. He lacks the respect and consideration to avoid embarrassment for Georgiana. By constantly focusing on this one flaw that his wife has, it has made her very self-conscience and equally despise it. If Aymler had more of a conscience he would not try to obtain this sense of pleasure of picturing his wife without the birthmark as he would embrace it and think it was equally as beautiful as the rest of her
Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.” “No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.” Susan Faludi “Asks that women be free to define themselves -- instead of having their identity defined for them, time and again, by their culture and their men.” “The 'feminine' woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish, her voice tinkly, her body stuck on a pin, rotating in a spiral that will never grow.” “One of the things I have found in reporting on this book is that men do not feel listened to, . That's part of their anger towards feminism; they feel like everybody else's agenda is more important than theirs.” “Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support