However, I felt that it was irrelevant when the author said, “Although many female writers claim to be the ‘Queen of Crime Fiction”…” I believe this phrase could be eliminated. To simply state, “As Queen of Crime Fiction, it is Agatha Christie whom all others are measured”, the introduction would have been more powerful. The thesis was stated in the last line of the introduction; “Even many years after her death, readers appreciate Agatha Christie’s novels because of her strong characters, her interesting settings, and her strong morality”. It was a good framework for the entire essay. The most important ideas in the essay were her use of strong characters, interesting settings, and strong morality.
The alternate ending to the book was a ‘happily ever after’ approach which did not express how Selena felt as she realised that she was just as bad and just as intolerant as her mother, Roseann. The second reason why the book version of ‘A Patch of Blue’ is better than the film is because it is much more detailed in the way that it’s written which makes reading the book and understanding the text much easier than just seeing a picture on a screen and not knowing everything you want to know about the characters, or the plot. ‘Black, I know because it is all I ever see. I love blue. I like red.
The film’s corresponding characters are C.D., Roxanne, Chris, and Dixie. In both versions they keep Cyrano’s giant nose, his beautiful poetry, and his caring nature for Roxane. Christian is very attractive, awkward with his words, and does not know how to express his feeling towards Roxane. Both versions feature Roxanne, a very beautiful and independent woman, but also quite a shallow woman who doesn’t know that what she has been looking for has been right in front of her the whole time. Not only are all these characters and their attributes the same in both the play and the film, but many of the scenes are quite similar too.
Morgause gave birth to her sons and that is pretty much the only way she has a partial right to the title of a mother, because in any other form she is definitely not a mother. Morgause shows to be a woman full of vanity and is very conceited. This would be an example of her narcissism: “It was not that Morgause courted invisibility-indeed, she would have detested it, because she was beautiful” (White 218). Just by saying she “detested” being invisible “because she was beautiful” shows just how full of herself she is. The way she treats her children is un-motherly and selfish, for example when “she had not noticed that her children’s clothes were ruined: had not even scolded them about that” (White 263).
Probably because, despite all the radical social changes that have taken place since Jane Austen's time, people haven't really changed all that much. It has been argued that Jane Austen's novels all have the same plot; on a superficial level, there is a germ of truth to that argument. However, the true greatness of Jane Austen's work lies not in the basic stories but in the ironic and occasionally bitchy cultural observations that suffuse those plots and bring them to life. Scriptwriter and director Amy Heckerling has followed admirably Jane Austen's example by making a film that, on the surface, seems like another mindless teen flick but is actually a multi-layered social commentary. She took Austen's novel Emma, the story of a spoiled child of the 19th century English leisure class who thinks she knows everything, and turned it into the film Clueless, the story of a spoiled child of the 20th century American leisure class who thinks she knows everything.
May happiness come to the Danes’ great ring-giver; may the Geats receive mild words from your mouth, words they have earned!” (Beowulf 51). Beowulf receives praise from the queen several times throughout the book and her inclusion within the story indicates that the narrator believed her to be of significance. Though women in Beowulf play only a small part, it is evident that they are critical to the story itself. Despite the important role played by women in Beowulf, they are also often times viewed as inferior. As Grendel’s mother is preparing to attack Herot to avenge her son’s death, it says that “No female, no matter how fierce, could have come with a man’s strength, fought with the power and courage men fight with” (Beowulf 57).
Holden finds this notebook very appealing because of it’s lack of falsity. Phoebe wrote what she was thinking, nothing phony. He finds her innocence very appealing, as does her kind-heartedness. We can tell he’d rather spend his time being around children, rather than adults. According to Holden, children are extremely innocent and much more appealing than adults.
It featured believable characters and made the characters, although hard to relate to, feel quite real. I can’t say that the whole dystopian future thing was handled well, though. I would recommend the book to anyone who needs really believable characters to enjoy a book, because it has just that. I wouldn’t recommend it, however, to anyone who likes to relate to them. Overall, I think the book is a great read for someone who would likes real situations and is okay without really happy endings.
Men were seen as superior to woman for the fact that they were the ones with jobs, and the college degrees. The author however depicts Scout as clever because she does not believe the theory of hot steams. On the other hand Jem is smart because he tricks Scout into getting into the tire. Jem was born a hero shows that the author favors Jem because of his gender. So in all the author not only conforms to stereotype of woman but also men in a positive and negative way.
Furthermore religion is very influential in this play. This is because the higher importance you were religiously, the more weighty your name was, this made Parris and Hale immune to any witchcraft accusations, and furthermore saved Abigail due to that she was with God and helped to defeat the devil. This made her innocent to all accusations of witchcraft against her because she was righteous. Moreover in this essay we will be discovering the importance of one´s name using examples of characters who want to keep their name “white”, or to the point that their name is more important than their life. Although you do not have to be