One would expect the tide to go down sooner or later but “always” makes it sound as if Cathy was always hyper-active. This again could be hyperbole as Nelly’s fallible narrative voice narrates it and also she was the one who had to try and tame her and clean up her messes, which could make her biased. This could also mean that Cathy was very passionate; she may not necessarily have been always happy but she may have been passionate in her anger meaning she would have
In the play ‘Educating Rita’ cruelty and cynicism feature a great deal. One of the main characters, Frank, is cynical. Frank’s personality portrays him as a miserable old man who cannot see the good in anybody, including Rita. For example, Frank thinks that Rita is only trying to change herself because it will look good to others when they meet her rather than seeing that she is really trying to change her life for the better, not for selfish reasons. When Frank is on the phone to Julia he refers to Rita as “some silly woman” and this portrays him to be cynical because even though he has never met Rita he is already making assumptions about her in a negative manner.
The Patriarchal Hurdle of Feminism in Films The three articles share parallel views, essentially echoing how the portrayal of women within performing arts, particularly in films, has evolved over time. Films produced prior to 1970s frequently contained prominent sexist biases, stereotyping women to their traditional submissive roles and portraying them as subservient to men. Films produced after the 1970s, however, were observed to gradually contain greater and more positive representation of women within the social hierarchy, with women sharing equivalent if not greater autonomy compared to men. Despite such trends reforming the sexist stigma, progress has been and still is impeded by a deep-rooted patriarchal ideology. It is largely due to this hereditary social ideology that feminist movements face their limitations.
Besides, all kind of illegal or immoral activities would remain and root deeply in the society if most of citizens are ignorance. In the play, ignorance is apparently portrayed and paralleled to the compact majority. The compact majority can be compared to un-educated people who are generally seen in many developing countries. Compared the Bath to technology development or social development, the city cannot accomplish this development surely since the compact majority is ignorance. Ibsen, faithfully, wrote the play as a way to criticize Europe society at the times when people were not interested in any technologies and truths.
Melissa Raboczkay Thursday 19:00-21:55 Is Equality Going Too Far? “Equality…is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.” (Quotation Details) This quote, stated by social philosopher Hannah Arendt, bares truth to the message that Vonnegut is portraying in “Harrison Bergeron”. We, as human beings, are not born equal or rather we do not all possess the same characteristics and qualities as others; some excel at different aspects and by making the outcome equal it hinders our own unique capabilities. Vonnegut not only satirizes the mistaken of equality in the American culture but rather he may also be satirizing the misunderstanding of what leveling and equality could ultimately entail.
Isben wants to highlight how crude not having equality for women is, especially when a portion of them are smarter than a portion of the opposite gender and vice versa. He shows Nora’s husband in an attempt to emphasize the negative part of the non-feminism side. He shows him as a belittling man to his “squanderbird” and how he treats her with little respect. (A Doll’s House) He does so by using little nicknames that remind her of problems she has while she retains herself from pointing out his flaws. Although, it is understandable that she doesn’t point out his flaws with all the lies and guilt she has stacked up on her marriage.
They are aimed at portraying and emphasizing his sinful nature and monstrosity through his physicality and explicit physical representations of him. Richard’s depraved character is succinctly revealed to the audience as Shakespeare foregrounds his symbolically anomalous body as the main aspect of his characterization. In Richard’s opening soliloquy, he informs the audience of how he was born "deformed, unfinish'd" and was "sent before his time/ Into this breathing world, scarce half made up" and explains how his "lameness" was the cause of his utter lack of luck with women. Despite little historical evidence backing Richard’s actual deformity, he is nevertheless rendered exceedingly ugly by Shakespeare to symbolize his villainy and moral corruption as it was a popular belief back then that ugliness of form denoted ugliness of character. Furthermore, Shakespeare’s choice in animal for Richard’s heraldic symbol that is used to represent him multiple times during the play, the boar, is another example of a symbol that portrays Richard’s perverse
When Mrs. Mooney is observing Polly’s interactions with young men, she becomes frustrated that “none of [the men] meant business” and considers sending Polly back to her previous job (63). Mrs. Mooney is highly focused on her own aspirations, and therefore compromises her sense of empathy. Mrs. Mooney is a heavy influence on Polly’s actions. Mrs. Mooney acts as if she is unaware of Polly’s affair with Bob Doran; however, Mrs. Mooney and Polly share an unspoken understanding. Mrs. Mooney is the ringleader of Polly’s indecency, and manages Polly under implicit control.
: Martin)”, putting the sentence in the form of a question implicates sarcasm from Martin as the writer used the lexis “surely” consequently undermining Martha. The role of women in weekend is surprisingly prehistoric at times due to the character of Martha. Fay Weldon portrays Martha as a very stereotypical wife, as she does all the domestic tasks for instance, minding the children, cooking and cleaning, also seeing to all her husband’s needs. Similarly, martin’s role as a husband is somewhat stereotypical, but fails to fulfil all the roles needed to be a conventional husband for example, being the full breadwinner, as his earnings are not spent on the children. Geoffrey Chaucer uses a narrator in the wife of baths tale’s (WOBT) narrator that contrasts with Martha, her personality is opposite to the medieval view of women that Chaucer creates through the old hag.
And lastly, Tyrone resents taking on a family, because it kept him from making his “big break” as an actor. In the beginning it is obvious to see that the Tyrone family lives differently than most other families. For one their house has many unused and unlived in rooms. On top of that the family is always in a tailspin of emotions. One minute joking and teasing and the next fighting and yelling.