At the end of Curley’s Wife’s life, Steinbeck presents her in a way that makes us feel sympathy for her. She is described as ‘sweet and young’ in her death. The use of the word ‘young’ reminds us that was quite healthy and youthful and that her life had just begun. This creates a powerful contrast because death is ugly and evil and Curley’s Wife is pretty and young. It makes the reader visualize Curley’s Wife in a new light and realize that she maybe did not deserve this outcome and deserved a second chance.
As Peggy Orenstein’s three year-old daughter entered the “princess phase,” Orenstein became increasingly frustrated. As a feminist, she worried about the negative effects the princess obsession would have on her daughter and other young girls in their futures. In “Cinderella and Princess Culture,” Orenstein sets out to discuss these effects. She discovers that although it seems as if this princess craze is creating negative gender stereotypes at an early age, maybe princess enthusiasts are really benefitting from their obsession. Orenstein has gotten accustomed to adults assuming her daughter likes pink and princesses.
Peggy says that the girlie girl culture we are living in is increasing issues like eating disorders, body weight issues and unsafe sexual behaviour. The author says “According to the American Psychological Association, the girlie-girl culture’s emphasis on beauty and play-sexiness can increase girls’ vulnerability to the pitfalls that most concern parents: depression, eating disorders, distorted body image, risky sexual behavior." (Orenstein, 6). Society expects females to beautiful and always strive to stay thin, therefore Peggy is going against those stereotypical views and saying that those unreasonable expectations are resulting in self-conscious girls with eating disorders, unsafe sexual practice and depression. Further on in the book, Peggy discusses how the emphasis on girl’s beauty from the culture that we live in is greatly inspired by Disney princesses promoting the idea that girls should be “the fairest of them all”.
In Piercy’s poem, the deadly effects of the ‘Beauty Myth’ are revealed in a symbolic representation of death. The initial line of this poem is what starts to set the tone of the poem saying, “This girl child was born as usual” (1), meaning that she was born like any other normal child and had all the attributes and intelligence to go along with it. Piercy’s poem then continues to describe that, which is normal for a young girl to have dolls, mini GE stoves, land cherry lipstick. All of these things which are referenced in the poem on lines 2-4. “Then in the magic of puberty, a classmate said: you have a great big nose and fat legs” (5-6) altering anything and everything this little girl ever knew to be true about herself.
The Rose-Scented Edith Mikaila Smith In today's world, "image" seems to be the most important element that impacts our lives. Often, when we attempt to portray someone or something we are not, we are faced with misunderstanding and failure. In the short story, "Anointed With Oils", Alden Nowlan, introduced Edith, who was ashamed of her past. Trying to escape the disgrace of her family and her home, Edith moved to a boarding house, where she attempted to conform by dressing and acting like royalty. Despite her efforts to blend in, she went too far and other people saw her as being conceited.
She does this in order to show how the obsession that the girlchild has with her own body was one of the largest factors in the suicide. Another one of the stereotypes that Piercy draws upon is their behavior. Piercy describes how the girlchild was told to “play coy.” This describes the societal pressure of what is stereotypically “lady-like.” She was “advised” to act as other ladies would act, and she tried to the furthest extent she could manage. She attempted to act demure and sweet, which was the only thing society allowed for. The term
Piercy analyzes the girl from birth and uses a detached, expecting tone to portray her normality. In lines two through five Piercy creates a bitter tone when talking about the toys her parents presented her as a child. Piercy's tone can also seem as if she is disgusted because she talks about the “dolls that did pee pee” and uses a sarcastic alliteration when she said “lipsticks the color of cherry candy” (2-4). At this point it is clear the child is a toddler or in adolescence since she plays with these toys that little girls are expected to pay with at that age. The first stanza abruptly ends with “You have a great big nose and fat legs.” (6).
“O she is rich in beauty, only poor that when she dies, with beauty dies her store.” – Romeo is saying that she is beautiful, but it is a shame that she will not pass her beauty down to anyone because she does not want to have children. 3) Describe the Nurse. Describe her relationship with Juliet. Nurse is a comic relief character in this tragic play. She is a trusted confidant in the Capulet family.
She is immediately portrayed as a victim at this point and also starts to build more sympathy for her. This is the most tragic scene of all. She had finally got the hollywood ending that she had hoped for and had been released from her jail cell known as the ‘cage.’ ‘Now her rouged cheeks and reddened lips made her seem alive and sleeping very lightly.’ This shows that she is finally relieved from any misery and also that is seems that she seems to be more alive in death that in her life, which is possibly true. She dreamed of being a star and the center of attention. Actresses were not looked highly upon at this time and she still aspired to have that
Loneliness had made her so much harm in the way that she was better off dead because she did not have the lonely feeling anymore and she looked like what she was- a young sweet, pretty, simple girl. Curley’s wife is probably the person most