Macbeth can then see mirrors reflecting from person to person and sees Banquo sitting on a throne, then he sees Banquo’s murder, with an axe stuck in his back, and smiling and waving at him, then he smashes the mirror and falls to the ground. He lies on his back with no one and nothing around him, absolutely no sign of the witches. In the play, Macbeth doesn’t arrive until the witches have finished preparing the cauldron. The witches are not naked and there are only three of them with Hecate (Hecate is the leader of the three witches; she directs supernatural happenings and appearances including the mystical apparitions). The apparitions are completely different, the first apparition is an armed head not an armed body.
She ask how modern American or just modern people in general are fit to judge the practice of Chinese foot binding as “barbaric, sexist, and outdated” when there are women out there in the world that wear “high heels” which in Tsai’s opinion is comparable to Chinese foot binding. She defends she reasoning by saying that high heels “limit our mobility and disfigure our bodies” like Chinese foot binding did in the past. Tsai then launches into her own experiences on the fortunes of high heels. Tsai greatly loathes high heels, and gives many scenarios in which women behave like fools due to their high heels. The writer confides that she is “really judgmental” when it comes to high heel.
The male gender was very dominant in society at the time when “Little Red Riding Hood” (1697) was written. Men were the “owners” of women, who were put in the world for the purpose of marriage and pleasure. Angela Carter shows how the male gender could be considered as an unknown and dangerous animal that controlled society. At the time when “Little Red Riding Hood“ was written, people were very superstitious and believed that the werewolf was not able to walk or touch anything that had anything to do with the Bible or the Church. When you first meet the grandmother, you get
Ironically, when the elephant begins to terrorize the village, the Burmese turn to Orwell because he is the only one capable of fixing the dilemma. He speaks of being the leader of the people in this situation, “but in reality [he] [is] only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of [the] yellow faces” (¶ 7). His agency is really just a façade of his submission to the Burmese. Symbolism of Orwell’s gun and the dead Indian also promote the concept of his submission to the Burmese as a façade. Orwell takes out a small gun, hardly large enough to damage an elephant, but due to its powerful sound, he deems it “useful in terrorem” (¶ 3).
The 1920s was when the Prohibition Law was passed, a law that proposed absolutely no bars or alcohol finding the substance to be immoral. This law caused others to rebel, for women to break out of their shell, and crime to skyrocket. Naturally, Millie longing for the life full of moxie, cuts her hair and raises her skirt, although, this life leads to bad conclusions. Millie soon winds up behind bars for drinking, and feels there is something missing from her original dream. During Millie’s time in New York she meets a man by the name of Jimmy Smith, who is witty, charming, but seemingly poor.
Throughout the story, the diamond necklace is the centerpiece of the story and the author uses it to symbolize and represent many themes, the most important of which is the idea that appearances are deceiving. In the story, the author uses the diamond necklace to represent many values. Two of the most obvious and direct are wealth and high social status. In the real world a necklace usually represents beauty, but in this case the diamond necklace represents more than that. Although Madame Loisel looks great with a new, beautiful dress worth four hundred francs, she needs the necklace because she has no jewels and thinks that it is humiliating to look poor in the middle of rich women.
Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion.” This quote ties in all the themes of the Bluest Eyes, love, beauty, and an un-escapable fall into despair while chasing the first two. The image of Shirley Temple and white baby dolls are central to the meaning of the novel. Adults don’t try to undermine the power that Shirley Temple has on the girls of this novel. Instead they show praise towards her and her whiteness by buying white baby dolls, even for black girls.
Was the League of Nations a failure? The League of Nations is thought to be a failure by many, because of hard irony and limitation on military might. The League accomplished very little in stopping wars and conflicts while having very little power. Often they just shook fists at ruthless, evil dictators such as Germany’s Adolf Hitler and his conquests, without intervening. Another Major flaw was that “the country, whose president, Woodrow Wilson, had dreamt up the idea of the League - America -, refused to join it.” The league’s most powerful militaries Britain and France not only suffered casualties, but also economically as they were greatly in debt to the United States.
He goes on to describe them, which is the content of the majority of the story, by saying one is chubby with a berry face, one was tall, and the other was not tall but she was the queen. How could Sammy just assume she is the queen of the group? It is only through his judgment that he declares this certain girl the queen and even names her Queenie. I see Sammy as judging these girls as many others would just as they were violating a norm still did not commit any crime but Lengel’s reaction is more shocking. Lengel is the store manager and he is determined to let the girls know they are in the wrong for not dressing decently.
What the hell do you think I was thinking of, the goddamn business? Is that as far as your mind can see, the business?” (2.557). It’s apparent that Chris has very opposite ethical views than his father, who will do anything for himself and his family. Joe blames the deaths of the pilots on his coworker because he would go to prison and his business would be destroyed, leaving his family with nothing. He tries convincing Chris to see the way he sees when he tells him, “You lay forty years into a business and they knock you out in five minutes, what could I do, let them take forty years, let them take my life away?” (2.542).