The difficulty with this approach, as it later became clear, was that the problems identified by liberal sociologists set many educators to work in opposition to working class cultural practices. What happened with the liberal view of education is that culture is seen as a cause of inequality rather than as one of the effects. However, an advantage that liberal sociology did had was governmental confidence, as is often the case with quantitative research, and as a result, it enjoyed the freedom to engage in empirical research and had a chance to influence educational reform. The origins of the sociology of education in England grew directly out of the research interests of a number of sociologists who were primarily interested in social mobility, and in particular, with the way that arrangement of inequality persisted in education. Many studies where carried out that concentrated on the relationship between class and educational opportunity.
Explore the ways that Tennessee Williams constructs the character of Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire and Willy Russell constructs the character of Rita in Educating Rita in light of the opinion that they have the desire to escape reality and fulfil their fantasies. Despite being set in different periods of history, both plays ‘Educating Rita’ and ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ share similar themes of the fine line between fantasy and reality, and losing yourself in the former. In 1945 Tennessee Williams began work on the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, and with the war ending in the same year, the play to reflects the cultural tensions of World War 2. Many felt uncomfortable being an environment with so many nationalities they were only a few years ago at war with. Cultural tensions are present in Blanche’s remark that Stanley is a ‘Polack’; during World War 2, the Polish were seen as the enemy; Blanche using this insult is not because she is against Polacks, but is her taking advantage of the frequently used insult at the time.
Chapter 15 from the book “I Knew Why the Caged Bird Sings” “Sister Flowers” 07/20/10 The thesis of the essay is that being educated in school books alone doesn’t translate to intelligence. Maya Angelou wrote in the chapter that, Mrs. Flowers has said to Marguerite, “you must be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people unable to go to school were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors.” Mrs. Flowers then encouraged Marguerite, “to listen carefully to what country people called mother wit.” which means a person needs more than just book smarts to be consider intelligent and to able to use that intelligence to survive in life; a person that has wits though life experiences can be more intelligent than people that just gain knowledge in only school books because the people with wits are more savvy from their social life experiences compare to people that live life educated only though book.
The Victimization of Cassandra and Hedvig For centuries, writers often have progressive ideas as to how innocent character(s) in their stories should suffer; however, it is with their creativity that they are able to convince us to see how pathetic these suffering characters are. Aeschylus and Henrik Ibsen are very similar in that respect. In his play, The Wild Duck, Ibsen choose Hedvig to be the innocent victim in the play’s conflict. Similarly, In Agamemnon, Aeschylus convey the same idea by having Cassandra as his play’s victim. Likewise, both Hedvig and Cassandra share common consequences, torture (not just physically but mentally) and in the end both walk hopelessly toward death.
Holden’s point of view also affects his life greatly. He views people as boring and “phony”. This causes people to see him as weird and insane. No one wants to be around him. This makes him lonely and isolated, which negatively affects his
In other words, the character of Eliza Doolittle comes across as being much more instrumental than fundamental. The real (re-)making of Eliza Doolittle happens after the ambassador's party, when she decides to make a statement for her own dignity against Higgins' insensitive treatment. This is when she becomes, not a duchess, but an independent woman; and this explains why Higgins begins to see Eliza not as a mill around his neck but as a creature worthy of his admiration. Professor Henry Higgins is a professor of phonetics who plays Pygmalion to Eliza Doolittle's Galatea. He is the author of Higgins' Universal Alphabet, believes in concepts like visible speech, and uses all manner of recording and photographic material to document his phonetic subjects, reducing people and their dialects into what he sees as readily understandable units.
Pablo: So, Stanley how’s the baby? Stanley: Stop talking crap, Pablo! I came here to forget about that little garbage. That baby is so annoying! He’s more annoying than his auntie.
Flowers insisted to have Marguerite take them. During the visit to Mrs. Flowers house Marguerite was told “Words mean more than what is set down on paper.” Mrs. Flowers also states “it takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.” Mrs. Flowers is saying this because Marguerite doesn’t speak much and she believes it will help her have a better education.
In realism, the playwrights tried to be as objective as possible whilst focusing on the mundane issues in everyday life, such as politics and economics or, with playwrights like Henrik Ibsen, the role of women in society. Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright who is considered the father of realistic drama. His plays, all of which attacked society’s values, dealt with unconventional and shocking subject matter. However, he perfected the well-made play formula, which was developed by Eugene Scribe, and thereby made his shocking plays relatively acceptable. Some other subject Ibsen addressed included euthanasia (In the play “Ghosts”), war and business and the reality of STD’s like syphilis (“Ghosts”).
The devil invited his self into things that were not any of his concern. His insecurity causes him to lie so that others can feel as pitiful as he does. Luckily, the vindictive predator is unsuccessful with his efforts. The disgusting, disrespectful manipulator resorts to name calling. (I mean how petty and childish can you be?)