They don’t like to be held back.”(5-7) this is the way the speaker describes her hips. Lucille Clifton is straight forward and wants you to feel the freedom and advantages of having healthy hips by using imagery. Lucille Clifton brings us through her poem with a bow of confidence; “Homage” means a form of paying respect to someone or something. “They go where they want to go, and they do what they want to do.” (9-10) Demonstrating a strong, brassy, confident women, a women who is comfortable in her skin, who sends a “feel good” message through a powerful delivery of her self-worth. “They need space to move around in; they don’t fit into little petty places” (2-4) you can gather from these lines that her hips are large, that she is not a size 2 and that she needs space.
CONFLICT ANAYLSIS OF STEEL MAGNOLIAS: CLIMATES, GENDER & POWER STRUGGLES Jason Striker NAU – GCC ABSTRACT “…the movie is primarily a celebration of the love, strength, and compassion of six Louisianian women which by examining the conflictual climates and how they are mediated, along with the differences in gendered conflict styles, while lastly understanding the power exchanges within relationships will allow us to relate these strategies to our own lives. We will see that although the relationships in this movie are steadfast and loving, they are also challenged by events that trigger conflicts that bring about introspection, growth, death, but above all an increase in the quality of the relationships making them as tough as steel magnolias.” Keywords: Power, gendered, conflictual, climates, introspection, struggle Steel Magnolias is the story of six small-town southern women who care deeply about each other and accompany one another through the conflicts that affect our human condition. At the heart of the story is M'LynnEatenton and her sweetly effervescent but diabetic daughter Shelby. The mother and daughter love each other, yet struggle for control of Shelby's life. Despite warnings from doctors that pregnancy might involve complications that could be life-threatening, Shelby decides - much to M'Lynn's chagrin - to have a child.
Through her writing, however, she is able to stand up for herself and give voice to her experiences as a lesbian Chicana and thus to fight the oppression she encounters. There is this poem I liked as well which is, “Trying to be Dyke and Chicana by Natashia Lopez (84).” And what I like about it is how people label everyone, so she literally talks about how to call her “dyk-ana”, “dyk-icana”, “chyk-ana”. She is not ashamed to be a dyke Chicana. And that is how most people should feel, not to be ashamed of anything, you are who you are, that is what makes you so special. And another one that I liked was, “Porque el sentido de la vida es la misma by Lidia Tirado White (23).” She says, “La sexualidad es gran parte de la vida.
She has changed a lot since the beginning of the play. Keeping a smile on my face throughout this scene is quite important. It shows to the audience that Katherine, now tamed is really happy. She can truly enjoy life and it’s brilliance to the fullest now that she has someone who really has shown her love and care and she has learned to show those feelings back. When Petruchio says the line “What duty they do owe their lords and husbands” I would want the other female characters to gasp in shock at what Petruchio said but as Katherine I would not gasp and rather ponder for a moment putting my hand up to my face to clearly show that the character is honestly thinking about this.
Her kind and gracious Aunt build’s Sybylla’s confidence and self esteem and is gentle and understanding, recognising her inner beauty, while reinforcing her physical beauty. Aunt Helen’s positive impact on Sybylla can be seen through the quote “No one would dream of calling you plain, let alone ugly; brilliant is the word which best describes you.” This quote assists the reader in furthering their understanding into the contradictive impression that others have on Sybylla. Similarly, the protagonist, Peekay, in the
The visual realism of the feet indicates they ‘belong to a real woman; we are at the same time given both a sense of style and of attractive pain. No woman who has ever worn stilettos can look at Overstepping without smiling. This single image has it all. It describes the female body and the way it is fragmented and operated in the goods of appearance as well as the personal cost of those changes. In the photograph the women has her toe nails painted in the colour red.
The most interesting/important/strange thing you see that these women share in common is about their beliefs . They also have very strong sense of belonging ,and they treasure the values of their religions and cultures. In “How To Tame A Wild Tongue “, Anzaldua shows us her determination in promoting her mother tongue which is also an essential component in a culture . She also emphasized the importance of her mother tongue by using Spanish quotes and words in between the sentences. She also did not give up even though she faced many difficulties in the journey of how she made the world recognized Chicano Spanish .
The addressing of the media having a role in projection of a female athlete role interjects the media may not always send the best message concerning a female athlete, which is a message of femininity concerning the athlete. The interjection of the media cast typing how female athletes are always feminine no matter the sport you play; it will always have a feminine illusion of the female athlete. Society tells us that boys are the athletic ones and girls are beautiful. However, more and more women are making a living for athletic ability, most of the time because they are a beautiful athlete. Women athletes have made huge strides since Title IX but there is still room for improvement.
Jennifer Donnelly used literary devices to develop hope in her story and used contrast, symbolism, and similes to display them Mattie Gokey was presented with many situations in which her hope was all she can depend on but cannot seem to find it reliable. Mattie is an insecure girl in desire of love. Mattie demonstrates how she feels when
Vivian( A Lesson Before Dying) is a lot like Beneatha( A Raisin in the Sun) in the stories. I believe that they are both strong women. They remind me of very classy women for back in there day. I think that Jefferson( A Lesson Before Dying) and Walter Lee Younger Jr. ( A Raisin in the Sun) are a lot alike. I think this because they take things very seriously.