In the critique Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior, Elisabeth Panttaja critiques a version of a Cinderella story, Ashputtle, by Jakob and Wilelm Grimm. Panttaja goes in depth about hidden details of Ashputtle and how Ashputtle is not actually motherless, and the real mother is behind all the magic. Even though Panttaja states that Ashputtle’s real mother is violent and evil, she is actually a sweet, godmother like person. Panttaja argues that even though Ashputtle does not have a real living mother, the hazel branch, given to her by her father that she planted at her mother’s grave, which grows into a tree, acts as her mother by taking care of Ashputtle (Panttaja 659). The tree grants Ashputtle’s every wish; from her clothes to helping out with chores.
In the opening chapters of the novel Emma's world, values and codes of behaviour are clearly prescribed. Hartfield society is described as privileged and hierarchical containing values that reinforce the differences of rank. Because society is not merely a setting but an integral part of the novel, the social forms are of particular significance. Austen therefore give the reader details of everyday rituals such as tea, dinner, card parties, picnics and balls. The story is told through Emma's perspective as she takes on the role of omniscient narrator and guides the reader by her occasional intrusive statements and authorial comments and her self-deception generates amusement and sympathy rather than laughter.
Word count = 1,435 Color Symbolism in Madame Bovary In his novel Madame Bovary, Gustave Flaubert uses explicit use of detail and imagery to unfold the story of a 19th century middle-class woman, Emma Bovary. As the novel progresses, Emma becomes the wife of the doctor Charles Bovary and begins become less satisfied with her empty provincial reality. The growing desire of a fairytale-like life sequentially is what leads her to acquire great debts, adulterous affairs and eventually causes her greatest downfall; suicide. Flaubert’s novel is widely considered a masterpiece largely because of his use of narrative description. One of the many techniques Flaubert uses is color symbolism, which he uses colors to make crucial connections between characters in order to juxtapose them and emphasize certain attributes that take part in Emma’s life as well as a framework when setting up the mood and tone throughout the novel.
These are all things that we associate with the spring season. The poem has great word choice and uses very descriptive words such as “red buds”, “beautiful orange twilight” and “jade powder”. These are all phrases that paint vivid pictures in the reader’s mind. For example, using the word jade is much more descriptive than just saying green. The excellent word choice of this poem also contributes to the amazing imagery that the author uses.
It prevails a tone of life, a feeling that there may still be hope in a time of such darkness, and gives an air of fierceness that proliferates around the bride. The message that develops from the emotion held with in Bullet Proof Glass # 2 is more of a yearning question, a need to understand the world and all the evil that befalls
Though the world of The Magic Toyshop does not necessarily lack female characters, Angela Carter’s novel appears to be leaving a rather noticeable and empty space where the figure of the mother should have been in the first place. It is therefore not very surprising to see that her heroine Melanie, as a young girl, struggles to find herself in a patriarchal society – and this is even more emphasised here as most of the potential mothers of the story have been written out from the very first pages of the book (i.e. Melanie’s own mother and Mrs Rundle). Nevertheless, Carter still manages to force the reader to question the cultural infrastructure of patriarchy throughout the whole text. French psychoanalyst Luce Irigaray defines patriarchy as “an exclusive respect for the genealogy of sons and fathers, and the competition between brothers1” – in contrast to the notion of “maternal genealogy,” interestingly absent in western thought and institutions – and it is particularly true in the occurence of the setting of The Magic Toyshop and under the rule of Uncle Phillip, who is undeniably the father figure (the puppet master) of the story.
A comedy about growing up... and the bumps along the way. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child. She embarks on a search to find the "perfect couple" to take on parenting responsibilities only to find life isn't quite so simple. Fresh, original, and ceaselessly entertaining Jason Reitman's Juno is one of the brightest and funniest comedies of the decade. With scathingly sharp dialogue and intangible character chemistry, Junois a coming-of-age film that is consistently funny and effortlessly cool.
Emma Baird Dr. Meredith McCarroll English 232 25 September 2010 The Death of Edna Pontellier: A Rebellious Defeat Even from its first publication, Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening has caused controversy. While today The Awakening is praised for its feminist undertones, the piece was first criticized for its lack of representation of American values. Instead of depicting a main character that embodied the Victorian ideal of a woman fulfilling the role as an “Angel in the House” which was the norm for American women during this particular historical period, Edna was a rebellious wife and an adulteress, whose desires and yearning for independence lead her to make many radical decisions throughout the course of the novel¾ from inwardly
Violet is in awe of her older sister and hoping to be like her as she grows older. Rose was her “beautiful blonde defender, my guide to Tampax and Mother’s moods”. (Bloom) This leads the reader to think that maybe the mother is also mentally ill. As the reader steps into the corridors of the battle of the mentally ill you feel the whole dynamics of the family shift. No longer is Rose the rock, she is suddenly the anchor. Her
Anne Elliot is an “unfortunate heroine” 1. “She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning” (p29). ‘Prudence’ is what increases her susceptibility to being persuaded to follow a course of actions “through argument or belief” 2. Persuasion has been described as having a Cinderella-like theme – a vulnerable young woman is harshly treated by her family, and is rescued by her hero through good fortune and magic 1. However, Anne Elliot is not a passive heroine, and her fortune and misfortune are not brought about by fate.