Miss Strangeworth tries to wear an innocent mask, but actually she is cruel. Jackson uses symbolism to support the theme of “The Possibility of Evil” by naming the main character Miss Strangeworth. The name Strangeworth demonstrates that the character is unordinary. Miss Strangeworth is different from everyone else because she writes cruel letters that are based on gossip, not facts. For example she writes, “HAVE TOU FOUND OUT YET WHAT THEY WERE ALL LAUGHING ABOUT AFTER YOU LEFT THE BRIDGE CLUB ON THURSDAY?
This enforces the idea that unlike Lennie, she is a complex character in the novel. Steinbeck mentioned that Curley’s wife’s voice had a “nasal, brittle quality” which is a clear sign of her flirtatious behaviour. Although her intentions were flirty, the fact that it was described as ‘nasal’ by the author made it obvious that it was unpleasant to the ears. The reaction from George made it clear to the reader that she was an attractive woman, however he was being apprehensive as he “looked away from her and then back”. This contrasts with Lennies reaction as his “eyes moved down over her body” blatantly checking her out.
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.
5/25/2011 Enc1102 “ Bonfire of the Princesses Analysis” Barbara Ehrenreich is the author of the article “Bonfire of the Princesses.” In her article, the author points out how Disney has been over marketing their princesses to girls, and how Disney’s princesses are bad role models for children. She points out that everything on Disney’s product line is there to draw your child in to the princesses. While stating these points in her article she is trying to convince readers that Disney and its marketing is bad. Ehrenreich is effective with her appeal by getting the readers emotion and making them want to side against Disney; and also by getting the reader to think about if Disney should have as much credibility as it does with people. The
In The Bloody Chamber Angela Carter reverses gothic traditions so that the males become the victims instead of the females. Consider at least two of the stories in the bloody chamber in the light of this view. The gender constructs of passive, young, virginal woman who are victimised by dominant, strong and wealthy males is a common trait throughout gothic tales including many of Angela Carters short stories from “The Bloody Chamber”. However, Carter received the criticism of “[extracting] latent content, conjuring up a new exotic hybrid” in which she challenges the typical stereotypes of gothic conventions, influenced by her feminist nature. These caused the post modern versions of her stories to adopt dualisms of combining sexual desires with naivety and give alternative interpretations that perhaps the male characters suffered victimisation instead.
Compare the way that Lady Macbeth, the protagonist of The Laboratory, Havisham and one poem of your choice are presented. Lady Macbeth, the protagonist in The Laboratory, Miss Havisham and the woman in the Battered Doll are portrayed as either physically or physiologically damaged causing the audience to be intrigued by their actions, creating a form of entertainment causing the audience to react differently depending whether it was a modern audience or not. The authors present their characters as damaged women using men as a catalyst to ignite their strong emotions towards them. This creates the theme of female dominance, death and a pinch of vulnerability. The result of the actions they have committed or what has been done to them, they react similarly but at different approaches, creating an idea of violence.
Therefore, it can be strongly seen that Rossetti feelings are portrayed through her work. Rossetti shows a consistent negative image of the goblin men throughout the poem, as nothing ever positive is ever said about ‘men’. The dialogue of the male voices in the poem are tasteless, ‘come buy come buy’, and Rossetti creates a strong dehumanizing effect on the goblin men in the poem as it progresses to cause the reader to be disgusted by them. This adds to the surprise of Laura being persuaded by the goblin men and shocks the reader. The dehumanization of the goblin men can be seen where they are
The most prominent difference between these two articles are the authors side of whether the princess theme has a negative impact on girls or not. Orenstein is very strongly against the princess theme and believes it only has negative effects, while Poniewozik believes that it is not all bad and some good messages come from the theme. Another major difference is the approach that they took to get their point across. Poniewozik used different princess movies and compared them and the different themes that were shown and stuck to that the whole article. Orenstein began with an anecdote expressing her frustration with the princess theme, then talked about different product lines with the princess theme.
In Medusa, another emotion is bitterness. ‘I stared in the mirror, love gone bad’. This shows bitterness because she is bitter about the way ‘love’ has turned out. It is almost an oxymoron, because society teaches us that love is good and should be sought after, whereas what she is saying goes against this. This intensifies the emotion and reinforces how much of a ‘mess’ their relationship is in.
rast Jane Yolen is taking a harsh stance on fairy tales. She starts off by taking the reader into her thoughts, letting you know that this is not reality. Through her word play on the names of popular princesses and fairy tale characters she expresses her love, or the need for healthy/ normal role models, and disdain for the cliche. She goes on about this for 2 stanzas. The last stanza is the sharpest where while she’s still in her thoughts, she is talking directly to the reader and criticizing them.