Firstly, written accounts from Cornelius Tacitus state that the Tollund Man’s death may have been linked to a North German religious tribal custom. It is noted in Tacitus’ account that the people of North Germany acted as sacrifices to the Goddess of Spring and the tribe believed “each spring she rode through the tribes” then have cleansed herself in a “hidden lake “before “returning back to her holy wood”. He also writes how the process of cleansing the statue of the Spring goddess was most likely carried out by slaves whom were later to be sacrificed to the God as human prizes. This procession meant that the statue would be carried into a wooden cart, pulled by the slaves and then buried with the slaves later on. Given that the small statue of the God was found near the Tollund Man’s body, it is reasonable to conclude that Tacitus’ account provides a thorough understanding as to why the Tollund Man was killed.
EXAMPLE: Field Trip Assignment Bill Schenck’s Gone with the Gunsmoke I decided to visit the Tucson Museum of Art on Friday, the fourth of March. The work of art that I chose to evaluate was Bill Schenck’s Gone with the Gunsmoke. Bill Schenck was raised in Columbus, Ohio, but spent summers in Wyoming. These summers produced a fascination with the West in Schenck, and out of this fascination he created works such as Gone with the Gunsmoke. Gone with the Gunsmoke is a serigraph print that Schenck created in 1996, and the one on display at the Tucson Museum of Art is 34” X 28” and is 44/78.
Albert Speer – rise to prominence Albert Speer was a significant figure in German history due to his various architectural projects and his appointment as Minister for Armaments. Although he claimed to be apolitical, Speer joined the Nationalist Social party on March 1st, 1931 and from they’re his career in the Nazi party prospered. Speer’s first contribution to the Nazi party was as a chauffer, as district head of the Nazi Motorist League, where he met Karl Hanke. A recommendation by Hanke to Goebbels, gave Speer his first architectural assignment of decorating Goebbels headquarters in Berlin. Hitler approved the finished result, however Goebbels did not like its simplicity and had it redecorated.
The author uses different adjectives to describe to the reader the appearance and personality of Curley’s wife. The fact that Steinbeck refers to her as “A girl” may show her immature desire for attention, and the fact that she wore mainly red symbolizes blood and danger which also hints to the reader that she is a mesmerizing but dangerous woman. Curley’s wife was “heavily made up” which suited the description that Candy gave to George – a tart. However, this may symbolize that she is wearing a mask and is not showing her true persona, and we find that later on in the novel she truly reveals herself to Lennie. This enforces the idea that unlike Lennie, she is a complex character in the novel.
In her speech, Atwood challenges the ideals regarding women presented in literature and society, and in doing this also challenges the ideas of extreme feminists. It is in her casual and conversation-like style in delivering, however, that she constructs textual integrity through the use of many rhetorical devices to enhance the style and message of her speech. Her style, although considered ‘rambling’, overall benefits her topic of ‘Problems of Female Bad Behaviour in the Creation of Literature’ in the way that her anecdotes and allusions to many other texts involving the role of women enhance her argument as pieces of evidence. Quite early on in the speech, Atwood uses a personal anecdote to display the role in which fiction plays in society. In the anecdote, involving a play including her nephew where the two lead roles did nothing but eat breakfast, Atwood
You can see that her neck and upper torso are slightly out of proportion with the rest of her body. With her right hand she modestly tries to cover her right breast. The contours of her legs, hips and arms give her body a voluptuous look. To the right of Venus is a woman who appears to be hovering slightly just over the edge of the shoreline. There is a good contrast of color of the light pink from the woman’s gown; which is adorned with small flowers to the vivid orange blanket also adorned with small flowers.
This allows economical factors to become responsible for the European witch - craze to a large extent. The role of women and the elites also played a part. They were responsible to some extent. It was believed that women who had the power to heal were witches. Women were targeted, especially old women, midwives and unmarried women, as they were believed to release their anger and over men through witchery.
Women are willing to participate in practices that oppress them because they want power. This paper will compare the practices that oppress women through media and raunch culture in correlation with factual evidence Levy has taken from historic studies. Through this careful examination the evidence will reveal how the idea of empowerment is complicated through racial and gender stereotypes of the female identity. Female Chauvinist Pigs, which complicate gender stereotypes, use raunch culture in order to gain empowerment. Female Chauvinist Pigs are women who sexually only objectify other women and themselves.
Margaret Atwood’s speech “Spotty Handed Villainesses” explores Patriarchy, feminism and “bad” women in literature. She uses wit and humour to disarm the audience and often uses anti-climatic statements to grab the audience’s attention. Margaret Atwood’s speech resonates through time with her critical study of feminism in a social context and the impact that feminism has had on literature. In the speech Atwood explores the moral dichotomy that exists in Women at the time. She shows how women can only be categorised as either an angel or a whore.
A feminist theory approach might have one interpret “Fair is foul, and foul is fair” as a clarion to the sexual ambiguity in the text. As Marilyn French points out re: the witches, “They are female, but have beards,” in itself pointing to the gender ambiguity in the play. (91). French goes on to suggest deeper issues with regard to gender roles in a male dominated society when she notes of women, “They are aggressive and authoritative, but seem to have power only to create petty mischief.” This all seems to suggest that the witches represent members of a society, (read here: women) characterized as having no true power, and with a penchant for wrongdoing. Lady MacBeth’s wish to shed her sexual identity, as seen through the “unsex me here” line, stamps an even greater importance on the notion that traditional male qualities alone are of any