For example, no matter how beautiful a woman’s beauty from the outside can be. Her beauty can take her so far to the point that if her personality is ugly, she can appear to be an ugly person on the outside as well. Oochigeaskw clothes were traditional and because she wasn’t thinking like her sisters. Instead of wearing fancy clothes, she made her own dress “decorated in the style of long ago”. I guess she was trying to balance out her wardrobe and the scars that she had on her face.
The title of this short story simply represents symbolism: a diamond necklace in this story is the primary symbolic item. The necklace is used to represent beauty in real life, however in this story it was used to represent wealth and high social status. Madame Loisel needed the necklace because she didn’t own a pair of jewels and felt it was “humiliating” to look poor around rich women. She thinks having this necklace will catch the attention of these important women. It represents her social class.
The most popular ones have the beautiful girl getting married and having a happy ending, but what about the lesser-known ones? Why aren’t they as popular? Most people haven’t heard of fairy tales like The Robber Bridegroom or other stories like it. This could possibly be because the heroine breaks the mold of the gender stereotype girls are placed in. She is cunning, resourceful, and brave.
The only woman the prince is going to marry is beautiful and white. The prince and his lifestyle are the cultural norm, and everyone wants to be rich. It is capitalistic and when Cinderella has to be dressed in the beautiful ball gown, it is an example of consumerism and how a woman is only wanted if she is beautiful while wearing something beautiful as well. Cinderella is an example of traditional norms when it comes to femininity. If she were strong and independent, she would end up alone.
She thought of herself as two different people, "the rancid-butter-smelling Edith of the day shift", and "the rose-scented Edith wriggling into a party dress", she wanted to forget about the rancid butter Edith, the only Edith she wished to be was the rose-scented Edith. She wanted a "perfect" job, appearance, home, family, but she didn't realize that nothing would ever be perfect unless she made it perfect, not by changing who she was, but by changing how she saw herself and other people. Manipulating the way she talked, dressed, and acted did nothing for her. Even after spending all her money on clothes, perfume, a wristwatch, and books on etiquette, Edith still didn't fit in, all she did was make herself stand out even more than she did in the first place. In order to forget who she was, Edith created an alter-ego of herself, and tried to become that alter-ego, she never really knew the difference between what was important, and what wasn't.
Even with complete strangers Miss Schwartz is being taken advantage of. When she goes to buy her wedding dress the story says the salesgirl speaks “sarcastically.” Lena did not stand up for herself, instead she h kept her mouth shut. Besides the salesgirl speaking rudely she also is not helpful when Miss Schwartz needs help finding he perfect dress. This girl is being paid to offer suggestions and give advice to Miss Schwartz, so the employee needs to give Lena the respect she deserves. Miss Schwartz is a people pleaser, and she must learn to treat herself with dignity.
Pizan so obviously from the start of her writing, introduces how women should behave (from the perspective of a princess), so that her actions shall be beneficial to her and her husband. By talking about the finances, which is radical, Pizan degrades women in all other aspects. Degrading is used in the sense that she does not promote equality in any other way other than the financial aspect. These women could be considered early feminists if they looked for equality in other things as well not just a specific
Granted, she plays no part in the political activism, but she does so much to ensure the quality of life of her sisters’ families. On the verge of insanity, she pulls herself together and says aloud to herself, “Courage! It was the first time she had used that word to herself and understood exactly what it meant” (Pg 199). At this moment, she finally realizes that her courage consisted of staying strong for herself and her family instead of selfishly running away. She no longer puts herself down for what she thought was cowardice in not joining her more active sisters in a fight for a greater cause.
17 Scott Fitzgerald ;) Daisy was implying that the best way a female was to survive in this world was to be attractive and not do anything with her life, and sit back and let money buy her happiness. Some say that Daisy is this way because she had no true hope at finding someone whom she really loved, and someone who wouldn’t cheat on her and stay truly devoted to
She does whatever she can to forget Gatsby so she can live rich and happy. She shows this when she forgets about Gatsby’s death as “she and Tom had gone away” (172), never leaving messages for Nick. Her want for wealth and happiness causes her to carelessly forget troublesome problems. She always does her best to live richly and happily no matter what sacrifice it may take to acquire