Do you agree that Shakespeare presents Beatrice and Katherina as “offending against society’s expectations about women”? The idea that both Beatrice and Katherina offend against society’s expectations of women in the plays Much Ado About Nothing and The Taming of the Shrew is open to personal interpretation. We must take into account which society it is we are suggesting they are offending against, if we are judging it on Shakespearean society’s expectations we could, in theory, agree with the statement, due to the fact that at that time, women were largely expected to be submissive, quiet and respectful to the superior sex, males. However, it would not be correct to say that Beatrice and Katherina offend against modern day expectations of women. Further to this, it would also depend on at which point in the play we are making our judgement.
Prompt. Choose an implausible or strikingly unrealistic incident or character in a work of fiction or drama of recognized literary merit. Write an essay that explains how the incident or character is related to the more realistic of plausible elements in the rest of the work. Avoid plot summary. As humans we naturally want to have control over everything that goes on around us, and we try to stay clear of those situations we can’t control.
The Lottery Plot- The conflict in this story is a simple one, do you follow traditions laid before you even if you know them to be wrong. The story is told in a forthcoming manner which creates foreshadowing to the death of Tessie, and how it will happen. While reading, the beginning of the story you simply overlook many foreshadowing items because you don’t really think twice about it. Your point of view on the story and your attention to detail do not come into the story until you’ve read the story a second time because in all honesty you are kind of shocked at what you just read. The climax in the story is when Tessie begs for her life and no one says anything to stand up for her, instead they all go grab a rock to stone her to death.
Influences on Montag’s Character It is hard to find the courage to stand up for what you believe in, even for a person with a tremendous amount of bravery. In the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Guy Montag was able to stand up and rebel against society with the help of quite a few characters. Throughout the novel, Ray Bradbury introduces characters to change Montag. Clarisse, the unidentified old woman, and Faber’s effects on Montag led him to his decision of preserving books rather than destroying them. Clarisse acted as a trigger in Montag’s character change by asking him thought-provoking questions and telling him about things he never noticed.
And yet at the end of the play everything is clear. So the question is how did the author let us know about Mr Birling's inside? At the beginning of the play Mr Birling seems to be a very happy man. His daughter is engaged to a son of a very wealthy businessman and he regards it as a joyful occasion. By allowing Eric to speak 'rudely', the audience thinks that he is an emotional type of person because he is focused at the deeper aspects of life.
I know these papers are long overdue but think of this as a romantic way of thinking one who does not follow time by a clock. Use your Romantic way of thinking before thinking about whether you should give me credit for these or not because a true romantic does not live by a clock with times and dates just as long as the work gets done. Also think about how even if you made both of these assignments open again only the people who are motivated will do the work. The work is getting done before we are done with “A Separate Peace.” Reading1 4) He does this so the reader can really understand and imagine what war is really like and not these guts, glory, and heroisms. That it is full of honor when you are really in complete hell.
Patrick’s College use a first-person view, showing us the subjective views of the poet. Similarly, in Looking for Alibrandi, the story also uses a first-person perspective, showing us Josie’s subjective thoughts; however, they can be prejudiced at times. She longs to be a part of a world with “sleek haircuts and upper-class privileges”. “A world where I can be accepted. Please God, let me be accepted by someone other than the underdog.” In Feliks Skrzynecki, the poet does not feel that he has a sense of belonging mainly due to his cultural heritage, while in St. Patrick’s College, the persona struggles to have a sense of belonging in his new, unfamiliar school.
Addie's genuine character as a living human will be a mystery; a few may view her as someone who was playing with the devil and others might see her as someone with admiration because she was one to believe that actions speak louder than words. The different characters throughout the novel and the difficulty stream-of-consciousness method all work together to create a novel that is open-ended and a matter of understanding. There is no intent truth to the narrative any more than there is any ideal certainty to the events that happen in it. The way that Faulkner uses the multiple narrators serves the purpose of trying to figure out what is the truth of these events that took place throughout the story and this is what makes this novel such a success. Faulkner desires to enchant his audience and grasp their mind.
Just as the novel mentions, “he spoke as if Daisy’s reaction was the only thing that mattered.” (Fitzgerald, 2001: 192) Gatsby is nimble and ambitious in making money, which shows the “sagacity” of modern people, but towards love he gives us the impression of “a naive young man.” The reader may wonder what makes Gatsby great? Gatsby is great because of his loyalty to love. He has the desire to repeat the past, and the desire for money. For Gatsby, Daisy is the soul of his dreams. He believes he can regain Daisy.
Stephen Gadaleta Brooke Falk 101: Expository Writing – LW December 7th, 2009 Adaptation Leads to the Truth When telling a story, more often or not, the truth is what counts. If it is revealed that a story is not real, many would be disappointed. The emphasis on reality and truth are both key ideas in Annie Dillard's, "The Wreck of Time" and Tim O'Brien's, "How to Tell a True War Story." Dillard writes with a vigor, she outlines many different statistics and does a lot of number analyzing, in order to convey her idea. Dillard does not write to entertain, she writes to awaken readers to thoughts and ideas they previously ignored.