Chopin uses a pistol in this quote because she wants the audience to know that how the Aubignys fell in love so fast can be scary. Kate Chopin wrote a magnificent story, Desiree's Baby and there are a ton of quotes in the story that make this story successful. In the quote "Fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot" (Chopin Page 1) she uses Imagery, Allusion and Figurative
I believe this a great example and show power and control over women; this can be classified as sexist gender roles and of the reinforcement of male hegemony and female subservience. It also shows how sex sells, the commercial ends right as the women approaches him. This commercial is
The Israeli super model, Bar Refaeli, is portrayed in a way that appeals to the instant gratification of individuals. Ms. Refaeli is sitting crossed legged on the chair with the camera focusing on her seductive features. Furthermore, the lady who introduces the characters in the scene is dressed in a fashion that exploits her female traits. Her tight black dress hugs and caresses the curves and practically reveals every indentation in her body, which effectively catches the attention of viewers. As Bar leans in to provide a long, sloppy, wet, and intense kiss the camera progressively zooms in as the interlock between Walter, the nerd aside her, and Bar intensifies.
Later in the novel we meet Curley’s wife, she is portrayed as a provocative character with her “full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes”. From this quote we can infer that Steinbeck is presenting Curley’s wife as a sexual object, with her red lipstick. In addition we can say that her red lipstick and her red nails can indicate danger, lust and passion. However on the other hand we can say that she puts on her makeup to cover up her loneliness and the shattered broken dream of her becoming a star. Steinbeck’s creates effect through illustrating
The essence of her work is in the way she is criticizing modern society by omitting or adding small details from the original works. The most discussed critique is that of the ‘male gaze’. Although Sherman does not consider her work feminist, several photographs call attention to the stereotyping of women in art and society. A clear example of this is her portrayal of Madonna and Christ child, where Sherman removes all divine emblems and minimizes the role of the woman as a nursing mother. Hence, she creates a more seductive image of the woman and she simultaneously mocks the symbolic gesture of Virgo lactans.
In the third and final stanza, the use of violence is shown as “Someone had used a knight/Or something to stab right through” giving the reader as image of death, whilst the addition in the moustache could be seen as an aggressive desexualisation or cancellation of her womanliness. After only a “hand and some blue” being left from the vandalising of the poster, we see that it is replaced by one saying “Fight Cancer” suggesting that this is now something that fits better into society. Similarly in “A Study of Reading Habits” even though primarily not being based on women, Larkin use of language to describe and towards women presents disturbing views for the reader. This is shown when he talks about his brutal sexual fantasies as he “broke them up like meringues” and “clubbed” women with “sex!” Both poems highlight how Larkin sees women as a sex object and shows no intimate relationship with them or deeper feelings that could have been influenced by his own personal experiences. However, Abse in the poem “Two Photographs” talks about the existence of two women in his life; his grandmothers, Annabella and “formidable” Doris.
When we first meet Curley’s wife, Steinbeck makes her appear very flirtatious and dangerously beautiful. Steinbeck does this by giving her features that are very atrocious but yet lures you such as ‘full, rouged lips’, ‘red fingernails’, and ‘red mules’. The word ‘red’ symbolises many associations with sex, lust and seduction. Another quote that would question the reader would be, ‘She’s a jailbait.’ From this quote alone, it evokes the reader of suspicion that she could be the ticket to jail as well as being an object that would foreshadow later in the book. In addition to the previous paragraph, we also know that Curley’s wife is a married woman, a possession of Curley’s.
We see that the theme of sex seems to play quite a significant role in this biblical story of vengeance and manipulation. In the text of Judith, we see a beautiful, widowed woman who seeks liberation for her fellow Israelites. We also see an army full of masculine warriors who have to spend a lot of time together and are desperately seeking women for their sexual pleasure. The leader of this particular army was Holofernes, a greedy and despicable man. Holofernes uses sex to keep himself and his fellow warriors happy.
Catullus and Sappho have a very similar way of writing. For example they both use imagery to intensify the feelings of the poem. Sappho says "a thin flame runs under/ my skin" meaning that the speaker blushes and turns red whenever she sees her lover (Sappho, "He is More than a Hero" Lines 11-2). And Catullus says "bright, golden Suns beamed down" which is a imagery to show the beauty of the girl's love (Catullus, "Wretched Catullus, Leave off Playing the Fool" Line 3). Both of these examples also show how both of these authors use very strong words to show the speaker's tone more proficiently.
She defines sensuality of the muscular curves of the male bodies, showing intricate detail of every inch of their bodies. Her interest in male beauty is obvious through much of her work. In her female gaze she illustrates fusions of humans and animal forms into one creature, as in Fauna’s Satyrs and Minerva’s Warriors. These drawings are surrounded by colorful natural forms and animals are incorporated into the composition as well. All of the Adonis Series seem to be uncensored and the phallus can be viewed as holding symbolic importance to her drawings.