The Grotesque Old Woman, by Renaissance painter, Quinten Metsys illustrates an old and unattractive woman of the 16th century. Her voluptuous, weathered breasts are on displayed and her headdress is one of astute fashion of an earlier German period and her eloquent dress and corset are fashionable to Italy in this time period. Her aged hands hold a small and delicate red bud, a symbol of engagement, and her slightly lifted chin is of poised position. All of this beauty and detailed is over shadowed with the features of a rather controversial “ugliness.”…
I have chosen to write my annotated bibliography on “The Common Woman” poems by Judy Grahn. I will be focusing on the issue of the female stereotype along with sexism/misogyny. I chose this because each of the poems had a very strong message, but they all sounded like stories we had heard before. As a female, I feel like I am a natural feminist. These poems really stuck out to me because there is still people all around the world that feel that these portrayals of woman are in face “a common woman”. I am hoping to find analyses and research on these poems that tell me where each one got its story from. I am also hoping to find the reasons for writing these poems. What was her intention? In order to answer my questions, I will need to find…
PER REPORTER: Casy said his client (Cortay) is five months pregnant and has been using drugs since she found out that she was pregnant. It is unknown why Cortay started using drugs when she found she was pregnant. He said she uses methamphetamine, heroin, crack rock, powder cocaine, and marijuana, and he said she does not seem to care about the wellbeing of her unborn child. He mentioned that Cortay was a previous client at the facility he works at and was brought in by her mother (Dardissus) due to her mother being concerned about her wellbeing as well as the wellbeing of her unborn child. He said Dardissus told him that she was unable to go to Cortay’s OBGYN appointment with her this week or this past week, but she said Cortay told her that…
Eleanor Roosevelt was a strong woman who was caring, generous, and loving. She experienced many horrible things as a child, such as her father, mother, and brother dying when she was only seven years old. As a young child Eleanor had it exceptionally tough, her mother used to call her “granny” because of her seriousness. Eleanor was always called the ugly duckling as a child because of her looks and appearance. Then Eleanor’s mother, Ana, became ill with painful headaches, and would ask Eleanor to sit for hours holding her head and stroking her forehead, which seemed to be the only thing which helped. Eleanor always cared for other, this is shown in the text, “ But even at age seven, Eleanor was glad to be helping someone, glad to be…
Dashkova was born to an aristocratic family in St. Petersburg in 1744. Her mother passed away when she was only two years old. Her uncle, the Grand Chancellor, adopted her into his family when she turned four. In her memoir, Dashkova shared her unpleasant upbringing in her uncle’s household: “sharing the same room, the same masters, even dresses cut from the same cloth” with her cousin, Countess Stroganova. According to Dashkova, her “uncle had no time and her aunt had neither the ability nor the inclination” to impose knowledge or compassion in her heart and mind at all (pg. 32). Dashkova also shared that, as a kid, she craved attention and was often left feeling lonely. All these misfortunes along with her determination to overcome her gender role stereotypes motivated her to achieve the accomplishments she made in her lifetime.…
His daughter continued her father’s legacy by majoring in chemistry. Many years later, she started a Queens College scholarship fund in his honor to assist minority students majoring in chemistry or physics. She studied at Columbia university she majored in Chemistry, after that she earned her Ph.D., When Marie graduated she did nothing but studied the human body. I was proud of her because she was the first woman to go to college most women weren’t allowed at a lot of colleges. What got her in science was influenced by her father, who had attended Cornell University with intentions of becoming a chemist, but had been unable to complete his education due to a lack of funds. His daughter continued her father’s legacy by majoring in chemistry. Many years later, she started a Queens College scholarship fund in his honor to assist minority students majoring in chemistry or physics. But she had some problems trying to get in school but she solved that problem by keep trying to accomplish her dream. She started teaching at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, she continued research on arteries and the effects of cigarette smoke on the lungs in April, 1947. That was good because she affected the world because she inspires other women to get their degrees. It also inspired me…
There seems to be a repeating sense of the past coming back to haunt Casey in the story “Aunt Granny Lith” by Chris Offutt. Casey suffered the passing of two wifes and these unfortunate series of events led to him meeting Beth. When he marries his third wife, Beth, he is seen very protective of her. Casey and Beth really fell for eachother when they met. Although there was some roadblocks like the local preacher refusing to marry them or the fear of Casey being hexed. The couple still got their way and moved into their new house. Beth followed a woman into the woods one day and after telling Casey it was apparent he did not want to believe it. Beth saw Aunt Granny, the woman Casey proposed to by accident. Beth was now scared of being haunted…
She was one of the few survivors of the Holocaust in WWII. She was born on December 31, 1934 in Kippenheim south of Germany near the border of France. In August 1942, she was seven years old when she was sent with her parents to a Nazi concentration camp in Terezin, Czechoslovakia. She stayed there for nearly three years until 1945 when the Soviet army liberated the camp as she was one of very few survivors of the Terezin concentration camp. She remembered many of her friends who were sent to Auschwitz’s to be killed in the gas chambers. Many of her relatives were slaughtered by the Nazi. After the war ended, her parents couldn’t bear staying in Germany. They immigrated to America in May 1946. Due to her health condition she was hospitalized for two years in New York until she recovered from malnutrition that she suffered from during her stay in the Terezin concentration camp. Though she lost years of her life without schooling, she started going to school to follow her passion to be a chemist. She used her horrifying experience as a Holocaust survivor to write poems and books and to deliver lectures to the young generation. Her testimony to PennState channel on April 18, 2014 was the most recent of hers . Her poem I am A Star was written in a book as a lesson of tolerance and forgiveness. She received many awards for her contribution to the society and the…
She became independent quicker than most children did, always made an effort to try and do well in school no matter her situation, and realized to be grateful for what she was given, because it’s the thought that counts. All the positive events that took place throughout her live taught her how to appreciate her humble beginnings and be proud of where she is now and how far she’s come. She created a successful career for herself and learned lessons from the experiences she’s lived through, which make her a thriving…
2. Ivan adopts the values and beliefs of other members of high society believing those values are the mark of a successful life.…
How cool is your grandmother? Nikki Giovanni, Gary Soto, and Lorna Dee Cervantes share poems with their audience about their grandmothers and the lessons they have been taught. Throughout the year as we grow most of our grandparents get to see us change into the person we are today. “Lord these children”, Grandparents do not care what generation you grew up in they are mostly traditional and do not take disrespect too well. Here are some poems dealing with: Performance in everyday life, Traits that significantly shape human identity, and traits that shape cultural backgrounds.…
Yesterday would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 90th birthday. She may still be the most legendary icon of Hollywood. She was a blonde bombshell that exuded innocence and sex, but her image masked a fragility that derived from her rough childhood, a childhood from which she couldn’t escape.…
In Cortanooth, there is a native fruit that grows every spring. It is called manala and it’s skin is bright green, like a granny smith apple. When you take a knife to it’s thick skin to reveal a dark orange, soft flesh that tastes similar to a mango. This fruit was once very popular in Cortanooth, until a hurricane wiped out the small island, leaving few of the trees it grows on. One day in April 1974, Mystic came across a manala tree that stood isolated from the village he lives in. He took a new route home from school this day and bumped into it. Mystic wore rags and had a staggered walk because his shoes had holes all on the soles. His family was far from wealthy, but they stressed the importance of education in him growing up. He always…
This is significant because the narrator associates family with love and happiness which reassures the reader that her childhood was special.…
Miss. Akila struggled in life starting when she was only five years old, she had to walk home everyday to the run down house. She needed to stay by herself and look after herself while her mother was always working cold nights and hot days. She cooked simple and easy things for herself, When she had problems with electricity and water, she had to find ways to stay comfortable and to feed herself. Now, she is the strongest and most independent women I have ever known. She has marvelous dreams of wanting to be somebody one day. She has huge plans to be the boss, to have her own office, to have control, and to make her own rules.…