One chilly night on March 5th, 1770 war broke out between the Patriots and the Loyalists. It occurred on King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Before this event took place, the British had decided to tax the colonists for many manufactured items acquired through trade. This caused an outrage in the populace of Boston, mostly for the impoverished people. Ever since then, the colonists have been boycotting and protesting against these inequitable laws. Then on this day the Patriots and Loyalists were bickering when a shot was fired into the crowd of the Loyalists and then someone had yelled “Fire!” and in the end, few Patriots were killed and some injured. This anger the Colonists greatly and they deserved justice, this night will always be remembered…
Macaroons are a biscuit/pastry people have indulged themselves with for hundreds of years. They were created by the French and these little pieces of heaven could brighten anyone’s day. Then there are dolls. Little life like figures that children play with throughout the world. You can accessorize them, make them talk, and even have a doll house for them to stay in. Two great things completely unrelated, right? However, when merged together, they become an eye opening drama by author Henrik Ibsen, who gives women’s oppression in the nineteenth century a spin by creating the character Nora and her controlling husband Torvald. Who thought that a sweet treat such as macaroons could resemble lying, one’s self image, and even an abusive relationship.…
Deception, or the act of deceiving or defrauding, is a prominent theme in the Odyssey. Though inherently dishonest, deception can be used to gain information and knowledge. Different characters (and people) use it different ways. This essay will establish that, whereas Odysseus uses deception to help him progress from Nobody back to Odysseus, king of Ithaca, Athena does so to keep her identity secret when she disguises herself.…
The characters are repeatedly being subjected to images of whiteness offered through movies, books, magazines, toys, and of course advertisements. Early into the story, Pecola gushes over Shirley Temple’s beauty, and later on Mrs. Breedlove spends her days at the movies admiring the white actresses, wishing she could be in their place. The association between beauty and whiteness pushes the idea of beauty beyond the body’s exterior, making it a signifier of one’s value and worth. Many characters in the book believe their beauty means who they are in society, community, and…
To begin the book, Strauss introduces Helen of Troy. Helen was the wife of King Menelaus and had attracted the attention of the Prince Priam of Troy. Strauss introduces that the reason that Helen left Sparta could have been for two reasons: one idea was that Menelaus was oppressive and Paris was a good looking prince, while the other idea that Strauss explores is that Anatolian women had more power than Greek women. Paris probably thought that the Greeks would not attempt to bring Helen back, but agamemnon was able to convince them of this risky war in order to profit from the wealth that Troy contained, “Helen was not the cause of the war but merely the occasion of the war. By seducing a Greek princess, Troy had interfered in the politics of the Greek kingdom and humiliated a powerful man” (Strauss p 28).…
Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena all think their stunning good looks make them a shoe-in for the golden apple. The trio of angry goddesses go to Zeus to ask him to judge. Zeus is like, "No way am I getting involved in this, ladies." Zeus, however, tells the ladies he knows just the guy. There's this mortal shepherd named Paris, who's recently shown that he's an excellent judge in a case with Ares and a bull.…
In Homer’s The Odyssey book 4, Helen reveals to Telemachus that she was not always fully on the side of king Menelaus and the Achaeans. During the feast in Menelaus’ halls, Helen shares a story about Odysseus’ infiltration of Troy “he slip[s] into the enemy’s city, roam[s] its streets… But when I bathed him, rubbed him down with oil… he reveal[s] to me”(132). This quote sheds light to the fact the Helen had enough freedom to walk around the city, bathe random strangers, and give out clothes all while under her so-called captivity; truly, these actions do not seem like the ones of a person held against her will. Next, after Helen witnessed Odysseus kill a group of Trojan soldiers, she says “my heart had changed by now” (132). This means that…
Conflicts and tensions between family members and friends are key elements in August Wilson 's play, Fences. The main character, Troy Maxon, has struggled his whole life to be a responsible person and fulfill his duties in any role that he is meant to play. In turn, however, he has created conflict through his forbidding manner. The author illustrates how the effects of Troy 's stern upbringing cause him to pass along a legacy of bitterness and anger which creates tension and conflict in his relationships with his family.…
Troy blames himself for not being able to teach his son on how to become a better adult. This is the reason for Troy giving Lyon anything that he ask for even though Troy wants him to earn it on his own. An example of this is when Lyon ask Troy for ten dollars at the beginning of the play. He wants Lyon to get himself a job that would help him out, so he do not have to keep coming to his father for money. On the other hand, Cory Maxson get the worst end of the stick. He does not get treated the same way than his older half brother since Troy seem to be stricter on him. Throughout the play that deals with Troy and Cory’s relationship, Troy wants to Cory to drop his dream of becoming something in sports.…
With a magical girdle, many idolized her, and desired her, for her looks, and intellectualness. However, at the central of her dawning beauty laid a rivalry between two other women, Hera and Athena, for the so-called “battle” of who was the most beautiful woman in the whole world. At the end of the day she won, at the choice of Trojan prince Paris, at the cost of bribery, by giving Paris Helen. However, Helen was already married, and not looking for another, or an additional man into her life. This event, of course led to a major turning point in Greek and Trojan relations, causing strife between the two nations. The importance of Aphrodite is that she caused the trouble between the Trojans and the Greeks, all over one bribe. The significance of her role in the Trojan War is legendary, even just by kick starting all of the…
The Odyssey is mainly about men and their heroic triumphs and mighty deaths, which cast a shadow over the strong women. Most of the women are thought to be either motherly figures or romantic interests, but in truth, they are so much more, just like in present day society. Perhaps the most strong of all mortal characters is Penelope, the loyal wife of Odysseus. Although she is bombarded with suitors who stay at her house, she has managed to not give in.…
Judy Jones and daisy Buchanan are beautiful, wealthy, and shallow young women who love but money. Both Judy and daisy dress flimsy clothes witch shows a lack of character. They know that they can get men with their cute voices and there money. They both have instances in their lives where love, money, and materialism come into play. Like when daisy accidentally kills myrtle on the streets and she thinks she’s too good too take the blame or when every time things aren’t going good for Judy, she runs off and finds a new man of the night.…
To begin, i think that we should cherish what we have and even if we don't have all the things that we want we should value the things that we do have. For example in the book page 20 Helen is complaining about not having enough money to buy a new wall and knocking the one they have down just to put a tv screen on it. In my personal opinion i think that you should cherish what you have and be thankful. For example back then i'm pretty sure that you couldn't afford a lot of things, And that's one of the quotes i think give a message to the audience.…
Overall the basic concept of the fruit that is given to the girls is more like a drug. The unspoken lesbian act that many Victorian perceived was way out of context. The fruit symbolized the drug that the prostitute, Laura, wanted to get from the goblin in return all she had was an addiction. Thanks to a strong sisterhood and not anything related to gays, Lizzie was able to break the habit and they both grew old and had their own families.…
The Iliad and The Odyssey are tales written by Homer centered on the drama of the Trojan War. First poem deals with the time during the end of the war, while the latter, which occurs roughly ten years later, explains the disastrous journey of Odysseus fighting his way back home. The character of women in the Odyssey is to exhibit the many and diverse roles that women play in the lives of men. These functions vary from characters such as the goddess ' that help them to the nymphs who trick them. Women in the Iliad exhibit their significance in the lives of the ancient Greeks because they are so prominent in a world so dominated with military relations.…