1.2 The major literary works of Susan Sontag In Sontag’s life‚ she totally wrote four novels‚ they are "The Benefactor” (1963)‚ “Death Tool"(1967)‚"The Volcano Lover"(1992) and "In the United States" (2000);besides‚ there is one short stories “I ‚ etcetera" and a few scripts. Then she also published eight other works‚ among these works ‚ the famous works are "Against Interpretation" (1966)‚ "The Radical Form of Will" (1969)‚ "On Photography" (1977)‚ "The Disease Metaphor" (1988)‚ "The point" (2001)
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genders on different genders. For example‚ the men are placed to in the top and respected positions in the society something‚ which is not the case with women gender. This is viewed as a way of limited the rights and liberty of women. “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell is an example of the major components of inequalities that are common in the society. We get to learn that Mrs. Wright and her better late half are enjoined in the different temperaments of society that incorporate gender inequalities. The
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of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution that occurred on August 18‚ 1920. Sources such as Wikipedia detail the extensive process of the approval of women’s suffrage that took place over the span of about forty years and the opposition it overcame to become an amendment‚ however it fails to explain the men’s role in the women’s suffrage movement‚ particularly in the state of Tennessee‚ which was the last state’s vote needed to approve its ratification as an amendment to the US Constitution
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Susan Glaspell’s play Trifles is probably often misinterpreted by many viewers. One person made the following comment‚ "Trifles is a lousy mystery. All the action took place before the curtain went up. Almost in the beginning‚ on the third page‚ we find out who done it.’ So there isn’t really much reason to sit through the rest of the play." Trifles does center around a murder investigation‚ but the mystery is not about "who done it‚" but why it was done. Women’s lowly social status at the time
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advertisements and commercials almost as much as five‚ ten‚ and even twenty years ago. But of course now modern people have changed their opinions and thoughts almost on everything‚ advertisement included. And they have changed also. In "Hunger as Ideology"‚ Susan Bordo talks about her view on commercials and gives us the gender-dualities‚ which she thinks are traditional for ads. In her essay Bordo examined the historical stereotype of women; the portrayals that have arrested them‚ turning their psychological
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When comparing the descriptive technique of Susan Sontag’s On Photography book between ALL MY LIFE FOR SALE by John D. Freyer and eBay‚ we will find that Mr. Freyer demonstrated a merely subjective description that was mentored solely by his own point of view. The assumption that “every photographer should read this book” in the beginning of his description‚ and asserting this assumption later by using an overstated sentence like: “Even the mom and pop photographers”‚ and further emphasizing by generalizing
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Profanity: The original meaning of “profanity” was restricted to blasphemy. “Blasphemy” was an offensive attack on religion and religious figures‚ which included swearing in the name of God. As centuries passed‚ profanity became more distinct from blasphemy. Although blasphemy still refers to language that defames God‚ a religion or a religious figure‚ profanity has evolved to include expressions with vulgar‚ racist and sexual themes. Used in a court case: Respondent public high school student
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Trifles by Susan Glaspell Literary devices used in the ‘ Trifles’ Symbolism - to express meaning indirectly. Example: An undone quilt Though the women are laughed at when they are discussing if Mrs Wright is going to quilt it or knot it‚ this really shows the reader what marriages were like at the beginning of the 1900s. Men see women as tedious and uninterested in the affairs of "important matters concerning men only"‚ and the fact that the women are the ones who found the actual evidence
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Trifles (1916) by Susan Glaspell The central action in the play “Trifles” is the murder of Mr. Wright. While the men search the house for clues to prove that Mrs. Wright was the culprit‚ the women start taking notice of the drab condition of their surroundings in the kitchen. As the men pass through during their investigation they stop momentarily to fling sexist comments toward the women. For example: “Well‚ women are used to worrying over trifles”‚ which ties directly into the origin of the play’s
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The Coldness of Ashes Susan Pfeffer’s story “Ashes” teaches a lesson about how trust is decided on past‚ not relationships. Ashleigh‚ “Ashes”‚ with divorced parents‚ talks about how when she is with her dad‚ the sun shines just a little bit brighter‚ but according to her mother‚ he is just an “irresponsible bum”. Ashes was a nickname her father gave her‚ which her mother hates. Ashes‚ says that her father hardly ever keeps a promise‚ such as when she was a kid‚ he told her that the stars were
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