family and religion interfere? I will focus in this essay on Michel Foucault‚ Adrienne Rich and Catherine Mackinnon who all indicate that sexuality is socially constructed but argue on the source of construction. While Foucault believes that sexuality is historically constructed by genderless power‚ knowledge and discourse; Mackinnon assumes that sexuality constitutes gender and is a social construct of male power; Rich‚ instead‚ claims that there is no innate desire toward the opposite sex but rather
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The poem I am going to talk about is “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” by ADRIENNE RICH. When I saw the title of the poem‚ the first thing we can know is the speaker had an aunt named Jennifer. Also‚ I thought real tigers would be describing in the poem‚ and I wondered how could a woman rear some tigers. But after I saw the first line of the poem‚ I found out the tigers in the poem were not real. In the first stanza‚ we can see the speaker used the word “prance” to describe the move of the tigers‚ it made
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Adrienne Rich’s poem Living In Sin is a free verse poem about a woman’s fairy tale dream of marriage versus the reality of the sin of not loving each other. The subject of the poem is a woman starting a life of hope and happiness in a perfect relationship only to learn the true reality of the relationship. The speaker of the poem observes the woman’s life as sad and boring using the past tense versus the present‚ and short run on lines that set the hopeless mood of the poem. Imagery and colorful
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is how the United States should be based on. After I read this book‚ I realized that freedom and individual responsibility walk together and you cannot separate them. These two topics‚ freedom and individual responsibility‚ are really important when analyzing the importance of ethics. Starting with freedom‚ I realized after reading the book that without freedom‚ our society would not work in the same way that it works right now. An individual must have the freedom to choose what he wants for his
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Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich‚ in my opinion‚ is written about the journey of a woman going deep inside her soul to find out her true identity and her role in life. With numerous multi meaning metaphors‚ the poem could be interpreted in various ways; however I believe Rich was experiencing herself changing through this challenging adventure. The depth of vivid metaphors gives credit to Rich ’s message in this poem‚ through such symbols like "the wreck"‚ "the book of myths"‚ "camera" and
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In Star Wars: The Force Awakens‚ John Williams’ song “The Ways of The Force” plays during the final battle scene. In this scene‚ the dark and light sides of the force face off‚ represented by the characters Kylo Ren and Rey. The music of the scene is highly effective in relaying the emotions of the fight. Through his composition of film music‚ Williams has been able to greatly influence American culture for decades. In “The Ways of The Force‚” Williams creatively incorporates references to his previous
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which members of a society inhabit. Patterns‚ a poem by Amy Lowell reflects on a woman as an individual in society and her strength and ability to escape from her world of oppression through her dreams. Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers‚ a poem written by Adrienne Rich depicts a woman who is constrained and trapped within her marriage. In a patriarchal society‚ society’s expectations confine women because they have to live up to an image that their society wants. Amy Lowell’s distinguished family and high education
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English Final Fellow year 12 English literature enthusiasts‚ good morning and welcome. Before we delve into the beautiful world that is poetry‚ may I please ask you to close your eyes? Close your eyes‚ clear your mind and picture a plain white room‚ free of all opinion and emotion. Place your most cherished love in this room; whether it is the boy or girl you eternally adore‚ the best friend who you have shared and bared your soul to or the family member you have the utmost admiration towards
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When will we see Change? A Critical look at Barack Obama and the democratic party. Charles Kerber POLS 202 9AM American Government Livingston This paper will take a critical look at the history of the democratic party‚ its most recent 2012 election‚ its current presidential candidate Barack Obama‚ and the latest platform. While the paper may read as being highly critical of President Obama‚ it should be caveated by the fact that this is an extremely trying time in the history of the United States
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While reading “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae and “Here Dead We Lie” by A.E. Housman‚ I made sure to decode every word that the poems contained in order to self-interpret the pieces of literature. These World War I based poems carry significant stories of our once war torn planet. For example‚ “Here Dead We Lie” is a short‚ yet meaningful‚ poem about nationalism and pride towards ones country. In this poem‚ the author discusses the fact that soldiers often chose to die for their country instead
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