and it takes a long time for traditions to wear down. Or it could be the question of gender bias‚ the belief that man is stronger and wiser‚ thus the obvious choice for a leader. In “Girls at War” by Chinua Achebe and “The Collector of Treasures” by Bessie Head‚ the destructive nature of a patriarchal society is explored through the narrative voice and the use of irony. In “Girls at War”‚ Achebe uses a third-person and heterodiegetic narrator. Yet‚ the voice is from a male perspective. The narrative
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BY IBANGA‚ GRACE ITORO DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH‚ OLABISI ONBANJO UNIVERSITY AGO-IWOYE FEMINISM AND POLITICAL RECONSTRUCTION: THE GYNOCENTRIC AESTHETICS IN JOHN CLARK’S THE WIVES’ REVOLT** AND BESSIE HEAD’S A QUESTION OF POWER By Grace Itoro Ibanga 1.0 Introduction: 1.1 The Concept of Feminism In African societies men are placed at the centre and everything seems to revolve round them. The patriarchal society is a system where the culture is so slanted that the female
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“The Ballad of the Sad Café‚” written by Carson McCullers‚ takes place in a small‚ rural town in Georgia. This novella focuses around the life of a store clerk‚ Ms. Amelia‚ who was married to a man named Marvin Macy and after ten days of a bitter relationship between the two they got divorced. Several years after this event‚ a stranger named Cousin Lymon came to town claiming to be Ms. Amelia’s relative. She took a fondness to him and soon Ms. Amelia’s store was turned into a café because the whole
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herself‚ the house servant Abbot makes a comment to the other servant‚ noting that “if she were a nice‚ pretty child‚ one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that”‚ to which the other servant‚ Bessie‚ replies with a remark in which she notes that she can easier sympathize with Jane’s cousin Georgiana due to her beauty and grace. Even the older women in this book don’t give Jane the benefit of the doubt because of her appearance. Because Jane
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society that will never accept her again‚ now she earns enough money to live on. Another interpretation is that Amelia’s responses regarding her new status is one of arrogance and elevation. Her speech uses few words and reflects a mediocre tone. Amelia appears to value her way of life even though she acknowledges that she has not only sacrificed her virginity to gain worldly pleasures and status but also is engaging in a disreputable
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“At Last” with proposals‚ hookup‚ death and breakup affecting the lives of the residents at Grey Sloan. Yesterday’s episode was a complete mélange of emotions with love‚ joy‚ grief‚ passion surfacing in different characters. It was pleasing to see Amelia and Owen in such a blissful state‚ exchanging flirty glances and getting intimate in the on-call room. And lastly‚ the proposal
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horror‚ he writes an interesting story in Why We Crave Horror Movies‚ which gives reasons why people crave‚ need‚ and want horror their lives. In Two horrific twisted flicks Misery written by Stephen King himself directed by Rob Reiner and “The Doll: Amelia” a short suspenseful story of three in Trilogy of Terror directed by Dan Curtis‚ these insane and psychotic reasons come to life with many similarities in each of their plots. The similarities between the series of events in both of these thrillers
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poems‚ discuss the poetic methods Hardy uses to evoke distinctive settings in his poem. Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Ruined Maid’ is a poem about a young woman named Amelia who meets her old friend‚ and character foil‚ in town from her old life in the rural areas. As the poem progresses‚ with her friend making contrasting comparisons between how Amelia was and how she is now‚ we begin to realize that she had traded in her virtues to have‚ ironically at that era‚ a better life. Hardy evokes distinctive settings
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Cristina 4 December 2013 Marriage for All the Wrong Reasons: The Victorian Novel It is of the last importance to their happiness in life that they should early acquire a submissive temper and a forbearing spirit. They must even endure to be thought wrong sometimes‚ when they cannot but feel they are right. And while they should be anxiously aspiring to do well‚ they must not expect always to obtain the praise of having done so (Austen‚ 404-5). In 1799‚ Strictures on the Modern System of Female
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Mary’s boyfriend. This night causes havoc for Bigger because of Mary being drunk it accidently leads to her own death. Bigger then tries to cover up his tracks and Bessie‚ his girlfriend‚ is caught in the middle of the action. Bessie is horrified that Bigger killed Mary but believes Bigger to be a good man. Bigger ends up having sex with Bessie and then kills her. In “Fate” Bigger is tracked down by police the next day and beaten down. He is thrown in jail and tried for the murder. Mrs. Thomas visits
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