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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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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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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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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A clear example is Adrienne Clarkson. She was born into a poor refugee family‚ but she was able to climb up from poverty and she greatly influenced Canadian politics. Adrienne became one of the governor generals of Canada despite her lack of a military background. In this leadership position‚ she was able to influence several lives. She supported
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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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“The Rich People’s School” “The worst form of inequality is trying to make unequal things equal -Aristotle.” Recognizing the different variety of socio economic classes‚ many people tend to identify others and their quality of life‚ based off their personal economic struggles. We are influenced to consider poverty to be one “single story”‚ which manipulates some of us to think‚ “they are who they are because it was their choice”. For some‚ we instantly dehumanize them‚ placing them on a scale contributing
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The documentary‚ “Rich Hill”‚ is the story utilizes various rhetorical analysis devices to tell the story of three preteen/teenager boys who live in the decaying small town of Rich Hill‚ Missouri. Their names are Andrew‚ Harley‚ and Appachey and the film describes what their daily lives are like. They are portrayed to have constantly battled poverty and medical conditions every day of their lifetimes while their value of family helps hold them together as the days pass. Pathos is evident in the
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How rich is rich in the Philippines? June 21‚ 2010 http://www.pinoymoneytalk.com/socioeconomic-class-philippines-rich/ Who are considered “rich” in the Philippines? For starters‚ you’re “rich” if you belong to the list of the Top 10 Richest Filipinos. However‚ even if your net worth does not run into billions of pesos yet‚ you may still be considered “rich” as per the definition of the National Statical Coordination Board (NSCB). Based on NSCB computations using the Family Income and Expenditure
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Name: Hoang Viet Anh (Erik) ID Number: 2017080351 Teacher: Ms. McGowan Date: 2/8/2018 The wealth of Aline Aline from Suzanne Jacob’s " Rich for one day " is rich‚ because she has a lot of time‚ she can do everything that she wants‚ and she is really happy. First of all‚ She has enough time." She decided to open her eyes" (Suzanne 257). It means that she can decide to wake up or continue sleeping. She is very different to others people. When they wake up‚ they just
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