teachers Aunt Alexandra‚ Mrs. Dubose‚ fighting‚ and the wearing boy’s clothing. During the 1930’s the ideal young lady was supposed to be a spitting image of absolute femininity‚ so of course a lot of pressure was put on Jean to be “a proper Southern belle” (Johnson‚ 144). Girls were trained to speak‚ and dress like ladies. Learning how to speak many languages and playing female appropriate sports and instruments were a must. Women were to never wear pants‚ or jeans no matter the weather condition‚
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Gatsby’s Fairy Lover The events in the Novel‚ the Great Gatsby‚ written by F. Scott Fitzgarald‚ can be closely related to the love stories found in fairytales. Every fairytale needs a struggling hero who finally meets success‚ a distressed heroine who discovers happiness‚ and a villain to create conflict. Obvious to the reader‚ our hero is Gatsby‚ the damsel is Daisy‚ and Tom is the villain. Gatsby’s initial circumstances compared to his thunderous success and finally the great tragedy he faces
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alcohol‚ unmoral dancing‚ and eventually sexually relations with strangers. Perry also adds how the girls could not resist a man’s love despite it meaning that they would loose their “girlhood.” One of the prominent reformers during this time was Belle Israels who sought to protect girls from being “played with” and sought to put an end to dance halls. As a result‚ the Progressive Era stirred together different social issues which usually led to controversy and tension as seen in the dance hall reform
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what he conceives to be a challenge to his dignity‚ his image of his rightful status. Blanche refuses to remain passive throughout the play‚ she continuously fights for her dignity by truly making herself and others believe that she is the “Southern-belle” should be. You can see this in the way she dresses and presents herself. “You come in here and sprinkle the place with powder and spray perfume and cover the light bulb with a paper lantern‚ and lo and behold the place has turned into Egypt and you
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the non-dominant (often left) side of the body. Some believe that because of unconscious knowledge that the symptoms are unreal‚ patients show "a relative lack of concern about the nature or implications of the symptoms." (DSM-IV) This is called "La Belle Indifference." A later study showed that no evidence was found suggesting that petients with "functional" symptoms were any more likely to show this than patients with real neurological conditions. (Stone J‚ Smyth R‚ Carson A‚ Warlow C‚ Sharpe M: 2006)
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Once upon a time children’s stories were written about a magical imaginary world with beautiful princesses and fairies known as “Fairytales”. Fairytales have been with us for a longtime. When I look back to my childhood‚ I do not remember a lot of things‚ but I remember the days when my grand-mother took care of me. Every evening I used to sit on her lap or by her side to listen to fairytales. She would tell me tales of the princes‚ princesses and stories of ghosts. In the end‚ from all the stories
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French words 1. voilà! - literally "see there"; in French it can mean simply "there it is"; in English it is generally restricted to a triumphant revelation. 2. vis-à-vis- "face to face [with]": in comparison with or in relation to; opposed to. From "vis" (conjugated form of "viser‚" to see). In French‚ it’s also a real estate vocabulary word meaning that your windows and your neighbours’ are within sighting distance (more precisely‚ that you can see inside of their home) 3 .tête-à-tête - "head to
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‘I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.’ Blanche’s last words of the play are a direct and most effective appeal for the audience’s sympathy and pity. To what extent do you feel that the character of Blanche DuBois can be viewed as a tragic victim. Word count = 1‚500 By Georgia Tucker Blanche Dubois‚ The leading role in Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire is often viewed as a tragic victim - This is a woman who doesn’t want realism‚ She wants magic‚ but even despite
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Explore the ways that Scrooge’s emotions change in “A Christmas Carol” The story will not leave us‚ but will “haunt” us “pleasantly” as Dickens hoped. We are experiencing this by exploring the ways that emotions of main character‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ change during reading “A Christmas Carol”. Charles Dickens uses a lot of adjectives and many similes in order to present a clear image of what Scrooge looks like‚ as well as his personality‚ and this is before we have ever met him: “Hard and sharp as
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When you think about your family and who your great-grandparents are‚ do you ever think about what they did or what their great-grandparents did? Think about what your family was doing in the 1800’s. Were they wealthy? Did they live in the North or South? In 1850‚ the plantations were becoming a big controversy that everyone talked about. What if you had family that was a wealthy plantation owner of the South? Slavery in the United States was the biggest conflict in the 1800’s. However‚ the people
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