The romantic‚ fictional novel‚ Blackmoore‚ is about a young adult‚ Kate Worthington‚ set in the 1820s by Julianne Donaldson. Kate plans on going to India to travel the world with her aunt‚ but her meddlesome mother does not agree with Kate’s desires. Her mother bargains with Kate that she can go to India if she can reject three marriage proposals. Kate goes the stately manor of Blackmoore to fulfill this deal. Throughout the book Kate begins to find out that she has always loved Henry Delafield‚ a lifelong
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Compare “Cousin Kate” by Christina Rossetti and “The Seduction” by Eileen Mcauley focusing on themes‚ issues‚ the socio-historical contents and the poet’s use of language In my essay I will explore and discuss both poems in detail. Though written in very different eras both these poems explore the themes of love‚ sex‚ morality and the betrayal of women who were left holding the baby. Both poems are written from the perspective of the women who fell for the charms of a man who had no intention
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Biographical Statement My name is Sean De Guzman and I am currently attending the University of Alaska Anchorage. I was born in the Philippines and moved to a small town in Alaska called Utqiagvik right after I was born‚ where I would start and end my K-12 education. Growing up‚ I always knew that my Mom worked hard to support us every day. This motivated me to do well in school so that I could make her proud. As a result‚ I got good grades and won many awards to show that all of my Mom’s hard work
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Awakening‚ Kate Chopin explores the desires of a woman who is being oppressed by a patriarchal society and societal expectations. The protagonist‚ Edna‚dreams of living a life that is free and true to herself. The motif of birds and wings are used to illustrate Edna’s struggle with marital oppression and marital awakening. Chopin suggests that the only way for the oppressed woman to achieve her dreams is to break away from social expectations placed upon married women. As the novel beings‚ Chopin uses
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slowly-developed‚ consistent love of a married couple who have learned how to live with and for each other. These are the two contrasting relationships that we see in the play‚ the former between Lucentio and Bianca‚ and the latter between Petruchio and Kate. Thus the "ideal" married relationship presented by the play does not concern the "match made in heaven‚" in which the man and woman are perfectly suited for each other from the beginning. Rather‚ and much more realistically‚ it deals with the
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The Awakening by Kate Chopin Memo 1 In my own humble opinion‚ I believe that The Awakening by Kate Chopin is more about escape than a feminist agenda. Edna seems to feel trapped in the social confines of society at the time. Throughout the first half of the book there are plenty of examples of this. To name a few‚ Edna talks about when she was growing up in Kentuckey‚ she would wade through the tall grass instead of growing to church. Another example of the theme of escape being prevalent in the
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In Kate Chopin’s book The Awakening‚ the title holds a significant but complex meaning. Throughout the book‚ the main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ experiences various awakenings in different ways; she has an awakening of herself as an artist when she tries to paint‚ a realisation that she can appreciate music‚ a realisation of what love is‚ along with realisations of who she is and how unfulfilling her life is. Edna also experiences freedom for the first time; she comprehends deeper understanding
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In The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ water serves as commentary on Edna Pontellier’s most pivotal moments in which she evolved as a person. The various instances of water throughout the novel symbolize Edna’s In the beginning of the novel‚ water is a symbol of Edna’s troubled relationship status. As Edna stands on the beach‚ she concludes that “the voice of the sea is seductive [and] speaks to the soul.” The sea resembles Robert‚ enlightening Edna of her true feelings for him. Whereas Edna’s relationship
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English Essay- My Cousin Kate A Poem which was written by Christina Rossetti in the Victorian times between the years 1830-1894. An English poet who mainly aimed her poems at children she lived in London and was educated privately. It is not a typical poem of its time setting because of the theme the poem is showing and as we can see this when analysing the poem. In the first stanza in the first line where it states “I was a cottage maiden”- this part shows that she is using first person at
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