commentary on the novel‚ writes of Sandy and Miss Brodie: "The complexity of these two characters‚ especially Jean Brodie‚ mirrors the complexity of human life. Jean Brodie is genuinely intent on opening up her girls’ lives‚ on heightening their awareness of themselves and their world‚ and on breaking free of restrictive‚ conventional ways of thinking‚ feeling‚ and being" In The prime of Miss Jean Brodie‚ Muriel Spark uses certain narrative techniques which reflect the ways of manipulation used by the
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By focusing on the relationship involving Norma Jean and Leroy‚ Mason is able to expose the reader to the rise of feminism and support for women’s labor unions that defined the lives of most women in southern society during the twentieth century. Mason echoes this movement when Leroy asks “Is this one of those women’s lib things?” (714). When Leroy refers to ‘lib‚’ he is referring to the freedom from limits or thoughts on behavior that served as the centerpiece for the growing political movements
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Correlation Essay After viewing the war film ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and while reading Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried’ I noticed some similarities. The two were similar in various aspects but there were a few that stood out more than others. To start off‚ was the treatment of the enemy. In TTTC‚ they called them names and did cruel and grueling acts. In ‘Full Metal Jacket’‚ soldiers committed cruel and grueling acts as well‚ and they were heavily dissociated to the enemy. That led to
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The poem ‘Funeral Blues’ is about a person’s partner passing away and consequently‚ their whole world is destroyed and becomes meaningless. Numerous quotes show that the narrator has lost their loved one; for instance “Bring out the coffin‚ let the mourners come” and “Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead” which are traditional things associated with death. Emotions such as grief‚ heartbreak‚ sadness and depression are prominent during the poem and are evident through quotes such as “For
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the pianos and with muffled drumBring out the coffin‚ let the mourners come.Let aeroplanes circle moaning overheadScribbling on the sky the message ’He is Dead’.Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves‚Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.He was my North‚ my South‚ my East and West‚My working week and my Sunday rest‚My noon‚ my midnight‚ my talk‚ my song;I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.The stars are not wanted now; put out every one‚Pack up the moon
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writers‚ especially black ones‚ portrayed the black culture and style in their writing. They used black assumptions‚ generalizations and stereotypes to show‚ what they thought was‚ the black culture. Not all of this was far from the truth. Three writers‚ Zora Neale Hurston‚ Langston Hughes‚ and Sterling Brown are examples of writers that emulated black culture in their works. Langston Hughes works‚ “”The Negro Speaks of Rivers‚” “Mother to Son‚” “When Sue Wears Red‚ ” “The Weary Blues‚” I‚ Too‚” and
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for cereal that pictures a silky black dress” (Kilbourne 134). Kilbourne makes clear that by choosing the healthy option at the dinner table will allow oneself to wake up the next morning in the attractive attire of a silky black dress which media suggests only skinny good looking women can wear. In addition‚ Kilbourne may imply that if women choose to eat healthy options‚ this will increase the chances of waking up next to a mate in the sexy attire of the silky black dress. Thus‚ this creates a false
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Muriel Spark The following entry presents criticism on Spark’s novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961). For further information on her life and works‚ see CLC‚ Volumes 2‚ 3‚ 5‚ 8 and 18. One of Spark’s best-known and most critically acclaimed works‚ The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) centers on morality‚ manipulation‚ and betrayal at a school for girls in Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ during the 1930s. Praised for its structural complexity‚ the novel juxtaposes past‚ present
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DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS: ANTIGONE A REMAKE BY JEAN ANOUILH Jean Anouilh Jean Anouilh’s Antigone was remade with the similar political undertones seen in the original version. There are two sources for the play Antigone; the antiquity 5th century story from the Greek play‚ one part of Sophocles ’ trilogy about Oedipus‚ and the second source comes from the more modern political scene during the Nazi invasion of France. Anouilh mixes both of these sources into a timeless
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Jean Piaget was born on August 9‚ 1896 in Neuchatel‚ Switzerland and died September 17‚ 1980. Jean Piaget was employed at the Binet Institute; his job was to develop French versions of questions on English tests. During Jean Piaget’s work he was intrigued by the reason’s children gave for the wrong answers. Jean Piaget thought the children’s answers reviled differences between adults and children. Also‚ Jean Piaget was the first psychologist to systematic study of development. During Jean Piaget’s
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