women’s rights and equality. Two characters‚ Nora Helmer from A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and Calpurnia from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare‚ share the conflict of women’s rights. Nora and Calpurnia have the similar issue of being looked down upon men. With the issue of women’s rights and unequal gender roles in society‚ Nora demonstrates a courageous act of standing up to men than Calpurnia in Julius Caesar; therefore‚ if women want to change this problem
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Isra Mahmood BA English Hons II – B 599 Paper IV Project The Effects of the Affair of Caesar and Cleopatra on Calpurnia ------------------------------------------------- Introduction After Hatshepsut‚ Cleopatra was the only Queen of Egypt who was seriously referred to as “Pharaoh”. The torrid love affair between one of the highest regarded Queens in history and that of the phenomenal Julius Caesar is considered to be one of the most romantic and grand ones in the world. Cecil B. Demille seems to
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To Kill a Mockingbird Character Analysis ’ Calpurnia Calpurnia is a key character in To Kill a Mockingbird‚ she shows the children the true side of coloured people and that they shouldn’t believe everything they hear about her community. She comes off as a gruff character but throughout the novel‚ a kind hearted‚ caring character is revealed. Even though she tries very hard to show the children that black and white people are equal she acts differently when she is interacting with black or white
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where prejudice towards the Negro community was commonly demonstrated. A character who plays a major part in this issue is Calpurnia‚ the Negro maid of the Finch family household. “Voice” and “place” are two literary features used to explore Calpurnia’s role in emphasising racial discrimination. During the novel‚ “voice” is a literary feature that is regularly used by Calpurnia as she is at a particular advantage when assisting around the Finch household‚ despite being a Negro woman. The audience
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Mockingbird In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird Calpurnia has become the motherly figure in Scout’s life by teaching her lessons‚ morals and values. Calpurnia taught Scout to write when she was bored on a rainy day “Calpurnia was to blame for this…then copying out a chapter of the bible beneath” (p24). This shows Calpurnia is not just cooking and cleaning; she entertains her and has a special connection with her. Another thing Calpurnia is doing for Scout is teaching her manners and mannerisms
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have to have kin to form a good family‚ as long as they care about each other. In the novel‚ Calpurnia is a black woman who works as a cook in Finch’s family‚ they don’t have any kin. However‚ no matter which angle you look into their relationship from‚ you will see the true love within a family. Calpurnia plays the role of a mother; she builds up many figures of a mother in Scout’s life. For example‚ Calpurnia is furious when Scout rudely ask Walter Cunningham
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parental duties. Luckily for Atticus‚ Calpurnia is around to pick up some of the slack. Without Calpurnia‚ Jem and Scout would not be nearly as well behaved as they gradually become. Atticus’s career would also take a dive‚ with no one to watch Scout and Jem while he works. Finally‚ Calpurnia also takes care of exposing Jem and Scout to new things‚ something every parent should gradually do for their child. In the book‚ To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ Calpurnia is the closest thing Jem and Scout
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“Perhaps Calpurnia sensed that my day had been a grim one: she let me watch her fix supper... ‘I missed you today‚’ she said.” To Kill a Mockingbird’s loveable Calpurnia lives her life switching between the different personalities society has forced upon her; Calpurnia is the motherly authoritative women in the Finch’s’ home‚ the quiet maid when around privileged whites‚ and the native “nigger-talking” lady in the black community. Even though Calpurnia is the African-American cook and housekeeper
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In the book‚ Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia are characters that could serve as motherly figures to Scout. In my opinion‚ Calpurnia acts as a better mother for the children. In contrast from Aunt Alexandria‚ Calpurnia is extraordinarily caring towards Jem and Scout‚ as well as other people. When old Tim Johnson‚ the rabid dog‚ came ambling into town‚ she immediatly went to action. She called every person in the town to make sure that they were aware of the danger. Another example is when Scout was feeling
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In this speech that Calpurnia gives to caesar she is very clear she doesn’t want him to leave. She makes the claim that since there is bad things she’s heard today and that that means that there is likely something bad that’s going to happen to him. She uses claim of policy to try to persuade him to stay in. By bringing up the fact that the watchmen had seen such horrifying things she was able to make him feel nervous‚ she was very careful in her description to prey upon things that would definitely
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