and caring for their loved ones. The short story “Wagner Matinee” by Willa Cather and “A pair of Silk Stockings” by Kate Chopin specify the significant sacrifices women are expected to accomplish during that era. Both women in the short stories live similar lifestyles but have different aspects about themselves. Cather and Chopin are able to present the daily life
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English 2 A pair of silk stockings Essay The story’s main character is Mrs. Sommers‚ a wife and mother. Her family is very poor‚ and she is trying to pick up a few items of clothing for her children. On this particular day‚ she is tired and worn out as she goes about her errands. She is an expert at finding bargains and saving money‚ always looking for a good sale‚ but she finds a pair of silk stockings that she desires for herself. They feel nice against
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Chopin’s A Pair of Silk Stockings: Mrs. Sommers Mrs. Sommers‚ of Kate Chopin’s "A Pair of Silk Stockings" faces a major Man-vs.-Society conflict. She is a perfect example of how humans are tempted by material gain‚ "the life of luxury"‚ and the vicious way society judges things (or people). Society views people who live in the lap of luxury as "gods"‚ they are above those who are not so fortunate. Anyone can fall prey to this common societal problem‚ even innocent "Little Mrs. Sommers". This
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A Pair of Silk Stockings "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is a story about a woman who loves her children‚ but through an ordinary pair of stockings‚ realizes that she must do something for herself. The stockings gave her some freedom from just being a parent. They introduced her to a world of fantastic rewards that she greatly deserved. Mrs. Sommers didn ’t really change‚ she became a better person. The author uses imagery to describe her shopping spree and her entire day‚ as I will point
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Silk Stockings "Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin is a short story that explains the role of a stereotypical female. The main character takes care of family‚ is impulsive‚ and wants to live in luxury. The first example of stereotypes is that Mrs. Sommers took care of her family‚ she thought very hard about what she would buy her kids as soon as she got the money. She didn’t spend a second thinking of herself she just thought to take care of her children right away. The story said‚ "She lay awake‚ revolving
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would pass by our stall and see my father ’pulling’ the tea through a sackcloth strainer‚ pouring it repeatedly from one container to another. "The sackcloth would become stained and resembled a flesh colored stocking‚ so they would come in and say ’Give me a glass of that silk stocking milk tea.’" The nickname for the drink stuck. At Lan Fong Yuen‚ a very fine sackcloth and a copper teapot is used to make milk tea. The tea and milk are strained through the cloth sieve eight times to produce
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women have always been treated in a certain way‚ had to live up to certain standards‚ and please others before themselves. The threes stories “The Yellow Wallpaper”‚ “The Story of an Hour”‚ and “Silk Stockings” are all examples that reveal some of the sexism during this time. The three stories compare and contrast in many different ways. Each story expressed how life was as a woman‚ their struggles‚ and even what was going on in their minds. Each story has a different perspective and the readers may have
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The Hunt of the Unicorn (1937) by Franco-Flemish Approx 12 f.t 1 in. X 8 ft. 3 in. Silk and wool‚ silver and silver-gilt threads. Viewed at Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ New York (1937). Tar Beach (1988) by Faith Ringgold Approx 74 5/8 in X 68 ½ in. Acrylic on Canvas boardered with printed‚ painted‚ quilted‚ and pieced cloth. Viewed at Guggenheim Museum‚ New York (1988). Compare and Contrast Essay of The Hunt of the Unicorn‚ and Tar Beach In the art work of Franco Flemish‚ The Hunt of
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Compare and Contrast Essay The differences and similarities of how the Mongols treated China and Russia consisted of the good use of trade routes‚ and how the Mongols weren’t strict to Russia. The Mongols controlled china differently from Russia by having a direct rule over them‚ and by changing their capital to another place‚ some of the similarities that both china and Russia shared was that their economics dropped and both wanted to conquer different places. The way that the Mongols controlled
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In the stimulus extracted from Peter Corris’ Deep Water (pp. 49-53) and the film Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking‚ directed by Simon Cellan Jones‚ the detectives and the world of crime are represented through various language features and values. The characteristics of these detectives Cliff Hardy and Sherlock Holmes are developed and portrayed through these features. Language in the Deep Water stimulus is used heavily to represent the wealth of Double Bay. This effect is obtained
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