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    DKNY Assignment Donna Karan: At sixty four‚ Donna Karan is still one of the most influential fashion designers in the world of classic and comfortable clothing; Donna Karan International (DKI) defines the metropolitan flair that bridges the difference between stylishly casual and conventional wear. The company designs and sells men’s and women’s clothing‚ including suits‚ sportswear‚ accessories‚ and shoes‚ under the Donna Karan New York‚ DKNY‚ DKNY Jeans‚ and DKNY Active labels amongst several

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    How far is Macbeth a gothic protagonist? The gothic protagonist who is seen as the main character tries to overcome human limitations by making acting as god. Within the novel elements of Gothic is seen which is seen highly in the characters as well as other aspects. Shakespeare’s Macbeth consists of the central protagonist who is Macbeth himself. Thus‚ Macbeth is seemed as a gothic protagonist because he urges for a gothic goal which is often for more power. A gothic protagonist is known to have

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    Princess Culture

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    how their daughters may internalize the stories. At a first glance‚ these stories seem to be quite innocent but in reality these stories and basically the Princess culture‚ specifically in Cinderella and Snow White‚ encourages girls to be damsels in distress whose role it is to look good and wait for a handsome prince to swoop in‚ ‘save her’ and that after she’s saved they would live a life happily ever after. All of which are notions that shouldn’t be taught to young girls. Growing up with

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    Romantic… Epic… Hero…? When I was a little girl‚ I always believed a hero‚ perhaps a young prince‚ would save me from my awful parents. That prince would be my hero and we would live happily ever after. I know now‚ that’s not realistic‚ yet the media keeps pushing this ridiculous idea on little girls everywhere. They wait‚ in despair‚ for a prince who will never arrive. Heroes like this are classified into several schemas in literature. An epic hero is superhuman in contrast to the romantic hero

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    Poe and Gothicism

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    the boy [Poe]‚ and never loved him‚ either" (Mabbott and Perkins). Also‚ many of his female loved ones have died of tuberculosis‚ inspiring Poe to write about women full of sorrow‚ which is one of the main ideas in "The Sleeper". Because of a "damsel in distress"‚ supernaturalism‚ and dark setting‚ "The Sleeper" exhibits the characteristics of Gothicism thoroughly. Edgar Allan Poe was a very troubled child and grew up to be a disturbed man. He never had the childhood that everyone else did because

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    PAPER IX Throughout history‚ Disney princesses have had a lasting influence on women everywhere. Fairytales are a way for literature to uphold the patriarchal conventions of society. These harmless stories presented to children at a young age; establish the normalcy of the dominance of men in their minds. Social conventions and gender roles are all subtle learning’s that are picked up from everyday fairytale. This paper will focus on the contrast of character personality and social norms between

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    Recent history boldly notes the [comment3] protests and political unrest surrounding the Vietnam Conflict during the 1960s and 70s. However‚ equally important in this era are the women who pushed for gender role reevaluation and publicly rebelled against the established social norm of a woman ’s "place." Although Alice Munro may not have been burning her bra on the courthouse steps‚ threads of a feminist influence can be found in "Boys and Girls." Munro ’s main character‚ a girl probably modeled

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    In his essay‚ "The Personal and the Collective Unconscious‚" Carl Jung interprets the unconscious mind through the analyzing of dreams. Jung agrees with Freud that a certain part of the unconscious is reserved for forgotten or repressed memories‚ which he refers to as the "personal unconscious" (494). All contents of the personal unconscious derive from personal experience in the conscious mind. However‚ Jung suggests that the personal unconscious is not the deepest (or most important) layer.

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    Xlala Gender Roles

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    A common trend in many novels and movies‚ modern or not‚ is that the female characters are often defined by the male ones. A clear example of this can be seen in fairy tales‚ in which the heroic knight saves the damsel in distress; the woman in this case mainly being used as a plot device‚ and showcasing the brave nature of our hero. However‚ in Sembene’s “Xala”‚ the female characters; Awa‚ Oumi‚ N’Goné‚ and Rama represent show much more‚ even if their own societal roles function to‚ again‚ define

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    handsome Prince wants to marry them? Why are the Prince’s in these tales only concerned with women’s beauty and not their wit or intellect? Traditional nineteenth century gothic fiction stereotyped women as naïve ’’damsels in distress’’‚ constantly reliant on male protection. Women who rebelled against this stereotype‚ or got men into trouble were punished. The poetic works of Christina Rossetti explore to what extent women are victims. Rossetti

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