“The Speckled Band”: A Damsel in Distress Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story “The Speckled Band‚” within the book Sherlock Holmes: The Major Stories with Contemporary Critical Essays‚ is an attention – grabbing locked – room mystery that has elements of chivalry and of great danger‚ as well as complication and the classic reasonable deductions that all come into play during this enthralling narrative. These are combined with an abundance of unusual circumstances‚ characters‚ and clues that eventually
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One of the main problems that is faced while contrasting Jane Austin’s “Pride and Prejudice” with Bram Stoker’s Dracula‚ is that even when it is the same society that we are talking about‚ the time is not the same‚ is almost a hundred years apart from each other‚ with according to societies‚ could mean a huge difference. While Jane Austin makes a clear portrait of women at her time‚ showing them almost as mere ornaments for men "But the wife of Mr. Darcy must have such extraordinary sources
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The princess bride Based on a story written by William Golding in 1973‚ the movie The Princess Bride a 1987 an American comedy‚ romance and adventure film was rated number 50 on Bravo’s 100 funniest movies‚ number 88 on the Americans film institute’s greatest film love stories and 46 in channel 4’s 50 greatest comedy films list. The princess Bride is a wonderful romance‚ comedy and action sequence as it promotes ideal heroes for us to follow. It has a nostalgic feeling that reminds us of our childhood
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Bulfinch’s Mythology: Perceval By Thomas Bulfinch The father and two elder brothers of Perceval had fallen in battle or tournaments‚ and hence‚ as the last hope of his family‚ his mother retired with him into a solitary region‚ where he was brought up in total ignorance of arms and chivalry. He was allowed no weapon but ’a lyttel Scots spere‚’ which was the only thing of all ’her lordes faire gere’ that his mother carried to the wood with her. In the use of this he became so skilful that he could
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Tennyson wrote two versions of the poem‚ one published in 1833‚ of twenty stanzas‚ the other in 1842 of nineteen stanzas. It was loosely based on the Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat‚ as recounted in a thirteenth-century Italian novella titled Donna di Scalotta (No. LXXXII in the collection Cento Novelle Antiche)‚ with the earlier version being closer to the source material than the later.[1] Tennyson focused on the Lady’s "isolation in the tower and her decision to participate in the living
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same thing as compulsive buying – basically says that being shopaholics means being addicted to buying‚ rather than to shopping. This little confusion about the terminology might be trivial to some‚ but significant to the others‚ including me. As a damsel in this particular shopper/buyer/consumer behavior subject‚ I feel the need of getting into definitions to straighten perception and ensure understanding. From the research I have conducted which result is as mentioned above‚ I have to say that aligning
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Stereotypes in Children ’s Television: "The Proud Family" "The Proud Family" is a children ’s program that runs daily on The Disney Channel and on Saturday mornings on ABC Kids. It is a TV-G rated program. The show is about an African-American family with the last name Proud. There is a mom‚ dad‚ three kids‚ and a grandmother. The main character of the show is the oldest daughter named Penny Proud who is probably in junior high. Also‚ some of Penny ’s friends are in the show. All of the characters
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Perelandra Setting The setting of this story takes place on the planet Prelandra‚ also known as Venus. This planet consists of many floating islands. The islands are quite beautiful‚ the clouds are purple and the sky is a golden color‚ the seawater is green and drinkable‚ from the distance the water looks like glided glass. The islands are not very stable‚ and they can shake if water hits the mobile islands. All of the islands are mobile‚ except the main island‚ which remains stationary. Maledil
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memorable characters in order to enhance the plot; although they may not always be portrayed in the most considerate manner. In Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities‚ he also uses such characters. First‚ Lucie’s role of over dramatic damsel in distress. Second‚ Miss Pross’ participation as the over protective mother figure. And third‚ Mme. Defarge as the bloodthirsty crazed villain. Through these characters‚ Dickens portrays women in the three most stereotypical demeanors: weak and fragile
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possess superhuman abilities and use these to protect society. These films typically feature action‚ fantasy or science fiction elements. Some also have elements of romance. The main characters in this genre are a hero‚ a supervillain and a ‘damsel in distress’. There are stereotypes that come with these characters‚ and some of those could be seen as harmful to society. Watching superheroes beat up villains is not the best image for boys to see if the society wants to promote kinder‚ less violent
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