Throughout literature and movies‚ there is a frequent use of stereotyped characters. The specific purpose of these characters may differ from crude humor to making a societal statement. On a fundamental level‚ these characters help create an idea an audience can understand‚ that they have seen in life‚ or experienced. In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast‚ Gaston’s and the Beast’s stereotypical personas help further the idea of Belles strength and intellect. To all of the other girls in town‚ Gaston
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read it in my vacation. I presume that Pride and Prejudice was a most comical one of Jane Austen’s novels. People around me regarded this novel as a love story‚ yet to me‚ the novel is an illusion of the environment‚ the society at those years. Elizabeth‚ or Lizzie‚ the heroine and Mr. Darcy‚ the haughty hero‚ a literary idol of girls like me‚ are the exceptions of the gender relationships at that time. In my humble opinion‚ the relationship between Jane‚ the second heroine in this novel and Mr.
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couldn’t hold it in any longer. "You’re so stupid‚ Clary. You’re so stupid‚ can’t you see anything?" Clary is oblivious to Simon’s feeling towards her. This theme made me reconsider famous love stories that also had themes of jealously‚ for example Elizabeth Bennett and Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice‚ Darcy was jealous of Mr Wickham. Also in Jane Eyre where Jane was
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The most important scene in Venus by Suzan-Lori Parks is scene 22. In this scene Saartjie Baartman‚ also known as the Venus Hottentot‚ requests new demands to her Mother-Showman. So far up until this point the Venus Hottentot has been a hit everywhere she goes. People that come to the Mother-Showman’s show often come just to see her and this is when Venus finally realizes this. Venus’s demands are all reasonable and because she is the Mother-Showman’s main source of income she should receive them
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But contrary to Maya’s expectations‚ her husband was not keen to send her to college to complete her degree. But she flouts the norms of the society that a woman be given the type of education that will make her fit into traditional social and familial roles. But she takes the bold decision to study interior design‚ much to the chagrin of Govind. Education is a means of woman’s empowerment and she plans to escape from her husband when she is in a position to support herself and her daughter Anjali
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Nothing could sound more out of the ordinary than the title of Zack McDermott’s memoir: Gorilla and the Bird. Who could relate to the relationship between a looming‚ hairy‚ bipolar‚ gorilla of a man and a resilient‚ witty‚ selfless bird of a mother? How could an audience understand the pain and confusion that accompanies the diagnosis of bipolar disorder? Despite countless unusual life experiences‚ McDermott weaves the tapestry of his own life while incorporating collective threads from every reader
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Society has many opposing opinions and facts‚ however‚ their thoughts are overshadowed by an act of respect and acceptable behavior; just like the example of the relationship of the characters of Tobias Smollett’s novel‚ The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle: Godfrey Gauntlet and Peregrine Pickle. In their tense argument regarding Pickle’s lover‚ who is also Gauntlet’s sister‚ illustrates Smollett’s balance of controlled emotion and social propriety. Although the two characters express hated contentment
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The play "Antigone" focuses upon the slants about the part and picture of woman in general society coliseum in the midst of 400 BC. Antigone is the terrible gutsy lady of the play. As appeared differently in relation to her steady sister‚ Antigone is depicted as the progressive in her family who giving off a withdrawn impression and additionally declining in obeying standards (Sophocles‚ 1960). He gets to be unmanageable‚ fast‚ flighty with straightforward impenetrable to as a young person contrasted
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Lily Bart‚ so far‚ has become an increasingly relatable character for females in the 21st century. While the book is set in the early 1900’s the idea that being single and on her own late in her age is a problem that I feel many females can relate to these days. I found it surprising that the book would be about a woman around 29 years old and still unmarried at the time‚ but it also shows that maybe it wasn’t as unheard of as our grandmothers make it out to be. Lily is clearly distressed by the
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Dating today is a minefield of political correctness‚ social and cultural expectations‚ and a supposed freedom to date who you want regardless of age‚ race‚ gender or religion. Mixed with this is a society where single people are often working more hours than they’ve ever worked in the past‚ and are not able to get out and meet as many potential dates as they’d like. Younger people tend to be more free and easy with dating nowadays. The formalities of meeting parents‚ and only going to places where
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