Prufrock is presented as ‘an awkward and emasculated character’. To what extent do the metaphors in ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ create this view of the character? TS Eliot’s 20th Century poem ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’ is widely seen as a modernist work that Eliot employs to make the reader of the poem actually create their own opinion of what is actually meant by the poem. The modernist movement happened mainly in the late 19th to early 20th Century and started with the French
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Explain and critique masculinity as homophobia. Homophobia: -noun irrational fear of‚ aversion to‚ hatred of‚ or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. According to Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary‚ that is the definition of homophobia. Interesting isn’t it? to see homophobia on the same page as hepatitis‚ herpes‚ and HIV among others. Before this class I wouldn’t have expected to find it there. I mean honestly
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where an emasculating experience occurs‚ which could have happened because he has been rejected or mocked by many for breaking down at war and has been sent to a hospital to recover. It was seen that men who broke down‚ cried or admitted fear were sissies‚ weaklings‚ failures and not men‚ therefore for this was an explanation for his dream. Anderson was being chased by his father in law in his dream whilst in his uniform‚ so this could suggest Anderson is going to be looked down at for being ill by
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Exploring the construction of hegemonic masculinity‚ we go through a contradicting state of the definition of manhood. Although contradictions appear‚ it is socially adapted and able to reside without conflict. Take manhood as this‚ “We think of manhood as a transcendent tangible property that each man must manifest in the world” (Kimmel‚ 1994). Meaning that manhood is merely an idea which is drilled into a man’s head by society‚ “Gender‚ we said‚ was an achieved status” (West and Zimmerman‚ 2015)
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the book. I also think that whenever Sissy taunts emma about something it is important to this story as well. In the story Deep and Dark and Dangerous Ali and Sissy are very against each other and fight or argue every time they see each other. For example on page 61 Ali told Emma it is rude to whisper but when she said that Sissy jumped in and said “so? nobody invited you to play with us.” This shows us as a reader that even though Ali has something to say sissy has something to go with it‚ and it
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advocating for throughout Hard Times. In regards to Sissy Jupe‚ Dickens utilizes allusion a little differently than he does throughout the rest of the book when describing various characters and situations. Previously‚ Dickens used allusion to emphasize negative aspects of characters and utilitarianism. But with Sissy‚ he uses allusion to support virtuous behavior and to emphasize the goodness of love‚ altruism‚ and the use of imagination; none of which are recognized within the Gradgrindian School
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that a person needs more than just fact in their life. The novel examines the utilitarian system through various characters such as Tom‚ who has been brought up in the utilitarian education system. Dickens exposes his own views on this system through Sissy Jupe‚ the uneducated daughter of a circus master‚ and the positive influence she has on the Gradgrind family. Thomas Gradgrind has a strong rationalist philosophy and believes that fact‚ and fact alone is the one thing needful but through the satirical
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pre-suicide soliloquy accepts his emasculated body. He wants the characters to “speak of [him] as [he] [is]” (5.2.340) as either a savage beast‚ and emasculated man or both . In addition‚ Iago mocks Othello’s emasculated body with “Are you a man? Have you a soul‚ or sense?” (3.3.378‚ pg 233). where his “soul [and] sense” are his martial body qualities‚ his soulless murder of Desdemona and illogical suicide render him an emasculated body. These examples confirm Othello’s emasculated body works against the masculine
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school. Also in this chapter Mr. Mcchoakumchild is introduced who is one of the teachers at the school. Lastly‚ a boy named Bitzer and a girl named Sissy Jupe enter the story. 3. Through this chapter Thomas Gradgrind hires Mr. Mcchoakumchild as a teacher in his school. He makes it clear to teach the students nothing but facts. Mr. Mccoakumchild asks Sissy Jupe for the definition of horse. She cannot answer but Bitzer gives him a satisfying definition. Chapter 3 1. This chapter takes place mostly
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What person gets haunted by the dead… well in the book“Deep Dark and Dangerous‚” by Mary Downing Hahn‚ a mysterious unknown girl named Sissy comes back to taunt the children of the ones who killed her. In the article “ A Nonfiction Ghost Story‚” by Donna Liquori they also come back to taunt others that had to do with her death. Visioning the tone people use is very important just as the‚ conflict and the point of view because this is what makes the story paint a picture in your mind. When you
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