The novel the Book of Salt by Monique Truong is a story about Binh‚ a vietnamese chef for Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas‚ who undergoes numerous life difficulties such as discrimination‚ language barrier‚ and ethnocentrism in a foreign land‚ France. The author uses the symbol of salt to depict Binh’s life. He leaves his homeland of Vietnam for France and works as a chef for Gertrude Stein and ALice B. Toklas. The narrative continually shifts in time and place‚ switching between Saigon‚ Paris
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the latter to a shining jewel. Being able to look white is not the only important thing in Passing. Gertrude‚ one of Irene and Clare’s friends in the past‚ is another person that hides her race in the book. Coming from the same place‚ Gertrude is described as something completely different from Clare. Gertrude’s husband Fred is a butcher‚ unlike Clare’s husband John‚ a successful businessman. Gertrude is described as “grown broad‚ fat almost‚ and though there were no lines on her large white face‚
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purity and dependency on men in order to reflect the continuous struggle women go through in order to be treated equally in our everyday society. After her husband dies‚ Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ immediately marries her brother-in law‚ Claudius. Moving quickly on from man to man without much mourning for her dead husband‚ Gertrude is dependent on the men in her life and can only live her life through another. She never questions Claudius’s reason for marrying her and feels no guilt towards her marriage
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Hamlet Act III Questions 1. In the play “Hamlet” written by William Shakespeare in Act III scene i‚ Claudius admits that he is suffering from his guilty conscious. “How smart a lash that speech doth give my conscience! The harlot’s cheek‚ beautied with plastering art‚ Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it Than is my deed to my most painted word. O heavy burden!” (III‚ i‚ (50-55). This confession doesn’t change my opinion of Claudius because he killed his own brother on purpose and took
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two female characters in the play of Hamlet; Gertrude and Ophelia. In the play‚ the roles of women are minor yet essential to the plot and flow of the play. Ophelia and Gertrude are both unappreciated women that are considered frail and weak-minded by the men in their lives. Throughout “Hamlet” it is utmost apparent that women are completely dependent on men and they constantly need help and support from the men in their lives. Although both Gertrude and Ophelia are seen as insignificant figures
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Hamlet never stops loving his mother. In his own words he is “cruel only to be kind”. He views Gertrude as a woman who is blinded by her lust for Claudius. Acting on the assumption his mother is completely ignorant of Claudius’ deceitfulness‚ he seeks to protect her as well as can be done. To the young prince‚ nothing in life is more sinful than the incestuous marriage of his uncle and mother. Just like captain planet fanatically shields the environment from harm; Hamlet goes out of his way to absolve
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through the lens of Kristeva’s feminist‚ motherly perspectives based on Gertrude’s relationship with her son and Ophelia’s lack of motherhood. Despite the tensions between Gertrude and Hamlet‚ they still have a special bonding relationship with one another. There is a strong separation between the two during the swift marriage of Gertrude and Claudius. This event was a means of instability in the text that creates a powerful divide. However‚ the audience recognizes the best of feminist literature when
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desire for the mother‚ as Hamlet did‚ a rivalry is formed between the father and the son. Hamlet’s father is in a form of a ghost‚ that only he can communicate with. He was murdered while Hamlet was away at school. When he returns he finds his mother‚ Gertrude‚ remarried to his father’s brother Claudius. This infuriates Hamlet‚ and brings out his repressed Oedipus Complex. This drives Hamlet crazy. He is consumed and outraged by this incestuous marriage. Now I use the word incestuous because in those
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alienation‚ because the other in the same is my substitution for the other through responsibility‚ for which‚ I am summoned as someone irreplaceable” (Otherwise than Being 116). Newman and Gertrude have left the movie theater and are heading home when they suddenly realize that there are followed by five
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being‚ is presented in both plays. Juliet is portrayed as an independent sexual woman and Gertrude and Ophelia are dependent sexual women. The role of women is important because women represent a tool which men use to manipulate their circumstances; in Romeo and Juliet‚ Juliet is a woman who knows what she wants and who she is‚ all the while struggling to push back male dominance; in Hamlet‚ Ophelia and Gertrude are used willingly as instruments for the enhancement of their male counter parts. The dominance
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