Fay Weldon’s short story ‘Weekend’ is a strongly feministic and satirical fiction about a weekend of a wife and working-mother in the 70s. The story concerns a well-off English middle-class family‚ at their country cottage. The central focus is on Martha‚ and much of the writing represents her stream of consciousness as she struggles to ensure that her family and guests are properly looked after. The misleading title soon proves to be an ironic comment on the weekend that Martha has to endure rather
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”Weekend” by Fay Weldon In the short story we are introduced to a family taking their weekly weekend trip to their cottage in the countryside. For the most part‚ the story takes place at the cottage itself‚ and here we get a good insight into the family’s‚ and especially Martha’s‚ life. The themes in this story are old vs. new norms and traditions relating to gender-roles within marriage and society. From the beginning the 3rd person narrator introduces us to Martha‚ a middle-aged woman of 38
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What is the “spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation” evident in the ending of The Doll’s House? British novelist Fay Weldon suggests‚ “The writers‚ I do believe‚ who get the best and most lasting response from their readers are the writers who offer a happy ending through moral development.” By this she means that the character or characters reassess their background or decisions to be able to move on such as being out casted but by that they gain confidence in themselves or losing a loved
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often unaware they are in a depraved relationship even when all signs make it clear. Realization hits at a particular instance‚ as it did to the main character in Fay Weldon’s short story “IND AFF”. Through the use of character development‚ the setting of the Bosnian city of Sarajevo‚ and the first person narrative of a young scholar‚ Fay Weldon develops the central theme that a timely realization of an immoral relationship can set people free. Character development is used to show how the main character
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based on the definition. First of all‚ I would like to present an interesting relation between these two titles‚ that is to say‚ an appearance of two opposite groups of characters in each of the novels: a factual and a surreal type of a personage. Fay Weldon in “Puffball” portrays this relationship in a surprising way: a factual type is a man‚ and surreal type is a woman. Let me introduce you to Richard and Tucker‚ the first one is a husband to Liffey‚ a city oriented‚ down to earth person‚ working
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Fay Weldon as artist picturing women’s characters. Shkarpeta Alexandra 08-35 Fay Weldon is an English author‚ essayist and playwright‚ who has been one of Britain’s most famous novelists. In her stories‚ Weldon typically portrays women who find themselves trapped in difficult situations. It can be illustrated by the example of her short story “The Bottom Line and the Sharp End”. In this story the author introduces us to the two women: Avril le Ray and Helen. Within the story Weldon
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audit‚ it is important to consider the credibility of the client. In a perfect world it would be in the audit firms best interest to have unethical clients. As we all know even the reputable firms get caught up in a fraud scandal. In the case of Leslie Fay‚ Paul Polishan had a reputation of being a strict executive that even had rules for what you could have at your desk. He kept a close watch on his subordinates with his tough rules and long hours. In accordance with AU 230.09‚ "The auditor neither
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The Leslie Fay Companies (Leslie Fay) was a designer specializing in women’s stylish dresses. The company was run by Fred Pomerantz and subsequently by his son‚ John Pomerantz. Both Pomerantz men were known for their lavish lifestyles and overbearing personalities. Fred had hired Paul Polishan right out of college in 1969 to join the accounting staff at Leslie Fay. Polishan would later go on to become the company’s CFO. Polishan‚ as it seemed‚ had an even more overbearing personality than either
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authorial intrusion and didacticism she manipulates through Aunt Fay demonstrates her belief in female equality and independence. Although Weldon shares this value with Austen‚ Weldon believes that marriage is not only way to power. She draws a parallel with unsatisfactory marriages that Austen revealed and modern day marriages of ‘bought Asian brides‚’ that marriage ‘in order to survive’ is considered no better than slavery. Weldon downgrades the role Austen places on wealth in relationships‚ with
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beginning to consider bringing forth school four days a week rather than the usual five days. However‚ classes will be in session more hours per day. By doing this the schools will conserve money‚ have more instruction time per class‚ and longer weekends. First of all‚ the schools will preserve loads of money‚ as well as those who drive to school. They will have one less day of transportation because people aren’t in school for that one extra day. The schools will also have much lower electric bills
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