lights up the room with her beauty and she’s brighter than any torch. “It seems she hangs upon a cheek of night‚ as a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear –“ Here there is an interesting metaphor which works beautifully‚ A jewels beauty is intensified against a darker colour‚ so a very dark person wearing this would make the jewel stand out from far away‚ and it’s also him saying she’s a rare beauty. “So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows.” Romeo even goes as far as reducing all the other women in the room
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presents love in different ways. In the Patriarchal society of the time love was mainly seen as a way to gain money and send off your sons and daughters without any thought of actual attraction. As when Claudio refers to Hero as a “Jewel” he can mean a beautiful‚ rare object but also something to buy or own to look good. There is Claudio’s love for Hero: this is an immature view of romance‚ a type of puppy love. He does not know her and is falling in love with an idea of what she is like. Later
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------------------------------------------------- HERLAND ------------------------------------------------- Plot Overview Three adventurous friends—Vandyck Jennings (the narrator‚ also called Van)‚ Terry Nicholson‚ and Jeff Margrave—join a scientific expedition to one of the few remaining uncharted areas of the world‚ although Van leaves the exact region ambiguous as he tells the story. As they travel‚ the friends hear persistent rumors of a strange land‚ hidden high in the mountains‚ that is
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of their clitorises‚ and a variety of other heinous treatments (Ussher 18-20). One of the least offensive was the bed rest cure‚ which Gilman and the narrator of her story both experienced. This cure involved being confined to bed for a period that lasted between six weeks and two months‚ without being permitted to write‚ read‚ or in some cases‚ even speak. Gilman suffered from post-partum depression‚ and as a result‚ received the bed rest cure; however‚ it wasn’t until she finally left her husband
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things with each other. Van says‚ As for Ellador: Suppose you come to a strange land and find it pleasant enough- just a little more than ordinarily pleasant- and then you find rich farmland‚ and then gardens‚ gorgeous gardens‚ and then palaces full of rare and curious treasures- incalculable‚ inexhaustible‚ and then- mountains- like the Himalayas‚ and then the
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profession. I verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick!” (4). The narrator is a different woman than most. The husband’s sister has the same ideals as John. She sees herself below men and believes in gender roles. Gilman shows that it is rare for a woman of that time to have a sense of feminist critique‚ more commonly accepting that
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baby ’s brain‚ and the remainder of the tube becomes the baby ’s spinal cord. In babies with spina bifida‚ a portion of the neural tube fails to develop or close properly‚ causing defects in the spinal cord and in the bones that make up the backbone (Gilman & Newman‚ 1996). This can also occur in the middle or upper end of the spine but is most common in the lower spine. Professor Nicholas Tulp gave spina bifida its name and gave the first formative description of the disability. Although the
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Kushner’s son‚ Aaron‚ was diagnosed with progeria in his infancy‚ aging rapidly and dying at an early age (Kushner 452-53). Of all the other babies‚ Aaron was the baby chosen by fate to suffer a deadly illness. The chance of getting this disease is so rare that Kushner’s son’s illness seemed unfair to his family. Kushner cries‚ "On what grounds did Aaron have to suffer? He was an innocent child. Why should he be condemned to grow into adolescence . It simply didn’t make sense" (453). Kushner exclaims
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subversion‚ manipulation and degrading of female experience through the use of medical treatments and power structures. Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “ The Yellow Wallpaper” is a perfect example of these themes. In writing this story‚ Charlotte Perkins Gilman drew upon her own personal experiences with hysteria. The adoption of the sick-role was a product of-and a reaction against gender norms and all of the pressures and tensions that their satisfaction demanded. Gilman’s essay uses autobiographical experiences
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Apple makes? Get the iPhone 4. How do we know this? While the iPod Touch has recently received iPhone 4 pixie dust‚ in the form of a camera‚ HD video recording and a retina screen‚ the build quality is a step below the iPhone 4‚ which feels like a jewel box forged by a craftsman. To be sure‚ the iPod Touch is beautiful and solid‚ but its screen is slightly diminished in effect‚ and the camera is intentionally hobbled. In other words‚ while Steve Jobs himself may refer to the iPod Touch as the “iPhone
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