Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler is a 2016 retelling of William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. The book was published as part of the “Hogarth Shakespeare” project by Random House. Tyler’s protagonist‚ Kate Battista‚ is just as strong-willed as Shakespeare’s Katherina. Likewise‚ both protagonists are prickly with those around them. Tyler opens Vinegar Girl with Kate in her garden her father‚ Dr. Battista‚ calls her on the phone. He forgot his lunch and would like her to bring it to him. Kate agrees
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Richard Prince took a photo of Brooke Shields at age ten in the nude‚ whose purpose was to “question sexualized advertising images”. The photo was censored as child pornography. However advertising‚ such the well-known illustration of the Coppertone Girl‚ depicts
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Caitlyn Dube 14 February 2012 A Girl Called "Genius" Adeline Yen Mah captures the story of her youth in the novel Chinese Cinderella. Adeline’s childhood was filled with rejection by her family‚ but in school she found a place of refuge and people who would respect her. The abuse she has received from her family caused her pain every day‚ but it also helped her to learn how to rely on herself. This novel is about a young girl named Adeline‚ mistreated through her
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Soaked‚ little‚ and naked is how the viewer finds Susanna in the middle of Girl‚ Interrupted. Or rather‚ soaked‚ little‚ naked‚ and hysterical. A state James Mangold utilizes to further illustrate his message. The film serves as a vehicle for Mangold to discuss madness and the society it exists within. Valerie‚ the asylum’s registered nurse‚ throws Susanna‚ the film’s suicidal protagonist‚ into a tub filled with water in order to snap Susanna out of her depressed state. Susanna lashes out at Valerie
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“The Girls In The Summer Dresses”: Two Faces of a Coin. “The Girls In The Summer Dresses” by Irwin Shaw is a story of Frances and Michael’s Sunday where Frances attempts to enjoy it‚ but her husband’s habit of staring at other women is leading to problems in their relationship. They start with breakfast following a walk in Manhattan on the Fifth Avenue. Michael is irritating Frances by looking at every other woman that passes by in a very tempting way. He turns his neck completely
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I am a black girl who grew up in predominately white areas. Growing up all my friends were white and although I wondered what it was like to have black friends‚ it never really bothered me. They were my friends‚ it didn’t matter what color their skin was. Then in sixth grade‚ I moved to Norfolk‚ Virginia. Norfolk has a large African-American community and I was excited to have friends that looked like me. However‚ when I was around the black kids in my school I never felt like I belonged
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females and minority populations have been depicted as inferior when compared to white males and even though societies have made some tremendous improvement in this sector‚ perfect equality is still not at reach in 2017‚ which is exactly what Guerrilla Girls are and have been promoting in their various artworks. Through the use of cultural jamming‚ which refers to reworking already existent work to expose popular although questionable assumptions on certain subjects‚ they bring new understanding of persistent
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public in an instant‚ a life without media is inevitable. Although the media can be beneficial‚ it can be a source of unreliable and biased information‚ deviating the opinions of the viewer. This phenomenon is depicted in Gillian Flynn’s novel‚ Gone Girl‚ in which a married couple
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo By: Steig Larsson The book that I chose to read was‚ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In the book we learn about social issues that are not only found in Sweden but from all over the world. Through the book the two main characters solve a murder mystery from 40 years ago. While solving the murder mystery‚ social issues are brought up time and time again. One of major issues that are brought to the reader’s attention is sexual violence that is used towards women
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106-16 Hoeflinger 25 Feb 2014 Girl What makes a woman? Femininity and masculinity have long been defined and divided along gender lines that were never meant to be crossed; a man or woman who does not fit the archetypical picture of their strict gender-biased boundaries is shunned and stereotyped. A woman who does not embody the perception of the perfect wife and mother‚ especially in the 1950s-60s‚ would have been considered unladylike. In Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl”‚ the matters of womanhood and
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