“A woman cannot be herself in the society of the present day‚ which is an exclusively masculine society‚…that judges feminine conduct from a masculine point of view.” -Henrik Ibsen‚ From Ibsen’s Workshop In your novel‚ is this quote an accurate assessment of the female protagonist’s life? From Susan B. Anthony to Eleanor Roosevelt‚ Sandra Day O’Connor to Clara Barton‚ our world has progressed into a more equal and just place for women since the dark days of the 1800s. Each decade has experienced
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‘The Clown Punk’ by Simon Armitage Learning Objectives: AO1: Respond to the using details from the poem to support your opinion AO2: Analyse the writers’ methods (language‚ structure and form) and the purposes of these methods Pre-reading Activity Look at the pictures below and state your initial reaction(s) to the person / people in the photo. Do not spend more than 5 seconds on each picture. 1 2 3 Reaction: Reaction: Reaction: Overall‚ what do these people have in common
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In the film‚ “Brazil”‚ directed by Terry Gilliam a dark futuristic society is depicted which seems worryingly plausible throughout‚ questioning the viewer’s morals as well as their previous interpretations of today’s world. Gilliam‚ as ever‚ uses unique styles of film productions to develop this daunting dystopian society‚ run by a Government‚ resembling a dictatorship‚ that is incapable of addressing the problems in hand and treats people as‚ dare I say‚ insignificant mice – with torture a means
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Pride and Prejudice: Gender Roles The book Pride and Prejudice is a story about love‚ ambition‚ pride‚ and first impressions. Ironically the book was initially named First Impressions because of the way each character in the book viewed others based solely on their first encounters. The book takes place in the 19th century‚ and within this time period women were not exactly treated equally by society. Men were considered more superior than women‚ and men were also considered to have more rights
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Jane Austen uses satire in Pride and Prejudice to highlight the hidden importance of acceptance and power through the use of the pompous character of Mr. Collins. Throughout the novel Austen uses irony to satirize Mr. Collins. While attempting to propose to Elizabeth‚ she attempts to escape the room. Due to his vanity and arrogance‚ he wrongfully interprets this as a sign of her “little unwillingness makes [her] more amiable in [his] eyes (Austen‚ Ch.19). He cannot believe the possibility that any
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Ann. Ann is a very outgoing and crazy person. She loves attention and getting involved in everything she can. Her hair is blonde with pink ad blue highlights. She has blue eyes and always dresses in bright and vibrant colors and you will also find her wearing animal print clothing. Her favorite activities are drama club and the art club. She is currently trying out for the drama club performance. Ann’s best friend is Autumn. Ann would love for Autumn to try out for the plays with her but... Autumn
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The movie Pans Labyrinth‚ opens with a young girl named Ofelia. She is lying down and appears to be dead as blood beings to run back up her nose. The viewer can acknowledge that the third person narration during the beginning of the film is the faun. Ofelia meets the faun when she enters the labyrinth‚ from there he gives her three tasks to complete before the moon is full. Ofelia is warned about the faun from Mercedes. She cautions Ofelia about what her mother once told her‚ fauns cannot be trusted
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Throughout all of his adventures Jim shows compassion as his most prominent trait. He makes the reader aware of his many superstitions and Jim exhibits gullibility in the sense that he Jim always assumes the other characters in the book will not take advantage of him. One incident proving that Jim acts naive occurs halfway through the novel‚ when the Duke first comes into the scene “By right I am a duke! Jim’s eyes bugged out when he heard that...” In the novel‚ Huck Finn‚ one
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Elizabeth’s Pride and Darcy’s Prejudice? Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a timeless social comedy which is both satirical and full of sentiment. The title refers to the personalities of the two main characters and cues the reader to Austen’s broader thematic purpose: to satirize nineteenth century manners and morals‚ especially as they relate to courtship and manners. Although both characters contain both these traits‚ it is mainly Mr. Darcy who exemplifies ‘pride’
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Pride and Prejudice: Summary Mark Hines Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a complex novel that relates the events surrounding the relations‚ lives‚ and loves of a middle-upper class English family in the late nineteenth century. Because of the detailed descriptions of the events surrounding the life of the main character of the story‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ Pride and Prejudice is a very involving novel whose title is very indicative of the themes contained therein. The first volume opens in the
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