Literary Criticism 6 December 2011 Feminism and its function in a critical reading of the short stories The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and the poem “Poem in Praise of Menstruation” by Lucille Clifton. The Feminist movement began as an attempt to underscore the despotism of the patriarchal society that is reflected exceedingly in literature and permit women to be established as equals. According to Paul Ady‚ associate professor of English
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Minnie‚ was the poetry. I dreaded this portion because of my unfamiliarity of the different types of poems. We read several and some I understood and others I am still pondering. The one that I enjoyed the most was “Homage of My Hips‚” by Lucille Clifton. As you can see I have the hips to associate with this poem. The lady described in this poem was a large woman with big hips. She makes her voice know by the words she speaks. After reading this you feel that the woman has been ridiculed for
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Myers‚ Walter Dean. (b. 1937)‚ poet‚ editor‚ and novelist. A versatile and prolific writer‚ Walter Dean Myers (also Walter M. Myers) has published short fiction‚ essays‚ and poetry in such disparate periodicals as the Liberator‚ Negro Digest‚ McCall’s‚ Essence‚ Espionage‚ and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. He was a regular contributor to men’s magazines until‚ as he says‚ "they gave themselves up to pornography." In 1968‚ he wrote his first children’s book as an entry to a contest sponsored
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portion of humanity want to truly live life—taking risks in the process of enjoying themselves and satisfying their desires for pleasure in life‚ while at the same time being able to get the necessary work done. In the poems “in the inner city” by Lucille Clifton and “a song in the front yard” by Gwendolyn Brooks‚ both the authors illustrate this point—that human nature’s love for liveliness is greater than their desire for a safer environment that’s dull and predictable‚ and that keeping people in an
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English 110 Junjie Wang A Miserable Wondering and Seeking “Poems come out of wonder‚ not out of knowing‚” according to Lucille Clifton‚ a famous American writer and educator. The best example of this wondering is shown in the poem “The Chimney Sweeper”. “The Chimney Sweeper”‚ written by William Blake in 1789‚ is a poem that reflects a shameful eighteenth century social problems. It shows the exploitations to the little children—the chimney sweepers. Those sweepers are even too young to have their
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Bibliography: Alles‚ Gregory D.‚ A Fitting Approach To God: On Entering The Western Temples at Khajurhao. The University of Chicago. 1993. Clifton‚ Tony. Tempting The Gods. Newsweek (Atlantic Edition) Vol. 133 Issue 12‚ p83‚ March 22‚ 1999. Langland‚ Tuck. A Sculptor Looks at Khajuraho. Sculpture Review‚ pg 36-38. Winter 2004. Lee‚ Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. Revised Edition. New
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two main characters. 1- Peejoe Bullis and his brother Wiley are orphans who live with their grandmother. 2- Lucille Vinson kills her husband Chester because he won’t let her go to Hollywood to star in the sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies‚ where she has been cast for a 2-episode role. Lucille is Peejoe and Wiley’s aunt‚ and the sister of Dove‚ another uncle of the two boys. When Lucille goes to Hollywood with Chester’s head in a Tupperware container after having poisoned him with rat poison‚ she
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Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson and Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides‚ home is an important aspect of the characters lives. Housekeeping is about a girl named Ruth who lives in an isolated town called Fingerbone. She grows up there with her younger sister Lucille and at the age of six‚ her mother abandons her to live with her grandmother. When her grandmother passes‚ Ruth is placed in two ladies custody who then flee and Ruth’s Aunt Sylvie is left to take care of her. All of this chaos takes place in
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she uses Lucille and Sylvie’s identities to contrast the ideas of conformity and individuality‚ to show how human beings endeavor to control the uncertainty of the unknown‚ by using social relationships‚ and depending on one’s family‚ because they enjoy the permanence and knowledge of the future‚ when in reality they need only accept these changes by themselves. As Ruth begins to travel in the footsteps of Sylvie she begins to enjoy and accept the feelings of isolation‚ all while Lucille detests
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Housekeeping. The novel follows the lives of sisters Ruth and Lucille Stone‚ whose father deserts their family too early for them to remember and whose mother commits suicide around six years later. The sister were neglected in their childhood‚ the family that surrounded them did not want to care for them and they became isolated from any support system beyond whatever adult could be persuaded to look after them. When Ruth and Lucille aunt Sylvie returns to Fingerbone‚ Idaho to look after the sisters
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