Michael Cunningham ’s The Hours and Postmodern Artistic Re-Presentation MARY JOE HUGHES ow that Michael Cunningham ’s The Hours has been made into a film representing yet another echo of Woolf ’s Mrs. DaUo\va\\ it is worth investigating just how the later novel conceives its relation to its predecessor. Because The Hours directly lakes the role of literature as one of its subjects‚ it may provide a model for considering postmodern artistic representation more generally. Such re-telling or re-presentation
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With reference to two specific instances in the novel‚ how does Lee use the child’s perspective to make a social point? The childish perspective is used throughout the novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by Harper Lee. Lee uses this to make satirical points about the community that Scout lives in and more general points about the society as a whole. Lee is able to make extremely powerful points and comments on the society of the time in the seemingly innocent and obvious way by speaking and observing
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interacts with all kinds of people. In the book‚ Scout learns something new about the people of Maycomb in each chapter and realizes that people are more than what they perceive to be by interacting with three main characters in the novel‚ Atticus‚ Mr. Cunningham‚ and Boo Radley. In the beginning of the book‚ Scout’s interpretation of these characters changed throughout the story. At the beginning of the book‚ Scout’s dad‚ Atticus‚ was not like the fun hunting loving father that the other kids had. Atticus
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strong support system‚ being unprepared or being victims of rape are all reasons‚ why women and teens choose to carryout the abortion. Rape is foul. According to the article “Experts: Rape does not lower odds of pregnancy”‚ the odds of a woman’s chances of becoming pregnant are the same after rape as they are after consensual sex‚ according to medical experts (Dellorto) . Rape is something that no girl wishes upon themselves. If a women or a teen becomes pregnant from this obscene act‚ their only
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Linda Tineo Mrs. Cunningham Eng. 111 Lab 16 April 2016 Mrs. Mallard’s Death Caused by: Stress and Anxiety In Kate Chopin’s‚ “The Story of an Hour”‚ Mrs. Mallard’s death seemed to have been caused by an increased amount of levels of stress and anxiety. One reason of why stress and anxiety could have pertained to Mrs. Mallard’s death‚ can (or could) be linked to how she was emotionally (and physically) feeling‚ after her husband’s supposed passing. (Chopin) While Josephine was observing how Mrs
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jury-they agree with what the newspaper says. The man is already hung. Just like in TKAM‚ Tom Robinson had no chance to win. But even if some of the jury isn’t convinced-Mr. Cunningham-the Prosecutor can just “pay to close it like a casket.” Even the witness is payed off he is‚ “Too well dressed for the witness stand” AKA he just got new clothes. Hmm‚ maybe a new paycheck?? The defendant has no chance‚ he either “[Hangs] on a rope‚ or bated breath.” The death penalty will be served‚ or the suspense will
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hours‚ 42 minutes‚ and 12 seconds in which most of the movie takes place)‚ decides to stay in bed even though he knows the jet engine is headed straight for him. Donnie embraces certain death‚ knowing that he is saving the lives of people‚ even Jim Cunningham. Other characters receive "salvation"‚ namely his future girlfriend Gretchen. He makes this self-sacrifice just as Jesus did‚ when he did not have to. Gretchen‚ then‚ symbolizes all people who came after Jesus’ time because of the notion that
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is further reinforced when Mr Underwood likens Tom’s death ‘to the senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters’ in the Maycomb Tribune; thus further positioning readers to understand that regardless of how solid Atticus’ case was‚ Tom never had a chance – his innocence was destroyed by the prejudice of society (p.128). Similarly‚ Scout states that putting Boo Radley on trial would be “sort of like shootin’ a mockingbird” for he is pure of heart and to go “draggin’ him with his shy ways into the limelight…
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In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Maycomb county inevitably has a specific social structure. The people of Maycomb county each have different statuses and places in society. There is a top to every social hierarchy‚ and starting at the top in Maycomb county are the wealthy white families. Included in this social class are the Finches. Atticus Finch is a white lawyer; therefore he makes a good income and is a highly respected figure which places him and his family in this specific social
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by hatred‚ he is very poor and thinks very little of the black people in the community. Bob believes "that all Negroes lie‚ that all Negroes are basically immoral beings" (17). Prejudice in Maycomb is both racial and socio-economic. "The Cunninghams don’t like the Ewells" (226) because they consider them lower class. The "Ewells hate and despise the colored folks." (226) The trial has given Bob Ewell the opportunity to not only persecute a black man but to feel in a very public way that
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