Comparison between Kurtz’s Intended and Mistress TENSES SIMILARITY Conrad was just as critical about the English society’s treatment of women‚ as he was unconvinced about their treatment of African natives. He uses the bleak contrast between Kurtz’s African mistress and his European fiancé to tell some important aspects. The Intended has the social role of Kurtz’s perfect female counterpart in the European society‚ "The dusk was falling... A grand
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what made the poem memorable and famous which is for its blunt but charming sincerity. "I grant I never saw a goddess go; / My mistress‚ when she walks‚ treads on the ground." Here the poet explicitly states that his mistress is not a goddess but like any other ordinary human that walks on the ground. She is also not as beautiful as things found in nature‚ "My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;” “Coral is far more red than her lips’ red." Yet the narrator loves her nonetheless and in the
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Accidents of the Swing is considered as one of the masterpieces of the rococo era‚ and is considered Fragonard’s best known work. The creation of this beautiful masterpiece was originally commissioned in Paris by a wealthy baron in homage to his mistress. The medium of this art piece was oil on canvas and stands at a height of 31 ⅞ " × 25 ¼". In the end Fragonard’s is someone whose name would become synonymous with the French Rococo. I really enjoyed this painting because of the beautiful colors
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AP Literature 19 August 2013 Ode on Melancholy John Keats’s poem‚ “Ode on Melancholy”‚ serves as an instructional manual on how to cope with sadness and the feeling of melancholy. Through his vivid use of lyrical language and allusions‚ Keats’s is able to depict vivid images that haunt the soul and is able to convey his message that the only way to deal with a sense of melancholy is to accept it. Keats believes that once one can accept sadness and make it a part of his identity‚ then he can overcome
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because his mistress was willing to teach and train him. These good times did not last long. His mistress prohibited him from reading newspapers. Douglass said‚ “All this‚ was too late. The first step had been taken. Mistress‚ in teaching me the alphabet‚ had given me the ‘inch’‚ and no precaution could prevent me from taking the ‘ell’. ” As Douglass valued the experience of studying with his mistress‚ he knew he could learn more with what he had already learnt‚ even if the mistress changed her attitude
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The black man woke up‚ wishing he had not‚ knowing that he was viewed and treated as less than human‚ figuring that death could not be much worse: ¨What if I was not black?” A woman went to bed‚ dreading having to lay next to the same man who beat her hours earlier‚ telling her that she was nothing without him: ¨What if I was not a woman?¨ These questions prompted Frederick Douglass‚ author of ¨My Bondage and My Freedom‚¨ and Kathryn Stockett‚ author of The Help‚ to explore the roots of oppression
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another major cliché about women’s beauty. The poet is saying that if her hair is black then its like wires that grows on her hair. Shakespeare uses image of hair as black wires. This is significant because the poet is trying to make a point that his mistress is not perfect. In this poem‚ the speaker insist that love does not need conceits in order to be real; and women do not need to look like flowers or the sun in order to be beautiful. “And in some perfumes is there more
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This essay is to analyze the semiotics used in Chinese and English versions of “The Golden Cangue” Semiotics is the study of signs‚ indication‚ metaphor‚ symbolism etc. “The Golden Cangue” is a story of the main character Tsao Chi Chiao as Second Mistress in the Chiangs. She was looked down upon because of her family background and being unhappy in Chiangs for thirty years. For example 三十年前的月亮是歡愉的 “the moon of thirty years ago was gay.”‚ “月亮” symbolizes family of Chiangs‚ while “歡愉” symbolizes their
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by the “Achilles Painter.” Its dimensions are H. 0.385 m.‚ D. 0.12 m. It was possibly found in Athens‚ and is from the Attica region and is labeled as early classical. The image shown on the lekythos is of two women‚ one a maid and one a mistress. The mistress is seated on the right side‚ in a chair‚ weaving a wreath. Her head is shown in profile‚ bent looking at the object in her hands. She is wearing a chiton‚ a type of sleeveless dress with a rounded neck‚ and on top of this the customary‚ heavier
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materials‚ and threw it at Burn Mistress‚ who simply burned it‚ causing the fire alarms to go off. As everybody fled the school‚ Brittney and I were trapped in the classroom‚ fighting for our lives. Phantom Storm hit me once and sent me flying backward toward Brittney‚ and I hit the wall hard. “Hey‚” I said. “Can I ask you a question?” “Now?” Brittney asked‚ barely avoiding an attack from Phantom Storm. I stood up and used my super speed to run over to Burn Mistress and quickly punch her face‚ before
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