The Madwoman in the Attic: Angel or Monster? In “Jane Eyre‚” the character of Bertha Mason serves as an ominous representation of uncontrollable passion and madness. Her dark sensuality and violent nature contrast sharply with Jane’s calm morality‚ and it is no surprise that Bertha’s presence at Thornfield is a key factor in transforming Mr. Rochester into a stereotypical Byronic hero. Moreover‚ Bertha’s marriage to Mr. Rochester serves as the primary conflict of the novel‚ and it is only after
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As the roles of women continue to evolve every century‚ their general purpose pretty much stays the same. In Buddha in the attic which takes place in China in the 1900’s women were desired as pretty much servants and child bearers. The story in Buddha in the attic it gives a breathless account of the women’s hopes and fears and the hard-working lives for which they settled. Each book explains the lives of hard working women with different challenges‚ heartaches but living in different parts of the
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Flowers in the Attic‚ Virginia Andrews The Dollanger family was a very happy and firm family. Father‚ mother‚ one daughter (Cathy)‚ one son (Chris) and a twins (Carry and Cory). That evening father has become 36‚ everybody was dressed very chiquely and everyone waits with anguish for the moment of father’s arrival‚ but he doesn’t come. Two policemen come to the Dollanger’s house to tell that Mr.Dollanger is perished in a car accident. All the hearts of the family are broken. They had to move
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Confederates in the Attic As Tony Horwitz illustrates in Confederates in the Attic‚ the Civil War is far from over. Horwitz‚ determined to find the answers to this conflict‚ treks through the South‚ seeking to explain man’s longtime obsession with a war that divided the nation. Talking to historians and Civil War reenactors of all kinds‚ he finds that people are still divided today when it comes to the war and present issues in society. He collects a vast amount of data‚ which proves
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During the classical period Attic symposia played a crucial role in the reception and transmission of lyric poetry. According to ancient testimonia‚ they were an occasion for the reperformance of Alcman’s compositions too. Excerpts of Alcman’s partheneia were desacralized and were imported in a new sympotic context. Moreover‚ Alcman’s partheneia in Attic symposia would have been reperformed not by a maiden chorus but by young males. The singing of Spartan partheneia by Attic symposiasts could have had
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Tony Horwitz in the book‚ “Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches of an Unfinished Civil War” travels throughout the south following the path of the Civil War he meets many people interesting and different people and visits the cities and towns along the path of the Civil War there are many themes throughout the book‚ but the two I found most important were Reality‚ and The Life of a Solider. The reason I choose these as my most important topics are because I feel it is necessary to understand the
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The characteristic aspect of Attic Lion is the proportion of the body. The lion’s head‚ torso‚ hips and limbs are well crafted and strongly connected. As the result‚ it would the boldness of a beast‚ just like the lions we see in zoo. The idea of the lion crouching stance strikes balance of the sculpture‚ it looks solid in this pose. A standing lion sculpture would be off balance than sitting or crouching ones. Another characteristic of Attic Lions is their movements. The sculpture shows lion crouching
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FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic is a well recognised young-adult novel and was adapted into a horror/adolescent movie. The story revolves around”Dresden Doll” four siblings: Chris‚ Cathy‚ Cory‚ and Carrie. The father’s death in a car accident. The loss of all the Dollanganger’s wealth and possessions. The revelation that Chris Sr. was Corrine’s half-uncle. Corrine’s decision to move back into her parents’ Foxworth mansion in Virginia‚ where Chris Jr.‚ Cathy‚ Carrie and
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I’ve been told my eyes have the same shape as my mothers‚ and the same color as my fathers. They are not perfectly symmetric‚ they are colored with an unexceptional shade of brown. They frequently daze or close all together at inappropriate times. I’ve been told that eyes are the windows to your soul; that eyes are a ghost of your past. They have colored the spectrum of my feelings. They have illuminated desperation‚ distress‚ deceit‚ denial‚ delight‚ dreams‚ devotion... They have illustrated memories
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ACCESS ISSN 2220-4504 www.ieit-web.org/apscj Women’s Secret Language: the Madwoman in the Attic in a Cultural and Psychological Context JIA Shi 1 1 The University of Iowa E-Mails: daisy-wreath@hotmail.com Received: Apr. 2011 / Accepted: May 2011 / In Press: May 2011 / Published: Jun. 2011 Abstract: As an outstanding representative of the second-wave feminism‚ The Madwoman in the Attic is still useful in handling the relationship between women and language‚ especially when it is in
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