two inverse attitudes to things‚ events or life. They cause different results. Offred and Ophelia are two women who have contrary destinies because of their different attitudes. Offred is a powerless woman in "the Handmaid’s Tale". She’s a handmaid of a commander in Gilead. She has no freedom. She belongs to him as a property. Her only duty is to have sex with the commander and give birth to a baby. Ophelia is also a weak woman in "Hamlet" play. She has no power over anybody. But their fates in the
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Marks Professor Boylan Class ENG 104-01 12/6/11 Illusions of Madness: Performance in Lady Audley’s Secret and The Picture of Dorian Grey Often quarantined from society at large‚ the mentally unstable of the Victorian era were simultaneously subjects of fascination and disgust‚ societal examination and segregation. Differing from centuries past‚ Victorian England expressed a desire to more closely understand the meaning of madness‚ as psychological historian Elaine Showalter notes: “By the middle
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How does Shakespeare present the wood as a place of madness? In Shakespeare’s ’Midsummer Night’s Dream’ we see two important settings explored‚ the Athenian Court and The Wood‚ which introduce the somewhat paralleled yet differing worlds of the Athenian lovers and the fairies respectively. The Athenian Court‚ a place of order and emotional management is in complete contrast to the supernatural Wood‚ in which laws of physics are defied‚ "creatures are swifter than the moon’s sphere" and creatures
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Cocja Senada “Media‚ Music‚ Madness: The black Female Image‚” Everett Aaron Benjamin In “The Black Female Image‚ ” Everett A. Benjamin calls for more discussion on the racist and to a lesser extent the misogynist implications of black female representation in contemporary rap music videos. According to her‚ the objectification of women stems from a historical portrayal of AfricanAmericans as an inferior race; the overtly sexual images in videos by rap artists such as Snoop Dogg are not only
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audience feel the madness in Salem? Miller is able to portray the madness of Salem in a variety of ways‚ throughout the whole of the play however the ending of each act allows the audience to fully feel the hysteria. By incorporating changes of key themes and ideas as well as using links throughout the text and a variety of dramatic techniques towards the end of each act‚ Miller is able to leave the audience with a sense of this madness. The ways in which he reflects the madness change from scene
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historical status at the time. Although Gertrude is the Queen of Denmark and Ophelia is the prince ’s lovers‚ they have no standing in the society and their voices are never heard. Their actions and fates are greatly influenced by the men ’s decisions. All their lives Ophelia and Gertrude are led by the men ’s power; they together make a weak image of dependent women at Shakespeare ’s time. Although Gertrude and Ophelia are not well developed through out the play‚ their actions‚ language and influence
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none other than Atticus Finch. Atticus solved this problem with one well placed gunshot‚ but this would be only the beginning. The rabid dog Atticus shoots is echoed later in the novel in his attempt to save the community from committing an act of madness. The responsibility of defending Tom Robinson is given to Atticus in the identical matter that Heck Tate gave Atticus the responsibility of defending the town from Tim Johnson. Shooting and wounding a rabid dog can just make the situation worse‚
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Blake Nichol Dr. Susan Jones Composition II March 20‚ 2011 The Suicide of Ophelia Romanticized by modern females‚ downplayed by literary critics and somewhat overlooked by the general public‚ the character of Ophelia in “Hamlet‚ Prince of Denmark” offers the reader a tantalizing mystery - did Ophelia truly commit suicide? Bear in mind that in the deeply religious culture that was the basis for the inception of Hamlet‚ suicide was a mortal sin‚ bearing with it the consequence of eternal punishment
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murderer. The women in Hamlet appear to live happy and wonderful lives on the outside‚ but their happiness is used to cover up the corruptness of their lives on the inside. And finally Hamlet appears to be mad and insane‚ but really he is using his madness as a veil to hide his secretive quest to seek the truth behind his father’s death. Appearance versus reality is coexistent theme that develops as the Danish kingdom gets engulfed in a web of a deception‚ corruption and lies. Hamlet is filled
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Ophelia ’s Contribution in Hamlet One thing critics of Hamlet can agree on is that Ophelia‚ though brief in appearance‚ enamored readers and audiences because of her cryptic death and her symbol of innocence in the play. Linda Wagner claims she "is pictured as the epitome of unsophistication and of purity" (Wagner 94). While the play mostly focuses on Hamlet and forces the reader to sympathize and view him as a misunderstood character‚ it practically brushes over Ophelia ’s struggle as unimportant
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