In the piece written by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu‚ she writes a letter to her daughter on how she believes her granddaughter should be educated. Lady Montagu discusses how knowledge affects a woman’s life in that time period. She also discusses how she feels a woman should be educated. In order to effectively communicate her views she uses rhetorical devices. “True knowledge consists in knowing things‚ not words.” Lady Montagu wants her granddaughter to “read books in their originals.”
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Throughout the poem‚ Plath uses metaphors about the Holocaust to illustrate Lady Lazarus’s pain and suffering‚ and this may provoke sympathy in the reader. She decribes Lady Lazarus’ foot as a “paperweight” and her face is “featureless fine Jew linen” which may connote the narrator’s feelings of being heavy and undistinguishable from those around her. The poem may be an extended metaphor for depression. If the character’s foot is a “paperweight” then it would be difficult to move‚ and Plath may be
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visionary in the fight for the equal rights of women. Her original ideas and insight provided a new and more intelligent way to view females. Pizan’s work‚ The Book of the City of Ladies‚ provided women much needed guidance in how to survive without the support of a man. It is Christine’s literary work The Book of the City of Ladies that is most intriguing to contemporary readers. Christine was the first woman writer to possess the ability to identify and address the issues of misogyny in the literature
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Gallagher ENG3UI January 8 2015 Lady Macbeth’s tragic downfall Throughout Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth goes through a lot of stress and dramatic events which lead her originally ascendant attitude to worsen into insanity. It begins with a strong desire for power and evil schemes. Leading to murder‚ calling upon demons‚ sleepwalking and hallucinations. Some of the first signs of insanity shown by Lady Macbeth is her strong desire for power. In the first act‚ the 5th scene‚ the lady has just received a letter
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with its open front‚ and in which waived the tiger.” Which was her choice? In Frank Stockton’s short story “The Lady or the Tiger?” the princess holds the fate of her lover in her hands. She was forbidden by her father‚ the king‚ to love a man beneath her station. He must face his destiny in the king’s arena-either opening the door to the fearsome tiger to await death or the beautiful lady that he will immediately marry. However ‚ the choice has made for him by the women he loves‚ and since he trusts
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A Woman Act and Think Like a Man Lady Macbeth is the most famous female character in one of the William Shakespeare’s’ plays‚ which is called Macbeth. In this great play‚ Lady Macbeth is the first instigator who plans to murder Duncan. Indeed‚ Lady Macbeth is an ambitious‚ powerful‚ and ruthless woman. When the time Macbeth sends her a letter and tells her the prediction from the three witches‚ she starts to plan ahead and staged a revolt to against the current kingship. Additionally‚ in the Shakespeare’s
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A lady of Letters- harmless Social‚ cultural and historical context: Theatre- exclusive environment- attended by people who are quite well off-upper class/Up until the 18thcentury people only went to see Shakespeare /“ French Window Dramas” new kind of play in 20thcentury UC play for UC audience/Up until the 1920s the theatre was only for the UP/ 1930s FWD go out of fashion- plays started to have a social conscience 1950s FWD disappeared- “Kitchen Sink Dramas” became popular for lower class‚ ordinary
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Is the First Lady of the United States Necessary? Women’s only use is to care for the children‚ the home and to complete the look of a “perfect american family”. This 1950’s ideation still exists today‚ in a more subtle manner. The first lady is a representation of how the country currently feels about women‚ the white house gives her ceremonial “jobs” however‚ they serve no purpose. So what exactly is the position of the first lady? The most basic definition of the first lady is the wife of
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audiences. Goold’s wife‚ Kate Fleetwood‚ is portrayed as Lady Macbeth; an ambitious‚ seductive and tenacious woman who has the ability to control others to her liking. Lady Macbeth is presented by Goold with characteristics that would attract the attention of a contemporary audience‚ such as dominance over her spouse and a firm wall of resoluteness. In the Elizabethan era‚ women were considered inferior to their male counterparts and such a woman as Lady Macbeth would no doubt leave Elizabethan audiences
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love in the story “The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekhov To begin with I should say‚ that Anton Chekhov in his creative work paid a lot of attention to unpredictability of people’s actions‚ to unusual even absurd people’s feelings and especially to love. Anton Chekhov can be surely called “the descriptor of daily routine”. But although his works are realistic and truthful‚ they make you think a lot about the unpredictability and sometimes cruelty of real life. “The Lady with the Dog” is one of
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