As a modern audience‚ we must remember to be mindful of the society in which Shakespeare wrote The Taming of the Shrew when we analyze it. This was a time when marriages were made for the convenience of the fathers far more often than for a love already existing between the bride and groom; people often were married without having known each other for very long‚ and sometimes without ever having met. Instead‚ one hoped to find love within the marriage once it was in place‚ to learn to love one’s
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as he spun around‚ and all 5 of them stopped in their tracks and said‚ “Are you out of your mind‚ nobody goes in that house and nobody ever will.” “You guys are a bunch of babies come on”‚ as Alex walked up to the front porch of the house. When the 5 of the stepped onto the porch
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A Journey through time…. It all started on a brisk winter’s day. The tree tops were blowing gently in the wind and I sat outside on the porch with a friend of mine watching the trees and very faintly hearing dogs barking in the distance like they knew something was going to happen. I had been feeling slightly off all day‚ I wasn’t able to pin point the exact reason why‚ just felt a little off‚ so I just shrugged it off and didn’t think too deeply into it. My friend seemed to have noticed it too
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In the tale “The Wife of Bath‚” the Knight’s punishment fit his crime nicely. The knight’s crime was that he raped a maiden‚ for no other reason than to sate his sexual desires. While the law of that time called for his head‚ instead of executing him‚ King Arthur let the Queen decide what would become of him. King Arthur’s decision to let the Queen take over the Knight’s punishment makes sense because it is an issue that a woman would feel more strongly about than a man. However‚ the Queen takes
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love can make people blindly sacrifice the things they cherish. In “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” from The Canterbury Tales‚ Chaucer states that power is often sacrificed in a relationship. When a Knight‚ shunned for forcefully taking the virginity of a maiden‚
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Focal Points in Diego Velazquez’s “Las Meninas” Diego Velazquez’s painting Las Meninas shows princess Margarita in the court of King Philip IV (Sayre 142). The girl became the major focal point of the work. She is highlighted by color pattern (her figure is lighter than other characters and surroundings) and position (the princess is at the center of the exposition). The child is the major‚ but not the only one focal point. Velazquez created several accents to balance the picture. The work has both
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is a poem about War and in the poem‚ the narrator tells maidens‚ babes and mothers that war is kind. We know that war is not actually kind‚ because how could dying and suffering and losing someone you love be kind. Crane repeats over and over that war is kind but he uses phrases like “your father tumbled in the yellow trenches” and “a field where a thousand corpses lie” that show that war is definitely not kind.
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Perseus was coming back with Medusa’s head‚ flying over a beach‚ he saw a beautiful maiden chained to a rock‚ she had been left for a hungry monster to eat. He zeroed down to the beach to rescue Andromeda. While she watched‚ Perseus wrestled with the sea monster to save her. He stabbed the monster in the eye with his sword. Perseus took Andomeda home. Perseus and the others were filled with joy because he had saved the maiden from the sea monster and brought her home. Perseus was a hero after he cut off
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a frightening day in the sun. As we came closer‚ we could see that the light was illuminating a sign‚ “Faraja Primary School - Providing a life of opportunities to disabled children.”. About 50 feet behind the sign there was a house‚ and on front porch some men were sitting and talking. Tom approached them‚ and began speaking with
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walked alongside Boo Radley‚ leading him back home‚ something changed within her when she stepped onto the Radley’s porch. One of the similarities between the book and movie is the quote that was said during this distinctive scene‚ “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.” (pg. 279) This quote relates back to Atticus’s words in chapter three‚ “You never really understand a person
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