“When a beautiful pearl is cast down on the road all the mighty and powerful contend for it” (The Tale of the Ungrateful Lover‚ in Chen‚ 15). Men in the Chinese society saw women as a symbol of beauty and nothing more. In ‘The Tale of the Ungrateful Lover’‚ a talented girl like Du Shiniang who was a brilliant dancer‚ musician and singer got no respect for her talents. Once Du Shiniang was outside the gay quarter‚ no one appreciated her
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Country Lovers: Reading Reflection Country Lovers captures emotion and imagination only in a way our human minds can draw for us that no television will ever be able to mimic. For me this story took a familiar feeling story and put a twist on it with a semi modern feel. Using a formalist analytical view the story was in a memorable setting‚ and had a classic plot. Along with the setting the author was able to use what seemed appropriate language use that added to the mood and theme. Overall
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Angelica Dawson British Literature 05/17/12 “The Demon Lover” Essay In Elizabeth Bowen’s “The Demon Lover”‚ a forty-four year old woman returns to her old house to retrieve things she had to leave behind to escape from war. War is a constant theme throughout the story. War took away‚ what he remembers to be‚ her first love‚ and it drove her‚ her husband and her three sons away from their London home. In the beginning of the story‚ the protagonist‚ Mrs. Drover‚ is just returning to her old home
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Marine MARTY ENGL 3389 Essay October‚ 6th‚ 2014 The portrait of Mrs. Drover in the film The Demon Lover is not an accurate rendition of the character in the story by Elisabeth Bowen. This may be seen in a comparison of her film and fictional analyses of role‚ relationships‚ motive and goals‚ self-image and tone. Kathleen Drover is the protagonist‚ she has no real occupation‚ or at least‚ it is not mentioned‚ and she only is described as a middle-aged mother and a wife‚ as the following sentence
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Envy In William Shakespeare’s Othello‚ desire manifests itself in Iago‚ compelling readers to see him as if he were a leech; Iago drains Othello of all his moral qualities until he is sucked dry. Similarly‚ Shylock in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice indulges in seeing Antonio sucked dry of money. Both Iago and Shylock are compelled to see their enemies suffer through means that once deprived them‚ such as Iago being deprived of his rank and Shylock being deprived of money and respect. Although
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of money to spy on Othello for him‚ since he wishes to take Othello’s girlfriend‚ Desdemona as his own. Roderigo fears that Iago has not been telling him enough about Desdemona and that this proves Iago’s real loyalty is to Othello not him. Iago explains his hatred of Othello for choosing Cassio as his officer or lieutenant and not him as he expected. To regain Roderigo’s trust‚ Iago and Roderigo inform Brabantio‚ Desdemona’s father of her relationship with Othello‚ the "Moor" which enrages
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The central message of Country Lovers is to criticize apartheid by describing a love story between two normal teenagers. This message is brought out in the following three ways. Firstly‚ Gordimer depicts the lifestyles of black and white in an objective way. Readers can see the differences between the lives of black and white. Hence‚ reader would understand the unfairness of apartheid. They can know how harsh and sad the lifestyles of black. When the black are small‚ they have fewer possibilities
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The main focus of the visual essay is on the issue of race in Othello by William Shakespeare. The visual essay highlights the struggles Othello has to face in the play because of his race and nationality. The essay includes visuals about the use of vivid animal imagery to express the racial hatred towards Othello‚ for example‚ Iago refers to Othello as a “Barbary horse” when reporting to Brabanito about his daughter’s relationship and says “You’ll have your nephews neigh to you”. This animal imagery
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Write Up On Othello: Othello as an Outsider Shakespeare’s Othello‚ written in approximately 1603‚ is a tragic play that centralises around the role of Othello‚ the Moor of Venice. Throughout the play‚ a notion that is consistently evident is that of “the outsider”. In Othello‚ many characters are in some way outsiders. Each character devises their own unique way to rid themselves of this “outsider” status‚ whether it be by marriage‚ gaining strength or through means of manipulation. As persistently
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The Downfall of Othello Othello‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is the perfect example of a romantic tragedy in which events involving the themes of jealousy‚ greed‚ revenge‚ and appearance versus reality bring the play to its tragic end. The play begins with an argument between Iago and Roderigo. This conflict gives the reader a glimpse of what is to come. Shakespeare uses the technique of foreshadowing to help the reader predict the misfortunes that will befall the characters in the play
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