Hollywood’s Unfair Portrayal of Prison Guards and the Resulting Consequences on Society “Popular culture is a fantasy promoting social phenomenon that defines the reality of unknown regions and the nature of their inhabitants for ‘outsiders’.” (Riley) Influences of popular culture on society are overwhelmingly strong. When Hollywood focuses on the correction system‚ particularly maximum security prisons‚ they create negative prison stereotypes. Much of these negative stereotypes lie in the
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in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In some cases‚ the novel has been banned by public school systems and even censored by public libraries. Along with the excessive use of the word‚ "nigger‚" the basis for this blatant censorship has been the portrayal of one of the main characters in Huck Finn‚ Jim‚ a black slave who runs away from his owner‚ Miss Watson. At several points in the novel‚ Jim’s character is described to the reader‚ and some people have looked upon the presented characterization
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Women in popular culture and cinematic representations offer what ‘Barbara Creed calls it “monstrous-feminine”’ in different guises: ‘the archaic mother‚ woman as monstrous womb‚ woman as the witch‚ for instance-while others address them matters of sexual desire-the femme castratice and the vagina dentata’. The woman and her capacity to disturb normal ontology to give birth fascinate‚ repulse and intrigue. From the psychoanalytic viewpoint‚ the monstrosity of the maternal body is ambiguous‚ a ‘man’s
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Wordsworth’s poems initiated the Romantic era by emphasizing feeling‚ instinct‚ and subjectivity above formality and mannerism. The themes that run through Wordsworth’s poetry‚ and the language and imagery he uses to embody those themes‚ remain remarkably consistent throughout‚ adhering largely to the tenets Wordsworth set out for himself. Wordsworth argues that poetry should be written in the natural language of common speech‚ rather than in the lofty and elaborate dictions He argues that poetry
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Although the women reflect “foolishness” on the outside‚ The Great Gatsby provides several examples in which women empower themselves despite their inferior status. Although Fitzgerald may have viewed women as a weaker sex‚ several females in the novel demonstrate an underlying power through their relationships‚ and display some admirable qualities. Although they are not able to achieve the same amounts of success as men in the society; by attaching themselves to a suitable mate allows them to share
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In "Great Expectations"‚ the virtuous/vixenish dichotomy is mainly explored through Estella‚ one of the main female characters in the novel‚ and also through Miss Havisham‚ who brought her up from the age of 3‚ and Biddy‚ a simple country girl. Estella begins the novel as "vixenish" character‚ brought up by Miss Havisham to be so. She is cold‚ cynical and manipulative‚ trained to grow up to break the hearts of men. She hurts Pip and crush his feelings continuously‚ and the audience picks up on these
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Regeneration focuses on troubled soldiers ’ mental states during WW1. The Craiglockhart setting allows Barker to explore the psychological effects of warfare on men who went to fight and also their feelings about the war and the military ’s involvement in it. While the focus of the novel is firmly on the male perspective (indeed Barker claimed she had partly chosen this novel to prove she could ’do men as well as women ’)‚ there is a small but important female presence. When WW1 began in 1914
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George Orwell wrote Animal Farm in 1945. Animal Farm was meant to portray the Russian Revolution that was going on at the time. If Orwell were to openly oppose the ways of the communist party he would have undoubtedly been prosecuted. Instead Orwell wrote Animal Farm to express his hatred for communism in a discreet way; he had done this by making it simple and childlike. Therefore he called Animal Farm a “Fairy Story”. However‚ Animal Farm is not a fairy story but an allegory. An allegory is a story
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Lady Macbeth is presented throughout the play as a character of domineering presence‚ troubled by the struggles she faces to fulfil her ambitions and those of her husband ’s. Her first appearance on stage occurs in the aftermath of the audience witnessing the Witches’ Prophecies‚ as well as seeing battles being won by Macbeth. Lady Macbeth is portrayed throughout the first Act as a woman with authority over her husband. Yet‚ as she becomes neglected by Macbeth‚ Shakespeare uses various techniques
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Romeo and Juliet‚ the tragic play by William Shakespeare‚ centres around the love story between Romeo‚ the young heir of the Montague’s‚ and Juliet‚ the daughter of the house of Capulet. Because of an on-going feud between the two families‚ Romeo and Juliet are forced to keep their love a secret‚ marry in secret and‚ due to ill-fated consequences‚ they die together in the tomb of the Capulet’s. William Shakespeare‚ the writer‚ the creator‚ of the play‚ uses characterisation to convey a number of
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