their ideas and aspirations. Famous orators‚ including Patrick Henry‚ Jonathan Edwards‚ and Susan B. Anthony‚ employed many rhetorical devices in order to make their speeches more effective and memorable. The reputable speeches “Speech to the Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry‚ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards‚ and “Is it a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote?” by Susan B. Anthony can all be characterized as effective pieces of rhetoric‚ for they illustrate
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"Never Just Pictures" by Susan Bordo‚ is about how today’s society looks at different types of media to get an idea of what they should look like. In this essay‚ the author tries to get the readers to take a closer look at today’s obsession with the physique of the human body. Bordo talks about how things that were once considered normal‚ no longer are. Literally people are purging and starving their bodies to become nothing more than silhouettes of themselves. Instead of being alive and healthy
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In “The Birth-Mark” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the most noticeable symbol is Georgiana’s birthmark on her cheek. Her birthmark is a tiny red spot on her cheek in the shape of a small hand. In the story it says‚ “some fairy at her birth-hour had laid her tiny hand upon the infant’s cheek” (340). At the beginning of the story Georgiana has grown so tired of the birthmark she says‚ “Either remove this dreadful hand‚ or take my wretched life!” (342). Aylmer‚ her husband the scientist‚ decides to take up
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Scarlet Letter"‚ the reader is informed that one of the author’s ancestors persecuted the Quakers harshly. The latter’s son was a high judge in the Salem witch trials‚ put into literary form in Arthur Miller’s "The Crucible" (Judge Hawthorne appears there). We learn that Hawthorne feels ashamed for their deeds‚ and that he sees his ancestors and the Puritan society as a whole with critical eyes. Consequently‚ both open and subtle criticism of the Puritans’ practices is applied throughout the novel. Hawthorne’s
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Discussion #9 Summary In the article Distorted Images: Western Cultures are Exporting Their Dangerous Obsession with Thinness‚ author Susan McClelland addresses the negative effect that western culture‚ especially western media‚ has had upon women in other parts of the world and how it relates to body image‚ thinness‚ racial features and even skin color. She interviewed several women who felt pressure to change their appearance to fit into the portrayed standards of Americanized beauty; white and
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Literary Review of “The Ambitious Guest” by Nathaniel Hawthorne Though the family lived a simple yet proud life in the Notch of the White Hills‚ they were not immune to the vanity the stranger brought to their cozy cottage they caught his disease of fame and paid dearly. The story began on a cold September night in a dangerous area in New England as a cheerful family set around their hearth to enjoy their solitude of their inner circle. As the wind roared outside‚ a stranger‚ a young man came to
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and Their Works: Hawthorne‚ Poe‚ and Whitman Out of all the great authors and poets we have studied this semester I have chosen the three that I personally enjoyed reading the most; Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Edgar Allen Poe‚ and Walt Whitman. These three Writers stand out above the rest for each has contributed substantially to bringing forth a newly earned respect for American Writers of Literature. Up until this point in time most literature had come from European writers. Hawthorne‚ Poe and Whitman
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April Martino Professor Bruemmer English II 14 December 2013 Trifles: The Conflict of Gender Throughout history women have always been fighting for equality. As if their existence held very little value in society‚ more so in the past than today. It was obvious during the turn of the 20th century men maintained dominance over women‚ in fact they would use their superiority to maintain their inferiority. A word that comes to mind‚ Trifles. A word referring to something considered to be small
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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story about Hester Prynne‚ her husband Roger Chillingworth and the minister that she had an affair with Roger Chillingworth. There are many strong feelings displayed throughout this novel such as revenge and forgiveness. The most prevalent feeling throughout this story is love. All the principal characters love someone and depend on them. All in all‚ The Scarlet Letter belongs in the romance novel genre because all of the characters are primarily influenced
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Literary Review of Susan Glaspell’s "Trifles" Susan Glaspell’s play "Trifles" is based on a true story and was written in 1916. Glaspell’s "Trifles" demonstrates the male-dominated society and how women were overlooked and had limited rights in the 19th century through symbolism. The play took place in winter in the abandoned kitchen of John Wright. Mr. Wright is a farmer and was murdered in the middle of the night as he lay asleep. The prime suspect for the crime was John Wright’s wife‚ Minnie
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