In the excerpt of Christine De Pizan works like the text the City of Ladies we can see why most of her audience were well educated and sophisticated readers. In her text where she answers why women do not sit in the seats of lawyers‚ her answer here is synonymous to the beliefs held in the high middle ages. She says “because of decency they are inclined to it would not be appropriate for them to go and appear boldly in court like men for there are enough men to do so” (page 134) This speaks directly
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world‚ and the study of philosophy‚ literature‚ and art. However‚ there was one aspect of the Renaissance that some objected to‚ and that was the mistreatment of women in all classes. One person whom spoke out against the exploitation of women was Christine de Pizan. Through her books‚ she conveyed how women are much more than property‚ but in one book in particular‚ she focused more on how women can successfully manage their husbands. The basic concepts in the book were how
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Sylvia Plath was one of the most self-motivated and well-regarded poets of the 20th century. She was an American poet‚ novelist‚ and short story write. Plath was born in Boston and studied at the University of Cambridge before receiving approval as a poet and writer. By the time‚ she took her life at the age of 30‚ Plath was already known in the literary community. In the following years‚ her work attracted the attention of many readers‚ who saw in her singular verse an attempt to catalogue despair
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Amistad I have watched the "Amistad" directed by Steven Spielberg‚ written by David Franzoni‚ presented by Morgan Freeman‚ Nigel Hawthorne‚ Anthony Hopkins‚ Djimon Hounsou‚ Mathew McConaughey‚ David Paymer‚ Pete Postlethwaite‚ and Stellan Skarsgard. It was rented from Hollywood Video to complete the assignment. "Who we are‚ is who we were"‚ states attorney Baldwin‚ the persuading point reaching into the hearts of the jurors. Telling a story about the intriguing life and life lost of the Mende
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Spotlight (2015) is a film directed by Tom McCarthy and stars Mark Ruffalo‚ Rachel McAdams‚ and Michael Keaton. The film is based off of real events and takes place in the early 2000’s. It revolves around the more than 50 instances of Priests and Cardinals being involved in children molestation. The film also shows the Boston Globe investigative news team‚ known as Spotlight‚ trying to piece together the story based off their interviews and following leads provided by the subjects of the interviews
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Sylvia Plath’s poem ‘Daddy’ expresses the struggle for female identity by basing it around the Holocaust‚ one of the most gruesome‚ immoral events in the whole of history. Plath uses this event as a metaphor for her struggles in life‚ and the struggles of women in general for independence. The male figure used in this poem is in the shape of Hitler‚ a man of unfathomable evil. In this poem‚ ‘Daddy’ is seen as a Hitler figure during the metaphor of the Holocaust. He is seen as oppressing the female
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The artist of the artwork is Jeff wall. The Destroyed Room Photographed in 1978. Created by transparency in a lightbox. Currently located in the National Gallery of Canada‚ Ottawa. Subject Matter and Interpretation In The photograph known as The Destroyed Room‚ there is a mess in the photo. Without doing research easily the photo express mystery and anger. In a brief summary‚ it looks like a fight was taken place in the room. Due to lack of humans in the photo‚ its hard to pinpoint the emotion
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Sairo Kola Justin Grant ENC 1102: Writing about poetry 29 October 2014 Looking at “Daddy” In her poignant memoir‚ “Daddy”‚ Sylvia Plath deconstructs her childhood relationship with her father and applies it to her ongoing relationship with controlling‚ oppressive men. Through powerful metaphorical language and reference to Nazism‚ machines of war‚ and a focus on gloomy‚ dark colors‚ Plath displays her inability to cope and find structure in her life without the male abuse and mental subordination
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Eliseo Arteaga Rao Bus 187 9-19-11 1. I do not believe Jeff Ballinger has a convincing argument against Nike. I do believe he has a convincing argument against labor conditions in Indonesia. He states that in 1988‚ of the 17‚000 violations reported in that year only 12 were prosecuted. While this statistic is very alarming about the poor labor conditions in Indonesia‚ it has no proof as to where these violations were originating from. It is very likely that some of the violations were
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“And the language obscene / An engine‚ and engine / Chuffing me off like a Jew” (lines 30-32)This quote depicts the relationship that Plath had with her father. In Daddy‚ Plath depicts herself as a victim‚ as she compares herself to a Jew and her father as a Nazi. She uses this train metaphor to depict herself as a victimized Jew who is being taken away to a concentration camp. Plath uses allusions to describe her father as Hitler‚ as it is written “And your neat moustache / And your Aryan eyes
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