Indian. In this artwork‚ there is a woman wearing a cloth covering her entire body and a basket on her head. The photograph is in black and white‚ which illustrates a self-portrait of an Indian Lady. This tells us that the woman is an important person during her time of her life. Also‚ it shows that the lady plays a motherly role‚ holding a basket‚ such as fetching water for cooking‚ washing the clothes for her children and her beloved husband. This photograph may tell us that women are determined
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Barker’s adaption of Lady Windermere’s Fan – titled A Good Woman – and Oscar Wilde’s original play are both stories with similar themes and values. They follow the same plotline and convey a similar message- that the harsh rules of society were hypocritical and verging on absurd. However‚ with drastic changes made to the setting‚ characters and time period‚ some of the key themes are altered and sacrificed to cater for a modern film-going audience. Both A Good Woman and Lady Windermere’s Fan revolve
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Lady Macbeth‚ to some extent‚ can be considered an oxymoron‚ for within Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth‚ her femininity is portrayed as the antithesis of what being an ideal woman and wife is about. Instead of being a graceful‚ elegant female faithful to the wishes and commands of her husband‚ Lady Macbeth’s character contradicts that kind of feminine role. She represents a different side of the characteristics of femininity. As one the most complex characters in the play‚ she is portrayed as a dark
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1-10-07 Understanding Lady Macbeth No matter how many years have passed‚ whether is be decades or centuries‚ all women are the same: manipulative‚ deceptive‚ and emotional. In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth‚ there is no greater prime example other than Lady Macbeth herself on how women are the downfall of men. By probing into the small‚ but very important character’s mind‚ there will be an almost surreal realization of how much influence women actually have on men. Lady Macbeth is a strong
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Lady Macbeth is married to Macbeth the main character in this play‚ making her one of the key characters in this play. Lady Macbeth is a woman who lusts for power‚ authority and control through her husband. She persuades Macbeth into killing Duncan so that he can become king after the incident. She characterizes one of the ongoing thematic elements of guilt throughout the play and this finally leads to her death in the end. The quote "a little water clears us of this deed" is a simple statement made
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The Analysis of the Colonel’s Lady Summary: The passage represents us Colonel’s feelings and thoughts about his wife‚ Evie. She was a good wife and a good hostess. Colonel thought that he was in love when he married her‚ but then he realized that they had different interests . They had no quarrels‚ but Evie wasn’t able to give the birth to a child‚ that’s why Colonel thought their marriage failed. Colonel was a healthy man and it was normal for him to have another woman‚ as he had to have such
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Commentary on Lady Lazarus Sylvia Plath uses dark imagery‚ disturbing diction‚ and allusions to shameful historical undertakings to create a morbid yet unique tone that reflects the necessity of life and death in her poem‚ Lady Lazarus. Even though the imagery‚ diction and allusions presented in Lady Lazarus are entirely dark and dreary‚ it seems‚ looking more closely at Plath’s use of poetic devices‚ as if that the speaker’s attitude towards death is a positive one. The speaker longs for death
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Although Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy from Act 1‚ Scene 5 depicts the celebration of Macbeth’s encounter with the witches‚ it creates a significant turning point in which William Shakespeare imposes the beginning of the character’s transformation-essential to Macbeth’s central theme of the detriment of power. The beginning of Lady Macbeth’s transformation is shown when she exclaims “Glamis thou art‚ and Cawdor‚ and shalt be/ What thou art promised” (1.5.15-16). Certifying the prophecy‚ Lady Macbeth
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The Lady of Landuc’s actions were a consequence of Yvain’s dishonorable oath on courtly love. Yvain married The Lady of Landuc saying‚ “I’m wholly yours; I’ve pledged today to yield to you and to obey all your commands.”(Bédier‚ 1973‚ p. 56) Yvain’s pledge is relevant because it plays a major significance later when he neglects her. Yvain ignored his oath completely when she commanded him to come back to her within a year of fighting for his pride of self-reputation as the best knight. Yvain became
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In lord Tennyson’s poem the “Lady of Shalott” he tackles the view that women had when they can now make their own choices‚ and societies resulting actions At the time of the poem it was quite controversial. Tennyson’s “Lady of Shalott” has three major messages; isolation‚ breaking free and living what life is left. The first message of “Lady of Shalott” is her isolation. The lady of Shalott has been cursed; however‚ she has no idea what the curse will do to her. She does know that if she looks
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