allowed to speak about‚ and the ways we were spoken of. Having learned our linguistic lesson well‚ we go out in the world‚ only to discover that we are communicative cripples -- damned if we do‚ and damned if we do not. If we refuse to talk “like a lady”‚ we are ridiculed and criticised for being unfeminine. (“She thinks like a man” is‚ at best‚ a left-handed compliment.) If we do learn all the fuzzy-headed‚ unassertive language of our sex‚ we are ridiculed for being unable to think clearly‚ unable
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“The Lady or Tiger” By: Frank R. Stockson Critical Analysis: Who actually came out the door was it the tiger or the lady? According to the story‚ there was a conflict between the boy and the king so; the king had a punishment in mind which was the boy to come down the arena. There was two doors in the arena one has a tiger and the other is simply a lady who was so beautiful. In the watching set there was a princess who was also pretty. The princess was in the arena and the boy was
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” Beauty has always been perceived to be a key part of society‚ which can manifest itself as insecurities. This idea is explored in Katherine Mansfield’s short story‚ Miss Brill. People are always watching and judging‚ unintentionally or otherwise. Mansfield demonstrates how insecurities may present itself under the perceived watchful eye of others. Mansfield portrays Miss Brill’s judgmental nature using her bitterness towards other women. Suggesting that Miss Brill is unimpressed by how “nothing
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Lady Macbeth‚ a leading character in William Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Macbeth‚ progresses throughout the play from a savage and heartless creature to a delicate and fragile woman‚ having no regard for mortality. In the beginning of the play‚ Lady Macbeth is both equally ambitious and evil as she urges her husband to kill King Duncan in order to fulfill the witches’ prophecies by gaining social power on the throne as king and queen. Lady Macbeth calls upon the spirits to give her
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human face it is. However‚ no one comments on a similar work of art from a much‚ much earlier time; “The Lady of Warka”. The Lady of Warka is considered to be the “Mona Lisa of Mesopotamia”. It is one of the earliest relief sculptures known to man (Iraqi Artifact‚ 1). This wonderful artifact teaches a great deal about how rich in culture and literacy the Mesopotamian civilization was. The Lady of Warka is a life-size sculpture of a woman’s face dating back around 5000 years (Banerjee‚ 1). It is shocking
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difficult dilemma in his short story‚ “The Lady or the Tiger.” A semi barbaric princess must decide her lover’s fate by choosing to send him death or to another woman in her father’s arena of chance. She spends hour after hour deliberating the two options. Finally‚ she finds herself picking the door in which the cruel fangs of the tiger await. It is her jealousy that allows her to send the suitor to his brutal death. The amount of envy and spite she has toward the lady is titanic. She is also aware of the
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All actions have consequences. In the story “The Lady or the Tiger” written by Frank R. Stockton‚ the princess is left with the decision to either feed her lover to a tiger or watch her lover be happily married to another beautiful woman. The reader is led to believe that the princess persuaded her lover to pick the door with the tiger behind it. The princess had concluded that the consequence of killing her lover was better than having to deal with the jealousy of watching him live happily with
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The Characterization of Lady Brett In the novel by Ernest Hemingway‚ The Sun Also Rises‚ the character named Lady Brett Ashley is assimilated in the words of another character‚ Mike‚ with the Greek Goddess Circe. This Goddess is known in Homer’s Odyssey for luring men with her irresistible charms and transforming them into animals. If this myth was to partake in reality‚ it would be without doubt represented in this novel. The majority of men in the story are tormented and subject to Brett’s
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PAGE 1. Ladies and Gentlemen Melissa Young Darryl Claybon Humanities 111 August 21‚ 2011 LADIES AND GENTLEMEN PAGE 2. 1. Explain how key social‚ cultural‚ and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes. Artwork found on the walls of caves and in the rubble of ancient cities‚ have opened the doorway to greatly‚ new‚ and improved developments‚ over time. Culture is the values and behaviors shared by a group of people. Culture
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“Bag Lady” Being less fortunate‚ doesn’t describe who you are as a person. It doesn’t change your personality. Just because I don’t shop at the same store as you‚ or live in the same neighborhood‚ doesn’t change the fact that I am smart‚ unique and talented. Many people walk pass me; giving me weird and mean looks. I guess they think that I’m beneath them. Yeah‚ my clothes aren’t as bright as theirs. But that’s only because I ran out of Gain last year. People are so judge-y. They don’t even
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