I doubt any teacher has ever made a lesson plan where their students studied an Ancient Greek play and a fairly modern American novella together‚ but I believe students may learn from contrasting these two works. Antigone by Sophocles and The Pearl by John Steinbeck offer two very different portrayals of women. Antigone and Juana are both female main characters. However‚ these two women deal with their respective cultural gender roles very differently. Antigone is strong and brave in the face of
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The Pearl written by John Steinbeck‚ Coyotito get stung by a scorpion and needs help‚ so the doctor’s treatment for Coyotito was to give him a white powder. After a while‚ Kino and Juana start to notice that the baby was drooling and having muscle spasms‚ therefore‚ the doctor’s treatment was not needed. Although the doctor was helpful in some cases‚ his treatment was not necessary for Coyotito because he still had the same symptoms from the sting when he first got it. In the book The Pearl written
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The attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor that took place on the December 7th of 1941 was a shocking event for the American public‚ and had served as the catalyst for the country’s entry into the Second World War. The attack on Pearl Harbor is considered the most shocking event that left a mark on United States’ culture and public awareness before the September 11 attacks. One reason for this is the surprise nature of the attacks and the massive number of casualties. Because of this‚ most historians
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Kino’s dreams through the pearl Kino‚ as a hard-working poor man that he was‚ was astonished by the pearl he found in the sea. It was very opportune since the money he was going to obtain would serve for curing his child‚ but mostly‚ because this wasn’t like any other pearl‚ but the pearl of the world‚ he assumed he would get an extremely good quantity of money. And as any other human being‚ he thought of the possibilities that the existence of the pearl was giving to his family; all dreams
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hurt One day the poor fisherman Kino finds‚” the greatest pearl in the world” ( Steinbeck 10 ). Consequently the pearl causes conflict for the fishermans family. In the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ lived a poor family in a small brush house town‚ that lived and ate the same everyday. The husband Kino and wife Jauna lived with their son Coyotito‚ which they protected him as much as they could. One day their son get’s struck by a scorpion‚ making Kino seek help from the doctor rejected their
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Alli Beery Warming Her Pearls ENGL 3790 3/31/14 Warming Her Pearls Carol Anne Duffy has always had a strong feminist theme running throughout all of her poems. Warming Her Pearls is a combination of both feminism and Marxism. There is a class conflict when it comes to the maid and her mistress. The maid is constantly thinking of her mistress‚ and it is likely that the mistress never thinks twice about her maid. While there is no relationship between a man and a woman‚ there are strong
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The Attack on Pearl Harbour Focus Question: How did the attack on Pearl Harbour affect WWII? What significant reason did the Japanese choose to start a war with the United States? How did the surprise assault affect the surroundings of Pearl Harbour? The quotation of “issued Potsdam Declaration” had Japan to surrender‚ even if they did surrender why are the United States still deciding to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki? How has the results of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing affect the lives
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English 1320 3 April 2012 Pearl Harbor and the Pacific The Axis Powers wanted more land and a better world in their eyes‚ and what was not handed to the alliance would certainly be taken by force. Adolf Hitler‚ the Japanese‚ and all accommodating nations of the Axis Powers were criminal in their measures taken throughout World War II. It was an unjust war in a multitude of ways‚ and morals seemed to completely dissipate during combat. With the unprovoked attacks on Pearl Harbor‚ the invasions and
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Pearl: In the Scarlet Letter‚ Pearl is the illegitimate daughter of Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. Her name is Pearl because of her great value to her mother‚ Hester. Pearl is more of a symbol than anything else. She is a symbol because she represents Hester and Dimmesdale’s sin and adultery. She also symbolizes the scarlet letter A. Pearl is a constant reminder of the Scarlet letter of not just Hester‚ but of Dimmesdale‚ as well: “And‚ mother‚ he has his hand over his heart! Is it
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interactions between Pearl and Dimmesdale emphasize a dissonance that exists between Pearl’s embodiment of truth and Dimmesdale’s adherence to society. Throughout the chapters that take place in the forest‚ the setting empowers Pearl and allows her organic nature to thrive. Pearl and the forest share a supernatural connection‚ to the point where the forest itself recognizes “a kindred wildness in the human child” (140). Although she is shunned by society‚ nature welcomes Pearl and gives her an independence
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