visionary in the fight for the equal rights of women. Her original ideas and insight provided a new and more intelligent way to view females. Pizan’s work‚ The Book of the City of Ladies‚ provided women much needed guidance in how to survive without the support of a man. It is Christine’s literary work The Book of the City of Ladies that is most intriguing to contemporary readers. Christine was the first woman writer to possess the ability to identify and address the issues of misogyny in the literature
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Lady Macbeth’s Masculinity In the play‚ “Macbeth” by Shakespeare‚ the women are the darkest characters. Lady Macbeth plays the opposite gender role as a woman. Contrary to the popular western conception of women being kind‚ homely‚ and loving‚ Shakespeare represents Lady Macbeth in a masculine way. Her masculinity stands out‚ because in the play she wishes to be a man‚ she manipulates Macbeth to commit murder‚ and she believes Macbeth is womanly‚ unlike herself. In the play Lady Macbeth wishes
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Who would you choose‚ The Lady or the Tiger? In Frank Stockton’s short story‚ The Lady or the Tiger‚ the author leaves the ending in a very precarious way. The author‚ Frank‚ leaves the story ending up to the reader. The princess should have the most sympathy in this short story. She is the daughter of a barbaric king who has made his own justice system that he feels is fair. The king puts the accused into an arena where they decide their fate. The princess has to make a brutal decision of seeing
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Synopsis The first four stanzas describe a pastoral setting. The Lady of Shalott lives in an island castle in a river which flows to Camelot‚ but little is known about her by the local farmers. And by the moon the reaper weary‚ Piling sheaves in uplands airy‚ Listening‚ whispers‚ " ’Tis the fairy Lady of Shalott." Stanzas five to eight describe the lady’s life. She suffers from a mysterious curse‚ and must continually weave images on her loom without ever looking directly out at the world
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In the story Lady Macbeth role in the story is significant‚ she is an evil‚ ruthless‚ and ambitions Person. She is responsible for the murders that her husband commits because she was blood-Thirsty for the crown. In fact she then becomes more eager to get the crown than Macbeth Himself and then soon realizes that once you commit one violent act there is no way of ever turning back. An analysis of Lady Macbeth reveals that she is a powerful character who adds complexity and depth to a play about murder
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Infidelity. Love. Innocence. These are all the things encountered in the story “The Lady with the Dog‚” by Anton Chekhov. The story is about two married people; Dimitri Gurov and Anna Sergeyevna; who have an affair and fall in love. The distorted ethical code portrayed by the main character Gurov is bewildering. True love has altered Gurov’s perception of women‚ and changed his perception on what love really is. The story begins with Gurov alone on vacation. When first introduced to Gurov it is
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The Lady or the Tiger I-Summary: Long ago‚ in the very olden time‚ there lived a powerful king. Some of his ideas were progressive. But others caused people to suffer. One of the king’s ideas was a public arena as an agent of poetic justice. Crime was punished‚ or innocence was decided‚ by the result of chance. When a person was accused of a crime‚ his future would be judged in the public arena. All the people would gather in this building. During ceremony the king sat high up on his ceremonial
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In Act IV‚ Scene II‚ where Lady Macduff appears‚ it is clear that Shakespeare intended her as a foil for Lady Macbeth. First of all‚ Lady Macduff cares about her son and has maternal instinct. She says‚ “To leave his wife‚ to leave his babes from whence himself does fly? … For the poor wren‚ the most diminutive of birds‚ will fight‚ her young ones in her nest‚ against the owl” (4.2.6-11). She is protective of her son and is a traditional mother figure; she says that even the birds care about their
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Macbeth The play I chose is Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare. The protagonist of the story is Macbeth. He starts out as a brave‚ noble warrior‚ but by the end he is a disgrace to his nation. In the beginning his guilt is almost too strong to bear‚ but by the end he only cares about being the king. Lady Macbeth is almost as important to the story as her husband. She seems heartless at first‚ but her guilt takes over in time. The main antagonist to Macbeth is probably Malcolm. Malcolm is the
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Desiree Garrison December 3‚ 2012 Political Communication The Rise of the Role of the First Lady Vibe magazine stated that‚ “Michelle Obama delivered one of the most poignant speeches in recent political history at the Democratic National Convention.” With all the attention placed on the office of the president sometimes we forget about the role and effect of the first lady. Often times‚ the First Lady takes a backseat to her husband‚ and the problems and policies that are important to him. This
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