looking back on this semester‚ I reflected on so many great memories from this course. Reading “Trifles” and debating or weather Minnie was innocent or not was one of my favorite moments. “My Papa’s Waltz” was a great poem and extremely relatable for me. Through taking English 151‚ I have realized just how unorganized I have been. My priorities were not organized how they should have been at all. “Trifles” was an amazing play. It covered so many controversial ideas in only a few pages. The debate
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In literature‚ the main character is usually faced with a conflict and must find a solution to their problem. In A Doll’s House and Trifles‚ two women are faced with problems which will affect both their lives as well as the lives of others. In an act of desperation‚ without any idea of what else to do‚ or how else to solve their problems‚ the women do the unthinkable. They both commit a crime in an effort to help their situation. A Doll’s House is a story about Nora‚ a trophy wife whom spends
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genre can create some similarities and differences between them The different genres of Trifles and “ A Jury of Her Peers” can have an effect on the stories point of views and are similar to the story that they both tell. Trifles and “ A Jury of Her Peers” have many things in common one of which being the choice of words that they use. For example‚ “Not having children makes less work‚’ mused Mrs.Hale”(Trifles 719). Also‚ “No‚’ she didn’t have a cat. She got afraid that feeling some people have about
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Feminist drama Trifles is seen as an example of early feminist drama‚ because it is two female characters’‚ Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale’s‚ ability to sympathize with the victim’s wife‚ Minnie‚ and so understand her motives‚ that leads them to the evidence against her‚ while the men are blinded by their cold‚ emotionless investigation of material facts. The female characters find the body of a canary‚ which had its neck wrung‚ killed in the same way as the deceased (John Wright)‚ thus leading them to
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understanding and sense of relief on this suppressing stereotype. Opening up the ideology of gender roles‚ there are many things that determine how we associate gender and sex with peoples’ identities. The article‚ “The Context of Current Content Analysis of Gender Roles: An Introduction to a Special Issue” written by Rudy Rena‚ Lucy Popova‚ and Daniel Linz‚ demonstrates the idea of symbols representing our sex and gender and are explained by bringing up social
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Molly Jarrett October 1‚ 2012 Mrs. Barrett Journal #3 Susan Bordo’s passage‚ “Beauty (Re)discovers the Male Body‚” she really focuses on the male modeling and the views of males in advertisements. She truly portrays the changes from traditional to modern views of male modeling by society. The Abercrombie and Fitch advertisement is the more traditional of the two. I believe that it conveys all of the types of examples and traits that a traditional male model demonstrates. On the other
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After Susan Wong graduated from State University with a degree in Operations Research‚ she went to work for a computer systems development firm in the Washington‚ D.C.‚ area. As a student at State‚ Susan paid her normal monthly living expenses for apartment rent‚ food‚ and entertainment out of a bank account set up by her parents. Each month they would deposit a specific amount of cash into Susan’s account. Her parents also paid her gas‚ telephone‚ and bank credit card bills‚ which were sent directly
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There has been a lot of interesting work and articles on what makes life meaningful one clever piece of work I found I gave an exceptional example was Susan Wolf’s book on "meaning of life". According to Wolf‚ "meaningful lives our lives of active engagement in projects of worth" (Susan Wolf‚ "Meaning of Life" PG 205). What I plan to accomplish is to introduce wolves claim and what gives meaning to our lives. Then‚ potentially give my own objection. First‚ let’s this discuss Wolfs elaborations
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“And it is a downright mockery to talk to women of their enjoyment of the blessing of liberty…”(Anthony). This is a quote from a speech Susan B. Anthony delivered in 1873. While having the constitution protecting citizens’ rights‚ women are considered to get paid 77 cents to the dollar‚ in the eyes of many there expected to be treated as second-class citizens. But does the constitution promise inalienable rights for all people? This idea is shown throughout her speech‚ connecting to other visions
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the process of building herself; giving her strength for her to be able to obtain the career she wanted; like her overcoming multiple sexist boundaries‚ and emotional blockades. Not only‚ does Hope Jahren give the readers this experience but so does Susan Cain in her novel Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking; as she walks the reader through the mindset of an introvert’s journey as they must learn to overcome the many hurdles that society has thrown in front of these great
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