The notion that gender is socially constructed is an idea that Judith Butler argues against‚ instead she suggests that gender does not exist. Butler states that gender cannot exist until performed‚ these acts that are performed are merely repetitions of pre-established behaviour. Instead we impersonate what we believe to be gender and gender appropriate‚ these gender conventions that are impossible to maintain as every person is different. (Butler 2009) It is these learned behaviours that establish
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Legend by Judith Wright - 1915-2000‚ written in 1949 and published in anthology ’The Gateway’ in 1953. The blacksmith’s boy went out with a rifle and a black dog running behind. Cobwebs snatched at his feet‚ rivers hindered him‚ thorn branches caught at his eyes to make him blind and the sky turned into an unlucky opal‚ but he didn’t mind. I can break branches‚ I can swim rivers‚ I can stare out any spider I meet‚ said he to his dog and his rifle. The
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Chong Jia Yi Y12 “The course of true love never did run smooth” - Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s dream’ In the play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Shakespeare‚ the quote ‘The course of true love never did run smooth’ is discussing the idea of true love and what it entails. The quote implies that when it is true love‚ it will not be easy‚ but‚ essentially‚ it is worth all the trouble. The use of the phrase ‘true love’ in the quote creates a very contradicting effect as the phrase is
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Love‚ before it can talked about it must be defined; then it can be dissected and studied. Love is defined in the dictionary as an intense feeling of deep affection. Love is portrayed as the concentrated idea in much of Shakespeare’s writing‚ both in the form of comedies and tragedies. Shakespeare’s trend of themes makes the reader see that he is infatuated with love. Love is something that can come at any time in any person’s life‚ and it can appear in any way‚ shape‚ or form. In the famous play
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The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smoothly In the play‚ A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ it is true that “the course of true love never did run smoothly”. The two couples Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius both experience many difficulties in trying to attain love. The law of Athen’s‚ gender and Robin Goodfellow’s acts all play a role in the couples’ pursuit for love. The law of Athen’s in the play didn’t permit a female to marry the man of her choice
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Vita Nuova; Dante’s Definition of True Love Liberal Studies 323/ALH3 Art‚ Literature & Humanism Samantha Ritchie 07/15/12 1 La Vita Nuova; Dante’s Definition of True Love La Vita Nuova is a collection of poems by Dante about an unconventional love story. Dante expresses his Love for a woman named Beatrice but his definition of love is not of courtly or romantic love. To Dante‚ the meaning of true love in La Vita Nuova is God. On the surface‚ the Love Dante feels for Beatrice seems like
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welcome to Your Morning Wake Up Call‚ with your host me‚ Melody Emm! Today we have a very special guest with us‚ praised American philosopher and gender theorist‚ Dr. Judith Butler everybody. So Ms. Butler‚ May I call you Judith? I’m so honored to have you on my show. Butler: Of course you can‚ and the pleasure is mine really. Me: So Judith why don’t you tell our audience a little about your career as a queer theorist? Butler: I’d be happy to. My work in queer theory mostly focuses on feminism and gender
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The depiction of Judith slaying Holofernes is not an untouched scene; it is very likely that other artist’s portrayals of Judith slaying Holofernes inspired Gentileschi’s detailed painting. Carvaggio painted his rendition of Judith Beheading Holofernes two decades prior to Gentileschi’s. His work was on permanent display in Palazzo Barberini in Rome‚ Italy; it is highly likely that Artemisia Gentileschi was inspired to present her own rendition of Judith that fit her feminist ideals in response to
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Money can buy first impressions‚ but it cannot buy true love. True love comes from having mutual respect for one another‚ caring for someone other than yourself‚ sharing great experiences‚ and building a strong relationship together. It is proven that relationships that are based off of money rarely ever end up
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Poetry offers a new way to look at familiar situations. Judith Beveridge does this in three of poems. “The Domesticity of giraffes”‚ “Fox in a tree stump” and “The Two Brothers”. Through the use of repetition and personification she incorporates her feelings about cruelty towards animals and humans. She uses these techniques in all three of her poems. Poetry shows the reader a new way to look at familiar situations and in her poem “The Domesticity of Giraffes” she uses repetition to show the cruelty
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