Useless‚ pathetic‚ meaningless. Admittedly‚ Curley’s wife was right. I hate it. Bashing me on why I shouldn’t bother joining in with that small minded Lennie and that damn George on their ranch. I can’t hold anymore of this reality on my back any longer. Why should I be perceived like this? Because I’m black? Because we’re black? Foolish. It ain’t fair. My hands‚ my arms and my legs are black; my face is as dark as the California night sky. It’s different from the other white men‚ possibly more likable
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The Wife of Bath and the Role of Women The Prologue to the Wife of Bath can be analyzed to reveal many medieval conceptions of women in England. Certain factors like religion‚ tradition‚ and politics and social etiquette had a monumental effect on the social views of what women’s role should be. The Wife of Bath has been called “the first feminist” because of her refusal to adhere to the traditional way of life expected from her by society simply because she was a woman. The time period in which
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Crash. It led to the Depression in America which crippled the country from 1930 - 1936. People lost their life savings when firms and banks went bust‚ and 12 - 15 million men and women - one third of America’s population - were unemployed. Curley’s wife She is newly married to Curley. We never know her name - she is merely Curley’s ’property’ with no individual identity. She is young‚ pretty‚ wears attractive clothes and curls her hair. She seems flirtatious and is always hanging around the bunk-house
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In both the novels heroines go the extreme of killing their husbands. Maya of Cry‚ the peacock is born in post Independent India but her up-bring-ing is undertaken very much in accordance to the culture and morality of Pre- independent India where female child is considered to be the esteem of the dynasty‚ a typical
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The wife of bath is a very confident woman who‚ in the prologue of her tale‚ talks about her five husbands. She seems very satisfied with her life and her choices; she is fulfilled regardless of the men she was married to. Even with all their deaths‚ she remains happy and independent. “But even now I will
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character as it shows that she did have a dream but it didn’t happen‚ her disappointment is shown when she complains how she could’ve had a better life. ’coulda been in movies‚ an had nice clothes like they wear...’ The dream tells us how Curleys wife would’ve liked to wear nice clothes‚ been in plays and spoke on the radio. Says that the man also said she was a natural. she could want to be an actress because she says about the attention that they get so she has that dream because shes always
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are not portrayed as happy and free. When the women‚ Mrs. Peter and Mrs. Hale‚ gather up the quilting material‚ they discover a fancy little box. Inside‚ wrapped in silk‚ is a dead canary and its neck has been wrung. The importance is that Minnie’s husband did not like the canary’s beautiful song. The canary is a symbol of his wife’s desire for freedom and happiness‚ so Mr. Wright busted the cage door and strangled the bird. In Trifles‚ the writer Susan Glaspell uses character’s conversation and their
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someone’s wife is diagnosed with cancer‚ it not only affects her but also her other half. The spouse plays a significant role in his wife’s care. He finds out very quickly on how to be a caregiver for his ailing wife. The spouse learns new responsibilities and tasks that can often be overwhelming to him. Educational groups are formed by the medical community that are dedicated in helping teach the spouse on how to be a cancer caregiver . However‚ not every spouse stands beside his wife during this
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and Loving Husband”‚ making it possible to view the piece as a religious piece‚ that fits into the ideas of
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A female narrator tells the Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ and it focuses on how women should be of equal power as men. There is the Wife who is equal to the King because they both have multiple spouses. The Wife also has power over all her husbands; making her superior to them. That is surprising considering that in 1300’s men were always superior then women‚ and were never at the same level as them. This tale is used to represent how society should have been in that era‚ women and men are the same‚ both
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