Templeton argues that the way Ibsen characterized Nora‚ is how he wanted her to be. He critiques that Ibsen didn’t intend to write a play about woman;s rights “Nora’s conflict represents something other than‚ or something more than‚ women’s”(Templeton 28). Templeton says that maybe Ibsen wanted to express something else thru Nora’s character‚ something else‚ he wanted to say maybe how women were treated
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In the short story Where Are you Going Where Have You been‚the main character Connie is very promiscuous and struggles with finding herself. Joyce Carol Oates takes the reader on a journey of teen rebellion turned tragic and uses Connie to show that becoming independent is not easy. Throughout the story you can interpret that Connie felt vulnerable and neglected by her family and friends. Her mother always talked about how she should be more like her older sister‚ Jane “she was so plain and chunky
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speak proper English keeping her from going anywhere. Mocked and ridiculed she approaches Professor Higgins in hope of taking control of her life to no longer be an outcast. However in her attempts of changing how society oppressed her for her English. When Eliza first confronts Higgins about teaching her to speak‚ he replies‚ “Pickering: shall we ask this baggage to sit down or shall we throw her out of the window?” (Shaw‚ 38). Professor Higgins takes Pickering`s bet of turning Eliza into a Duchess
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Charles Schmid‚ the serial killer that Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been? was based on‚ would try to look like Elvis Presley to lure girls to him. Music is a motif that shows up in the story multiple times. Joyce Carol Oates uses music to show Connie’s comfort‚ emotion‚ and the bait that lured Connie to Arnold. First of all‚ Oates uses it to show when Connie feels comfortable. For example‚ “... the music was always in the background‚ like music at a church service‚ it was something to depend
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CHOOSE A CHARACTER FROM HARRISON BERGERON OR “WHERE ARE YOU GOING WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN” DO A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THAT CHARACTER. The story and characters that was chosen was “Where Are You Going Where Have You been.” The character Connie is a 15 year old teenager who doesn’t get along with her mother. She always fussing at her about staying in the mirror so much‚ her mother wants her to be like her sister June but‚ her parents showed her sister more attention
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VOL.9 No.2‚ February 2009 353 Solving Transportation Problem Using Object-Oriented Model Taghrid Imam Gaber Elsharawy Mohamed Gomah Iman Samy Department of mathematics‚ Faculty of science El Azhar Unversity ‚ Egypt We design Object-Oriented Model as decision support tool to evaluate the solution for the five methods using C++ language. After designing the five models (the five programs) we compare between each solution using C++programs and LP solution which have the same result. Comparison
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Tues.& Thurs. Stephen Dufrechou 12/03/13 Benefits of co-sleeping with your infant for the first six months For as long as we can remember we are always told to never sleep with your baby that you could suffocate them by rolling over on them or what not. In a study by Davies‚ he found that prior to the 1700’s co-sleeping was a normal thing around the world. It was not until the 1800’s when the western society moved away from co-sleeping to an independent sleeping arrangement claiming the
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In the short story “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ Connie’s house illustrates irony because of the changes that occur in Connie’s behavior towards her mom throughout the story. At the beginning of the story‚ Connie epitomizes a normal teenager’s feeling towards her parents‚ especially feelings towards her mother when at home. “Connie’s mother kept picking at her until Connie wished her mother was dead and she herself was dead and it was all over‚” (492). With
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Treynor-Black Model Using the Treynor-Black Model in Active Portfolio Management Aruna Eluri‚ David S. Price‚ Kelly Walker Course Project for IE590 Financial Engineering Purdue University‚ West Lafayette‚ IN 47907-2023 August 1‚ 2011 Abstract In 1973‚ Jack Treynor and Fischer Black published a mathematical model for security selection called the Treynor-Black model. The model finds the optimum portfolio to hold in the situation where an investor considers that most securities are priced effectively
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this flaw could lead people to make disastrous decisions that can lead to unfortunate outcomes. Two examples of such can be found in the characters Laura and Connie from the play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams and “Where Have You Going‚ Where Are You Been?” by Carol Oates respectively. By psychoanalyzing both Laura and Connie‚ it becomes evident‚ through actions and dialogue‚ that both females display symptoms of having a fatal flaw‚ which in turn causes them to make decisions that lead
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