Compare the ways in which Chopin and Morrison present the subjects of racial prejudice and slavery.
Compare the ways in which Chopin and Morrison present the subjects of racial prejudice and slavery. Desiree's baby wsr written by Kate Chopin (1850 - 1904). Kate Chopin was born Katherine O'Flaherty on February 8, 1850 of an Irish and French descent in St. Louis, Missouri. When I first read the extract from Desirees Baby I understood it instantly. Unlike beloved it is a very straight forward and direct chain of events which is easy to follow. I think this is because in Desiree's baby the characters are able to communicate freely and discuss matters of importance which makes the plot far easier to follow. Whereas in Beloved the main characters of the book have no simple form of communication for example talking. Instead they use eye contact and movements through a chain, which is very hard to portray in text. However Morrison has managed to get the slaves which feature in Beloved communicate very well through what enslaves them "One thousand feet of the best hand forged chain in Georgia". I think this is significant because this is one of the few touched of sarcasm or humor wich occur in either of the extracts. In beloved an obvious and explicit form of racial prejudice is being displayed. I come to this conclusion by examining the language which is used. Words such as "nigger" are used to describe black people in beloved where as in Desirees Baby the baby who is black is
The Boston Stranglers.
Michael Tafoya Mr. Stefan Criminology, period 2 January 4, 2002 The Boston Strangler Between the years of 1962 and 1964, the Boston area had been the scene for the mysterious murders of female residents. Thirteen women were strangled in Boston, USA, between June 1962 and January 1964. The killer, moved by uncontrollable sexual desires, plausibly talked his way into the confidence of women living alone. Once admitted to their homes, he raped and strangled his victims. His hallmark was to tie the ligature around their necks with a characteristic bow under the chin. In her book, The Boston Stranglers, Susan Kelly depicts the upbringing of convicted murderer Albert DeSalvo, which would lead him to commit these horrible acts. Albert Henry DeSalvo, the third of six children, was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on September 3, 1931. His parents were Charlotte and Frank DeSalvo, and his family showed powerful signs of being a dysfunctional family. The troubles in his family were created because of his father, who was repeatedly arrested for sternly refusing to support to his wife and children. He was a monster of abuse to Charlotte and the children, beating them regularly with fists, belts, and pipes. On one occasion, he pulled a gun on Charlotte, and on another, he broke two of Charlotte's fingers. Albert had once said that his father once sold the children to a Maine farmer
Commentary - Corkscrew, by Dashiell Hammett
English Commentary Corkscrew, by Dashiell Hammett There are many different aspects of a novel, which capture a reader's imagination and make it a good read. However undeniably the most important part of the novel has to be the opening, where the author must use certain methods and techniques to capture the readers intrigue and ultimately draw them into the story. Almost immediately after starting to read this opening I feel that Dashiell Hammet has succeeded in creating this sense of intrigue by opening her story with very striking yet extremely powerful metaphor, 'Boling like a coffeepot'. The way that she has used such an extreme state, 'Boiling', to describe how someone is feeling has an instantaneous impact upon the reader and the position of it also creates an instant sense of urgency. We know almost instantly also, that this story is written in the first person and it is this, which helps to get the reader involved with the story. When a story is written in first person the reader is instantly drawn closer to the character as they experience the story through the characters own interpretations and personal thoughts. In this particular story the reader is draw even closer to the character through empathy. There are a few short bland statements which makes the character sound as if he speaks in a distant, bleak tone, there are also several references to isolation and
Compare and contrast the two short stories 'The Fury' by Stan Barstow and 'The story of an hour' by Kate Chopin.
Compare and contrast the two short stories 'The Fury' by Stan Barstow and 'The story of an hour' by Kate Chopin. The two short stories 'The Fury' and 'The Story of an Hour' share a lot of parallels, for instance, they both focus strongly on the theme of marriage and how in marriage both partners need to be able to have independence and freedom to retain their own individuality. In 'The Fury', Mrs Fletcher is an over possessive wife to her kind, considerate husband whom we know only as Fletcher throughout the story, and, although the roles are almost reversed in 'The Story of an Hour' they are still very similar. In this story, the wife Mrs Mallard is a repressed woman who finds it difficult to express herself under the watchful eye of her over meticulous, but still loving, husband, Brentley, who feels that he always knows what's best for his wife. I feel that the authors may have reversed these roles accidentally or even unknowingly as they were writing sub-consciously about their own lives. I say this because Kate Chopin, the female author of 'The Story of an Hour', wrote about a fellow female, Mrs Mallard, being repressed by her husband, whereas Stan Barstow, a male, wrote about a man, Fletcher, being almost dictated and preached to by his fiery wife Mrs Fletcher. However, this might not be the only reason for the writer's embittered views, an additional perspective to
themes in the poetry of Christina Rossetti
themes in the poetry of Christina Rossetti Christina Rossetti is for me, a passionate and powerful poet; the majority of her poetry has contained the themes of either love or death, and in many cases both. Even within her children´s poetry, these themes are prominent. However, I feel it untruthful to call Christina Rossetti a sentimentalist poet, in my opinion she does not write nauseating sentimental 'love´ poems. We shall see how Rossetti projects images of love which are more often then not either non-requited or, cut short, however, she also writes deeply and movingly of divine love. The other major theme within the poetry of Christina Rossetti is 'death´ this theme is quite often in association with divine love. Again, she deals with this in a startlingly refreshing and compassionate way, often with the sense of melancholy but never with depression. Christina Rossetti did not just write for adult amusement, but also wrote poetry for children, and again the themes of Love and Death are featured frequently within these works. Rossetti manages to deal with both emotions in a matter-of-fact style, which a child would appreciate whilst remaining compassionate. It will be necessary to briefly consider some of Christina Rossetti´s personal affairs to see how these have influenced her poetry. For example her love affairs; her dedication to the church; and her family, I
Discuss the form and narrative perspective of The Yellow Wallpaper with close reference to language and imagery.
Discuss The Form And Narrative Perspective Of The Yellow Wallpaper With Close Reference To Language And Imagery. Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote the Yellow Wallpaper in 1891. For many years she had suffered from severe and continuous nervous breakdown. She found that doctors and specialist were unsympathetic and they warned her never to write again. However, with the help of a friend she disregarded the doctor's advice and began to write again. She slowly began to live a normal life again and regained some power and control over her own life. The story is an account of a middle class, nineteenth century woman and her struggle with mental illness. She is intelligent and likes to write. She craves intellectual company and stimulation. However, her husband, who is a doctor, advises complete bed rest and has forbidden her to write. A first person narrator tells the story. It is written in the style of her diary, which gives the reader an intimate glimpse into her mind. This enables the reader to trace her decline into insanity. In the first entry the narrator describes the house with mixed feelings. On the one hand, she compliments the house and calls it "The most beautiful place" with a "delicious garden" (p128) but then she seems apprehensive. She dismisses the thoughts that the house may be "haunted" but she still feels that there is "something queer about it." Perhaps she
Using the examples, how does 'Now, Voyager' illustrate classic melodrama conventions of the 'Women's picture?'
Using the examples, how does 'Now, Voyager' illustrate classic melodrama conventions of the 'Women's picture?' In this point in time (1942), women's picture was important to the studios. Women preferred to watch women stars such as Bette Davis who was a role model to all women. She had roles that showed integrity, intelligence and strength. They preferred drama, musicals and love stories to other types of other film, in other words 'human interest' stories. When looking at the film ('the women's weepie'), the narrative/setting and locations were important. The classic linear narrative is disrupted because of flashbacks. The narrative is episodic which is the story about Charlotte's progression through out a year. Every setting functions in a way a to tell us more about Charlotte. The scenes consist of either in the Vale Mansion, the boat in which Charlotte went to take a cruise on, the sanatorium, parties Charlotte attended or Brazil. The film is very reliant on coincidences, for example meeting Jerry's daughter Tina at the sanatorium and Jerry happening to be at the same party as Charlotte. In the film, we see three Charlotte's: The 'frumpy' character that is sexually active, the 'glamorous' character that is repressed and the 'mother/business' role that is a 'fully-rounded' individual. Her progression has grown from unless your beautiful you wont be a confident woman. The
The Sins of Adults - In D. H. Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a young boy, Paul, dies after using his gift to forecast the outcome of horse races.
The Sins of Adults In D. H. Lawrence's "The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a young boy, Paul, dies after using his gift to forecast the outcome of horse races. However, it is not the using of his gift that led to his demise by a massive brain fever. It was the adults in conjunction with their dependency and lust for money that leads him to his death. Just about every adult in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" with exception of the nurse can be held accountable for attributing to Paul's deathly descent. In my opinion the person who takes the most blame is Paul's mother. Paul's mother is the person who starts him on his train of thinking that money will earn his mother's love. In a conversation between her and Paul on luck, she says, "It's what causes you to have money. If you're lucky you have money. That's why it's better to be born lucky than rich. If you're rich, you may lose your money. But if you're lucky, you will always get more money" (891). This luck that refers to is not the luck that allows a person to live longer, she means luck in a monetary sense. In-turn Paul takes this information and finds a way to be lucky in a monetary sense, horse races. Later on more pressure is put on Paul when he gives five thousand pounds to his mother through the family lawyer and his mother is not happy. So after that Paul desperately needed to "know" by using his gift. The best example of this
Opening Worlds (Stories from different cultures)
Opening Worlds Dead Man's path is a story set in Nigeria during the year's of the Christian Missionaries, when European's tried to inflict culture, language and religion upon the people of Nigeria. This story shows how a new headmaster tries to bring modern methods to and old cultural village. In Pieces Of Silver it gives an insight about a poor little boy from the Caribbean trying to get money for his retiring headmaster who in the end is the man who gives him the money to save the poor boy from punishment who uses the money to help fellow pupils avoid the same punishment and humiliation. The twist in Dead Man's Path is reflected by the new headmaster, Michael Obi, who tries to bring his new modern methods of teaching and tries to create a new atmosphere in his workplace and surrounding neighbourhood. But his plan backfires when he upsets local villagers and clashes with their ancient beliefs. The villager's are said to have started a tribal warfare after Michael Obi closed a an ancient path leading through the school, which is said to be the path of which the souls travel and after failing to let both modern and new methods combine. Michael and the local village priest discuss their methods in which Michael hits out at the priest saying '...the whole purpose of the school is to eradicate just such beliefs as that. Dead mean do not require footpaths' which leads into the
Brilliant novel, The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, takes place in a society where women are locked in a society with no freedom and independence. In this realistic piece of literature, Edna, a mother
Nannan Yao La January 12, 2006 The Awakening A brilliant novel, The Awakening, written by Kate Chopin, takes place in a society where women are locked in a society with no freedom and independence. In this realistic piece of literature, Edna, a mother in her late twenties, considers her self trapped and expresses her needs to achieve independence through many of the decisions that she makes including her last choice and final decision. There are several instances in The Awakening where Chopin foreshadows that Edna will not end her days trapped in her unfulfilled life, but will gain strength in order to make her final act of resistance. In the beginning of the novel, the constrained parrot of the cottage that Edna and her family is staying in says," Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi!"(9) Which translates to "Go away! Go away! For God's sake! This parrot symbolizes Edna and her determination to break away the social restrains of women in the Victorian era. Edna's husband, Léonce, is always unsatisfied with Edna's treatment of their children. In addition, Léonce does not regard his wife as a partner in marriage but as a possession. When he notices that she is sunburned from the beach, he looks at her "as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage" (11) Léonce's perception of his wife as property is common in the 1800's of