Ladies have defeat various impediments consistently. Defeating distinctive snags have took into account ladies to develop and get to be force and fruitful in today's general public. These distinctive deterrents are said in Antigone by Sophocles, "Barbie Doll" by Marge Piercy, and "The Story of a Hour" by Kate Chopin. All through each of these works one can see the difficulty in courses, for example, remaining for what one has faith in, turning out to be free, and self-loathing. Every lady in these distinctive works have hit a minute of self-announcement to where they can sparkle and show who they need to be, or wish to be in that matter. By doing as such this is demonstrating the venturing stones that were taken by lady throughout the hundreds …show more content…
In "Barbie Doll" by Marge Piercy self-loathing, self-feedback, and harassing is the fundamental point. Piercy makes it clear to the peruser what the purpose of the sonnet is about. With the sonnet finishing it suicide it makes it considerably clearer for the peruser to understand that what a lady experiences when managing things, for example, harassing can prompt passing. In the start of the sonnet Piercy is clarifying what is not preferred about the young lady "everybody saw a fat nose on thick legs" (Piercy 11) not what was inside, and what the young lady found in herself. As time went on the young lady just seen what others was seeing not what she once had seen inside herself? This is the place the self-loathing begins to become possibly the most important factor from the tormenting, and with this is the place everything gradually except doubtlessly starts to go downhill. Once a man is conveyed to self-loathing it is difficult to get them out. It is a progressing fight that happens to be endless until themselves or someone else can haul them out of it, and numerous lady experience this in the public arena once a day. In Marge Piercy's "The Tale of Hope Chapter 9" she clarifies the diverse prevention's that she went through, and how she needed to defeat every one that came her direction. By understanding this it gives a decent knowledge on why Piercy may have kept in touch with this sonnet in any case. Understanding that there are numerous individuals out there who need to see you fall gives one trust that one will transcend everything to demonstrate them wrong, and this is indicated when Piercy says that "in her innovative space bearings are more fierce and fruitful than numerous individuals would endeavor to hope for" (Chapter 9 249) hence, she could demonstrate that what others need to say in regards to you don't implies
Piercy, Marge. “Barbie Doll.” Introduction to Literature 5th ed. Eds. Findlay et al. Toronto: Nelson, 2004. 316-317.
Steffi Graf stated, “You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.” This quote helps me prove that there's no point in someone having a high status, if they don’t treat their people right. They'll just get disrespect in return and become a low status in their people’s hearts. In Sophocles tragic play Antigone, King Creon’s self importance and high level of arrogance caused many consequences in the drama such as death itself and miscalculations of choice making. The King of Thebes thinks of himself better than everyone because of his power of the throne. Thinking that the king rules alone and if one to ever disobey the King, they are to bare consequences.
In the second stanza, Piercy describes the girl as healthy, intelligent, and strong (7-8). Yet these positive equalities alone, could not keep people from criticizing her, so the girl feels inferior. “She went to and fro apologizing,” which demonstrates her collapse of confidence with the people she is surrounded with, who kept putting her down (10). She gives in to the hurtful things people say about her: “Everyone [kept] seeing a fat nose on thick legs” (11). The girl thus lets people push her in the direction of society’s standard of beauty, instead of affirming her own unique beauty.
Antigone has defied the king's edict. However, the edict says that her brother, Polynices, cannot be given a proper burial. The reason given for this is that Polynices is a traitor. Antigone's uncle, Creon, the king, makes this edict after many events happen. Antigone says herself that she has experienced "no private shame, no public disgrace, nothing" that cannot be experienced (Antigone, p. 658).
Masochist. What is a masochist? A masochist is someone who hurts themselves. A masochist not only hurts themselves, but they find pleasure in hurting themselves. A masochist is frowned upon by society. According to Dictionary.com masochism is “gratification gained from pain, deprivation, degradation, etc., inflicted or imposed on oneself, either as a result of one's own actions or the actions of others, especially the tendency to seek this form of gratification.” Modern day masochists enjoy cutting themselves, and many die from this. Antigone knows the consequence she will receive if she breaks the law and that performing burial rites are a right reserved to men, yet she willingly breaks the law. When Antigone is caught she is given the opportunity to deny what she does, yet she fully agrees with all the claims against her, showing a masochistic thinking process. In the end Antigone is the one who kills herself, and everyone around her realizes that she was wrong with her masochistic actions. In Antigone by Sophocles the character, Antigone is a masochist because she brings upon her own downfall willingly.
Are people justified in breaking the law to save a family member’s life? Many times the presence of laws prohibits people from doing what is right. Whether it is instances where someone is trying to save a life or serving the greater good of the community, laws may not be beneficial or conducive to resolving the situation. Throughout history, many laws have been broken to bring redemption to corrupt situations. Sophocles, a Greek playwright, emphasizes the importance of laws, but also mentions situations appropriate for breaking the law. The play Antigone, written by Sophocles, demonstrates these certain circumstances in which it is okay to break the law. Although laws should be obeyed to keep a well-organized society, certain situations indicate that it is okay to break the law to fully bring justice.
Lyons writes,“Her mother and her maternal grandmother, who was born in a Lithuanian shtetl, were the central figures in her childhood and appear frequently in her poetry” (327). Being that Piercy grew up with strong female role models in her life, it makes sense that feminism would be a recurring topic in her writing. Another source states, “Piercy is especially concerned with the extent to which the sexual identity and individual personality of a woman in contemporary society is in conflict with those outer forces attempting to determine who and what she is,” (Poulin 714). In “Barbie Doll,” the main character is not in conflict with any force until she is taunted about her body. A classmate, the outside force, points out the negative qualities of the girlchild, which causes an internal conflict. Contemporary Authors Online quotes Marge Piercy saying that her intentions are to “give voice to something in the experience of a life” (“Marge Piercy” 4/15). Along with this idea, one source revealed, “Piercy’s poetry grows out of her own life and the lives of those around her…” (Lyons 328). Readers can conclude that Piercy’s work reflects her experiences and she uses writing to re-live these
She tells this through the brazen recollections of a woman who cuts off parts of her body because she falls victim to self-loathing. “Barbie Doll” has fewer examples than “Sadie and Maud”, creating a more realistic tone. In the fifteenth line, Piercy writes “Her good nature wore out like a fan belt”. Upon reading this simile, it seemed almost misplaced in a rather objective piece. But by comparing her 'good will' to an everyday object that has a real life purpose, it becomes a turning point in the poem.
206 paragraph one, (line 1), Sandra Cisneros reveals a model of how girls see themselves in the future. The girls felt the dolls represent the same story and scenario each time they came together and play with each other. The attitude, style and quality of dolls. The interchanging of clothes, character's likes and dislikes as depicted the deception by a doll; from a child's point of view. The girls noticed that when the male Barbie doll drops by the other Barbie would steal him away. A typical boy meets girls; girl thinks boy is cute; boy leaves with the opposite girl. This is a reflected of Sandra Cisneros’s short story "Barbie-Q, "p. 206 , paragraph 1 , (line 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 ) . The girls are tired of the social scene the boy Barbie represents. They only want to play among themselves without any boys. The girls enjoyed looking forward to Christmas and receiving gifts of clothes for their Barbie dolls. This is also, reflected in the insults the girls shared among their future Barbie dolls. In the short story "Barbie-Q,” by Sandra Cisneros, the girls enjoyed going to the flea market, purchasing used clothes for Barbie dolls. Barbie dolls meant so much to the two little girls because they didn't care if their Barbie dolls were wearing hand-me-downs; second hand doll clothing sold alongside the street. The joy came from undressing and dressing up the dolls. The girls even found career clothes to match up to their doll's future. In the short
Even with the advancement of women in society, their roles and societal expectations have not changed. Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” are two stories with varied elements set in different periods in history, that show the role society has deemed as belonging to women. "The Story of an Hour" was written in the year 1894, almost a century before Kincaid wrote "Girl". However, despite the large gap in the times of the authors, a common theme emerges and that is the theme of the oppression of women and the role they are expected to assume in society.
Eric Johnson: I’m here, inside the UN building just one hour before the deadline. All the world leaders and other media representatives from various countries are here, ranging from England to North Korea. Crowds have gathered outside, some in protest against it, others to see what it has to say. We will continue to keep live coverage of the situation with no interruption. Everyone’s on edge and no one knows what to expect. But one thing’s clear: every person in this room had questions.
In Sophocles’ Antigone, Antigone saw her action of burying her brother as a just one. It may not have been just in the eyes of Creon and the people of Thebes, but she was not concerned with the laws that mortals had made. Antigone saw the divine laws of the gods to be much more important than those of mortals. She felt that if she died while upholding the laws of the gods, that her afterlife would be better than if she had not. Our lives on this earth are so short, that to see a good afterlife over the horizon will make people go against the laws of humans.
Antigone, Sophocles’ classical Greek tragedy, presents tragic flaw as the cause of the destruction of Creon, the king of Thebes. This essay examines that flaw and the critical perspective on it.
Antigone, by Sophocles, is a story about the struggle between Antigone, who represents the laws of the gods and Creon, who represents the laws of the state. The play takes place circa 442 B.C. in the city-state of Thebes. The story revolves around the burial of Polyneices. Polyneices led an army against his brother, Etocles, the King of Thebes. They killed each other in battle and the new king, Creon, made a decree that only Etocles was to be buried because Polyneices was his rival. Antigone, sister of Polyneices and Etocles, feels that she needs to bury Polyneices in accordance to Zeus’ law, but this went against Creon’s decree. Also, Antigone has to bury Polyneices without the help of her sister Ismene. Since Antigone decided to follow Zeus’ law, which states that all bodies must be buried, she defied Creon’s decree and buried Polyneices anyway. Caught by the guards, while burying her brother, Antigone was sent to a rocky chamber as punishment by Creon. Creon’s son, Haemon, was engaged to marry Antigone, but he along with the rest of the city thought Antigone’s death was unjust. Even after Teirsias, the blind prophet, warned Creon to release Antigone and bury Polyneices, Creon remained reluctant. Finally, Teirsias told Creon that the gods were going to punish him and Creon became worried. By the time he got to the rocky chamber, it was too late: Antigone already hung herself. Creon found his son sobbing next to her and when he told Ha...
For this assignment I have chosen to analyze the theme of Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll” found on page 533 in the Norton textbook. In the poem, the speaker describes a young child, a girl, who was born and raised “as usual” with “dolls that did pee-pee and miniature GE stoves and irons and wee lipsticks the color of cotton candy”. The speaker then goes on to describe the girls downfall in adolescence possessing “a great big nose and fat legs” that over shadowed her better qualities and ostracized her. The girl then grows bitter to the world, with the speaker expressing that “her good nature wore out like a fan belt” until the girl “cut off her nose and her legs and offered them up” mutilating herself and ending her own life. The speaker