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Gender and roles of women in literature
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Women in Management of Grief and A Pair of Tickets
Both Management of Grief and A Pair of Tickets were written by women and about
women. Authors were able to portray an image of women which differs from the
traditional, stereotypical literary image of feeble and delicate creatures who
needed to be cared for. Women in these stories were faced with horrible
tragedies, but the determining element in their experience was not so much what
happened to them but how they took it.
After reading first few pages of Management of Grief one may see Shaila as
"traditional" Indian woman who due to her upbringing was not even comfortable
enough with her own husband: "I was too much the well brought up woman. I was
so well brought up I never felt comfortable calling my husband by his first
name" (Mukherjee 537). For a person who grew up in North American society this
revelation may seem to come from an oppressed female, but later on in the story
we learn that protagonist could stand up for herself and for other women, like
in the airport incident. There again we were reminded of the way she was
brought up: "Once upon a time we were well brought up women; we were dutiful
wives who kept our heads veiled, our voices shy and sweet" (543). Only this
time the statement is ironic. Shaila's actions show us that she is far from the
voiceless, week female she was brought up to be.
Shaila was not responsible for her own heredity. She could not control much of
her environment ...
“Pass On” written by Michael Lee is a free verse poem informing readers on grief, which is one of the most difficult obstacles to overcome not only when losing a loved one, but also in life itself. “Pass On” successfully developed this topic through the setting of an unknown character who explains his or her experience of grief. Despite Lee never introducing this character, readers are given enough information to know how they are overcoming this difficult obstacle. In fact, this unknown character is most likely the writer himself, indirectly explaining his moments of grief. One important piece of information Lee provides is the fact that he has experienced loss twice, one with his grandfather and the other a friend who was murdered by the
Johnny and Dally have a few similarities. For example, both of the characters have neglectful parents. Dally Winston resents his parents so much that he doesn’t bother mentioning them much throughout the novel. Dally never mentions his mother, proving that he does not have much to say about her. The one time Dallas does mention his father is when explaining to Johnny and Pony what has been happening back home. He states “‘Shoot, my old man didn’t give a hang whether I’m in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter”’ (88). Since Dally does not say anything good about his father the one time he does mention him, it is obvious that he would rather not think of his parents. Ponyboy also remarks that “Dally had spent three years on the wild side of New York and had been arrested at the age of ten” (10). If Dallas had caring parents they would have never let Dally near the “wild side” off New York. Watchful and loving parents would have raised Dally to be a better kid. Likewise, Johnny’s parents have no chance of winning the “Parent of the Year Award” either. Johnny, from Ponyboys perspective, is like a lost, beaten up puppy. The reason to this mishap are Johnny’s parents. Ponyboy thinks to himself “If it hadn’t been for the gang, Johnny would never have known what love and affection are” (12). This suggests that Johnny’s parents never gave him the love or affection that he deserves. The only way Johnny ever experien...
One similarity Dally and Johnny share is their inability to place value in their own lives. Through the duration of the story, Dally continually does things that put his life in danger, and does not seem to care about the consequences. He drives recklessly, breaks every law he can, and pulls a gun on the police, thus getting himself killed. As Ponyboy states, “I knew he would be dead, because Dally Winston wanted to be dead, and he always got what he wanted” (154). After the death of Johnny, Dally
Shakespeare’s play is about two families that hate each other for no obvious reason. This fight has dragged on for a long time in Verona, Italy where the play is set. In Verona there are public disturbances between the two families, Capulets and Montagues. It became such a problem that the prince announces “I have an interest in your hate’s proceeding, / My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a bleeding;” (Romeo and Juliet 3:1: 186-87). The families’ feud creates a creepy and dismal atmosphere in Verona, and this leads the Prince to promulgate the rule with both families. Public disturbances will not happen again and if it does then they will take any fighter’s lives in front of those both families. As the reader may notice, the Capulets and the Montagues’ hatred and indignation grew as the feuds escalated. At the Capulet’s party, Tybalt does not accept Romeo being a part of the party saying “I will not endure him” (Romeo and Juliet, 1: 5: 76) and convinces Capulet to drive Romeo out of the room. Although, Capulet accepts Romeo to enjoy the party, “He shall be endured./ What, goodman boy! I say he shall. Go to!”(Romeo and Juliet, 1: 5: 77-78). However, at the end of the play both families finally realize that they have done something wr...
Imagine that the person you love most in the world dies. How would you cope with the loss? Death and grieving is an agonizing and inevitable part of life. No one is immune from death’s insidious and frigid grip. Individuals vary in their emotional reactions to loss. There is no right or wrong way to grieve (Huffman, 2012, p.183), it is a melancholy ordeal, but a necessary one (Johnson, 2007). In the following: the five stages of grief, the symptoms of grief, coping with grief, and unusual customs of mourning with particular emphasis on mourning at its most extravagant, during the Victorian era, will all be discussed in this essay (Smith, 2014).
Johnny and Dally have a lot of similarities, they both have abusive parents who are not concerned about them. Dally’s parents do not care
This is a reaction that should be expected from her, however, it is not widely popular (due to when this story was written). She had been married expecting to live her life playing the perfect little wife, and had actually almost managed to convince herself that she enjoyed it. However, when she realizes her freedom, she is ecstatic, as any sane person would be. And even though her husband was obviously a good, kind man whom she “never looked upon with anything but love” she was still not living for herself, and no one can be truly happy if they aren’t happy with themselves first.
Looking back on the death of Larissa’s son, Zebedee Breeze, Lorraine examines Larissa’s response to the passing of her child. Lorraine says, “I never saw her cry that day or any other. She never mentioned her sons.” (Senior 311). This statement from Lorraine shows how even though Larissa was devastated by the news of her son’s passing, she had to keep going. Women in Larissa’s position did not have the luxury of stopping everything to grieve. While someone in Lorraine’s position could take time to grieve and recover from the loss of a loved one, Larissa was expected to keep working despite the grief she felt. One of the saddest things about Zebedee’s passing, was that Larissa had to leave him and was not able to stay with her family because she had to take care of other families. Not only did Larissa have the strength to move on and keep working after her son’s passing, Larissa and other women like her also had no choice but to leave their families in order to find a way to support them. As a child, Lorraine did not understand the strength Larissa must have had to leave her family to take care of someone else’s
At the end of the book there was a rumble and Dally showed up even though he was injured.”Don’t you know a rumble ain’t a rumble unless I’m in it?”(144) This means that no matter what Dally would like to be in a fight of some kind. Dally likes to fight because he feels that their is no got in the world. On the other hand, Johnny does not enjoy fighting.’”useless… fighting’s no good…”’(148). This means that Johnny would not like to be in a fight especially when he is injured. Johnny does not like fighting because the socs have beat him up multiple times badly. Dally and Johnny are different because Dally likes fighting and Johnny does
Having been usurped and wrecked on an Island Prospero and his young daughter Miranda have to settle. It is here in Prospero's past that it first clear to see where any confusion about his character may appear. As a learned and powerful man Prospero is able to take direct control of the island, he frees a trapped and tortured spirit (Ariel) and befriends the inhabitants (Caliban). Prospero 'helps' Caliban, he tries to educate him and teaches him to communicate, in exchange Caliban helps Prospero to survive on the Island. But in taking power of the Island Prospero is committing the same act that happened to him as Duke of Milan, now Prospero himself has become the usurper. In this act of goodness Prospero has unknowingly shown his evil side.
Perfectionism can be defined in a number of different ways. One way is that it is a disposition to regard anything short of perfection as completely unacceptable or the setting of demanding goals, while being unrealistic in nature, are also accompanied by a disposition to regard failure to achieve these goals as completely unacceptable and a sign of personal worthlessness (Merriam-Webster, 2015a). Perfectionism can also be defined as setting of excessively high standards and striving for flawlessness in performance which is accompanied by a tendency to critically overevaluate one’s own behaviour (Frost, Marten et al., 1990; Flett & Hewitt, 2002; Stoeber & Stoeber, 2009).
...lly, Ragnarok, or the end of the world, is the biggest difference between Norse mythology and most all mythologies including Greek. Ragnarok is the essential “end of the world” although no actual destruction of the world comes to pass during it. Ragnarok is a very detailed battle where all the warriors from Valhalla fight with Odin and the rest of the Aesir against the Jotnar and Loki (the god of trickery). This cannot be compared to anything in Greek mythology Because Greek Mythology doesn’t have an equeivalent to Ragnarok or anything close.
Within his portrayal of Prospero, Shakespeare skilfully displays this character as the embodiment of all characteristics that defined the true colonisers; strength, power, and of course the intense control of all relationships and land he is invested in. Although these characteristics can be seen in all Prospero’s actions and interactions it is those with his subject, Caliban, which present them most clearly.
portray his degraded, brutish nature. In Act 1 Scene 2 Caliban complains of how Prospero used h...