Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni in the collection of her short stories titled Arranged Marriage, portrays a negative image of the Indian cultural practices while discussing marital relationships in the diasporic space. The title gives the impression that Indian marriage system is not only weird but also barbaric. She fails to understand that gender bias is not unique to India, and it is a global problem. Sarah Elizabeth Webb, a westerner, who works for a rural tribal school along the border of Tamil
Chitra Banerjee’s The Mistress of Spices is a diasporic tale built amidst a stream of voices, both male & female, sharing their joys and sorrows as immigrants to the United States. The author interweaves her text with strands of Magical Realism, Postcolonial Criticism and Feminine discourse to produce a patchwork of messages that overlap but never contradict. The novel relates the story of Tilo, a Mistress of Spices. She is a priestess who knows the secrets of all spices. Her background has been
through their food habits and cooking. Second generation immigrants easily accepts the food of their host land and sometimes they didn’t know about the native food and cooking. In Mistress of Spices Bougainvillea girls approached Tilo to know about the Indian recipe for their competition. Even they can’t identify the Indian spices. Even though the first generation immigrant had accepted and adopted to live in the new land, the Influence of their native is always with them. Its reflection can be witnessed
Like a true trickster, she breaks all the rules of the magical spices. She touches others though it is prohibited for Mistresses of Spices. Tilo affirms: “It is not allowed for Mistresses to touch those who come to us” (TMS 6). Then she looks at herself in a mirror too and thus breaks another rule as she remembers that: “(for mirrors are forbidden to Mistresses)” (TMS 5). Finally, she commits the most forbidden sin for a Mistress, that is, to fall in love with a “mortal man” (TMS 43). But Tilo
His Coy Mistress by Marvell and The Sun Rising by Donne In both of these poems, language is used to a very good effect. In "To His Coy Mistress" the language is used to try and win his lovers heart, so that they can make love before the time has passed where it is impossible to do so. In "The Sun Rising" the language is used to depreciate the Sun and to express the feelings the man has for his lover. Both poems seem to argue with something within the poem. In 'To His Coy Mistress' the man
John Donne John Donne's poem "Elegy 19: To His Mistress Going to Bed" is closely related to "The Sun Rising" in its treatment of love, lust, and togetherness. Both discuss and argue different stances on the same topics, but are united by their language and development. The structure of "Elegy 19" and use of poetic techniques relate it directly and indirectly to "The Sun Rising". In "Elegy 19", there are forty-eight lines of adoration of the mistress of the title; this poem is full of reverence, veneration
Women writers like their male counterparts have written about their experiences in a foreign land. Travelling to foreign lands and settling there had been a taboo in ancient India. It was considered inauspicious to cross sea but within changing times the socio-political and economic realities changed and during British rule in India people were forced by their circumstances to seek their livelihood in alien countries mostly as laborers .They were not able to come back and had to settle there. That
and other pleasurable pursuits. In 1596 Donne joined a naval expedition against the Spanish Armada. One year later he sailed to the Azores. Often in John Donne’s poems they include his travels and experiences for instance in the poem ‘To his mistress going to bed’ he says ‘license my roving hands and let them go… O America! My new found land[1] Donne possibly means that the woman in front of him is a new land waiting to be discovered and explored. In 1598 Donne was appointed Private Secretary
In the seventeenth century, there was no authorized political place for women in the social hierarchy scale. Women had entered into a modern age and created their own form of politics in the 1660s where they were able to enforce political power, gain popularity, and become independently wealthy by being a part of the royal court. When King Charles II arrived back in England after ten years in exile, he had formed relationships with various women until the end of his life. Royal mistresses were not
We will redefine the mythical “Mammy” image that is often portrayed in the slave owner’s kitchen to reveal the slave cook’s complex role in slavery and their legacy in reshaping Southern Cuisine with a semblance of the food that graces southern tables today. For centuries, African slaves were considered prominent cooks in Egyptian households. In Muslim Spain, too, male slaves prepared meals in aristocratic homes while their wives prepared food in poorer homes. Even today, women in sub-Saharan
Mary Atwood stated in her short story “Happy Endings,” “You’ll have to face it, the endings are the same however you slice it.” This quote reflects from a short story that gives the readers interest with several different scenarios with different plots that leads up to the same ending each time, death. This causes the title “Happy Ending” to become irony within itself because there is really no happy endings, just the same. The beginning even gives the readers the choice of starting with A to get
control the Mediterranean. Although they were both equal in strength, Rome’s better structure and political system, and its newly built naval fleet contributed to the downfall of the once mighty Carthaginian Empire. The Roman Empire became the mistress of the Mediterranean and eventually became a world
A Comparison of Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress and John Donne's The Sunne Rising Both poems "To His Coy Mistress" and "The Sunne Rising" were written by metaphysical poets, this is one of many similarities in the poems. However, there are also a number of differences between them. In both poems, there is an obvious link to the theme of "Carpe Diem" which simply means "seize the day". The poems relate to time and that of how it's running out. They seem to be in a rush. The content
What are the roles of women? Are they even considered people in these stories? When reading these Old English and Middle English to Renaissance stories Beowulf, Judith, Wife of Bath, Upon Judith Clothes and A Coy to His Mistress you will see the value and importance of women through these texts. Women are often the subjects of literary works. In the Old English tradition, women are seen as dutiful slaves or angelic creatures. In some cases men treated women like sexual objects and did not respect
Metaphysical poets use startling juxtapositions in their poetry to create a greater significance in their arguments and intended meanings throughout the poem. John Donne is said to be the unsurpassed metaphysical poet, metaphysical poetry being poetry relating to a group of 17-century English poets whose verse is typified by an intellectually arduous style, admitting extended metaphors and comparing very disparate things. In 17th century England new discoveries were being made and social customs
He’s Just Not That Into You directed by Ken Kwapis, is an enjoyable film that focuses on varying relationships in the modern world. Yes it’s cheesy and yes it is very comical. What you don’t easily realize is how legit the film is to the real world around us. This film is different than other films as it has numerous main characters played by famous celebrities. These characters interconnect throughout the film fitting into the overall storyline. However the characters that will be talked about
classical music, his romanticism, his welter of emotions, all come through very effectively. The Kolkata born, Vikram Seth deserves to be next on the list. The man of many languages and wise businessman penned outstanding works like "The Golden Gate", "A Suitable Boy", "An Equal Music", and "Two Lives". The first book written by him was in verse form and records the lives of young professionals in San Francisco. "A Suitable Boy", 1441 paged novel pushed him into the lime light. The book brimmed with
January 31st 2010, Liam Richardson; a 7 year old boy who self proclaimed himself as the biggest John Terry fan, turned on the TV in the morning and broke down in tears seeing the news. He did not eat food for days because he was dejected and could not believe it. The news read, “John Terry in sex scandal with Team-mates wife; resulting in further less chances for England at the World Cup”. Liam took off all the John Terry posters off his wall. At that age, he couldn’t have possibly comprehend what
This chapter, “Three Old Worlds Create a New, 1492 – 1600,” covers the social, political and economic events that occurred in the worlds that made up America between 1492 and 1600. This chapter explores the history of the small societies that became the United States in broad contest of European exploration and exploitation. There existed conflicts between European kingdoms and this led to interest in colonies that strengthened the emerging nations. The curiosity of Europeans helped introduce them
beans and chili peppers. When the Europeans arrived they pioneered a large number of other foods, the most central were meats from domesticated animals (beef, pork, chicken, goat, and sheep), dairy products (especially cheese), and various herbs and spices (Wikipedia). When the Spanish first arrived they made efforts to inflict their own diet in the country, this ended up failing and sooner or later the foods and cooking techniques began to be mixed (Wikipedia). Mexican food carries a status for being