Individuals’ attitudes toward illnesses are often influenced culturally and socially. With different perspectives, the idea of illnesses has been systematically stigmatized for many decades. However, most stigmas are directed towards the category of mental disorders. Society often associates individuals with mental disorders as psycho or crazy leading to prejudice. While most stigmas of illnesses have been associated specifically with mental...
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In 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' written by prestigious feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, after the birth of her baby, our nameless narrator suffers from postpartum depression and is forced by her dominant doctor's husband, John, to weeks of bed rest. While in the confines of bed, the narrator starts a rapid descent into madness and becomes convinced that women are stalling...
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In some ways, we are all trapped within our own reality. This reality is subject to our own socio-economic and political context. Where we are born and what time period we were born into we have no choice but we do we do have the choice to challenge our contextual bonds. Today I will be comparing a poem by a...
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The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is regarded as an important work of American Feminist literature as it explores the attitudes towards women’s mental and physical health in the 19th century. The short story is fictional yet can be considered semi-autobiographical as it was written after Gilman experienced severe post-partum depression. In this passage, Gilman touches on ideas about...
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The idea of restriction is prevalent through the treatment of female characters in both “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman to demonstrate the harsh realities that women faced in the critical Victorian period. Judy Simons suggests that wives in Victorian England were “literally the property of their husbands” and argues that the deeply...
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George Orwell, born in Motihari, Bengal 1903 - 1950, is considered one of the greatest authors of all time, best known for his books; Animal Farm and 1984. In English 5, we had the opportunity to analyze and read both books, spending time to discuss and talk about what we think about the style of writing and the books in...
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Introduction George Orwell's seminal work, 1984, offers a chilling portrayal of a dystopian society subjected to totalitarian control. Written in 1949, the novel continues to resonate with contemporary audiences, serving as a cautionary tale about the dangers of oppressive governance and the erosion of personal freedoms. The central themes of surveillance, reality manipulation, and language control remain pertinent in today's...
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George Orwell’s prophetic nightmare “1984” warns the modern era about technology and society through his vision of a truly dystopian world. Despite Orwell writing the novel in 1949, his predictions are becoming increasingly true, whether that be how society will think and act, how technology will always be around us and ultimately watching us, and how we will live in...
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Book Review. Summary The book 1984 is divided into 3 parts, Books 1, 2, and 3. As expected the novel begins in book 1 and in this first section, we are introduced to the main character, Winston Smith. The book begins with Winston returning home to his depressive, cold, and run-down apartment. As Winston returns home, he is greeted by...
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“These sitters had been tongueless, earless, eyeless conveniences all day long...mules and other brutes had occupied their skins”: An analysis of Hurston's message of men dehumanizing women within Their Eyes Were Watching God In Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Hurston through the protagonist, Janie, discusses the challenges that women have to face living in both a...
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Introduction Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," published in 1892, remains a seminal short story that critiques the treatment of women's mental health in the 19th century. Narrated through the journal entries of a woman undergoing the "rest cure" for her perceived nervous condition, the story provides a profound insight into the protagonist's deteriorating mental state. The narrative's potency largely...
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Individual human experiences are fundamentally modulated by the values and morals of the collective, prompting personal reflection of the paradoxes within human nature and our understanding of acceptance. Miller’s The Crucible (1953) demands that we recognize the necessity of allowing individuals to establish their personal beliefs and values without having others inflicted on them. The tragedy encourages its audience to...
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The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, depicts the human struggle against vengeance and the wrath of another human being. It explores many relevant topics such as hysteria, morality, and reputation, many of which relate back to Miller's experience with McCarthyism during the 1950s. The play unfolds in the town of Salem during the 1690s, where an outbreak of rumors claiming witchcraft...
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Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible and Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go both yield the power to challenge assumptions about the insignificance of the human individual when pitted against the collective. Executed through the characterization of their respective protagonists, Miller and Ishiguro offer similar insights into the ramifications of individual passivity, which creates opportunities for oppressive societies to endure....
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I have chosen to deal with the Salem witches, a myth that inspired Arthur Miller who wrote The Crucible in 1952. Firstly, in 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts, the Reverend’s daughter, Betty, fell sick and the only explanation given by the physician was that she was under the influence of the devil, and this led to a Puritan inquisition. Right from...
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The exploration of diverse human experiences can provide valuable insights into the nature of human behavior. Through the portrayal of human experiences, an individual can deepen their understanding of the fundamental characteristics that make us human. Within Arthur Miller’s 1952 tragedy, The Crucible, my attached visual representation, and the 2016 slam poem 'Islamophobia' performed by Elevated!, the audience is provided...
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The text of Arthur Miller’s Crucible’ is a four-act production that follows the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts. The play articulates the dangers a group of girls undergo as they start a witch hunt to cover, their own wrongdoing whilst creating mass hysteria. The Salem Witch Trials were a part of American History that epitomized the lack of trust in...
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Oppression is the prolonged cruel and unjust treatment or exercise of authority. It refers to an overt or secret malicious and harmful pattern of subjugation and exploitation of a community or individual practices by a regime, which is thus authoritarian or totalitarian. The oppression of women in the 21st century is perhaps more multi-faceted and developed than it has been...
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Could you imagine being accused of committing a crime because of your culture? Global issues are problems that are known to affect people on a large scale globally. The issue of how cultural bias can impact the actions of a person is brought up in the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, and the podcast Serial, produced by Sarah Koenig....
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Toni Morrison is one of the most recognized and honored authors in the world. In addition to her timeless essays and stories such as “Recitatif” and “Tar Baby,” her classic novels have earned her numerous reputable awards including the Nobel Prize in Literature and the Pulitzer Prize (“Nobel Prize in Literature 1993”). Needless to say, Morrison’s work has ignited and...
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In this research paper, the purpose of this study will be to identify the differences and similarities between Oliver Goldsmith's and Jonathan Swift's satire. This paper will also compare and contrast the social criticism of Oliver Goldsmith and Jonathan Swift to today’s varying issues. Both Oliver Goldsmith and Jonathan Swift had many things in common about their writing styles that...
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Ralph Ellison was a great inspirational author during his times during the 50's. He was born on March 1, 1914, till April 16, 1994, and he was an American novelist who was a very inspirational person who accomplished many feats. He won a National Book Award in 1953 and he wrote many books and essays that breached the topics and...
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The Female Quixote is a work written by Charlotte Lennox in the mid-18th century. In it, the author makes an imitation of Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes. It belongs to a period in which satire, romance and the novel, were not well differentiated. Thus, in this novel, the former romantic genre and traditional forms are challenged....
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Beowulf is a fiction story by an anonymous poet whom scholars refer to as “Beowulf poet.” The fiction is set in Scandinavia and details a hero of the Geats (Beowulf) who comes to the help of the king of the Danes, Hrothgar. Notably, Beowulf uses his bravery and strength to slay Grendel and later becomes the king, and rules for...
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Beowulf, the classic medieval tale of monsters and dragons. The 3182 lines of Beowulf indulge in a grand story that tells the tale of a great Pagan warrior. However, the author includes many Christian elements. Notably, in lines, 181–183, the author says, 'deep in their hearts they remembered hell. The Almighty Judge of good deeds and bad, the Lord God,...
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Epic poems, long and narrative, include adventures and brave heroes. Epic poems can trace their roots back to almost 2500 BCE. Beowulf defines a strong and well-developed epic. Beowulf includes plot characteristics, values, and archetypes throughout the poem. In epics, they show what really mattered at the time and what people cared about in a fictional way. The plot in...
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Beowulf is an epic poem, which is a literary piece where there is a hero achieving an incredible feat, that was made in the Anglo-Saxon era. There is no certainty in the time of the development of the poem but it is agreed that it was made roughly in the 6th to 11th century. The anonymity of the creator of...
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Introduction The epic poem Beowulf remains a cornerstone of English literature, offering readers a glimpse into the cultural and moral fabric of the Anglo-Saxon period. Composed between the 8th and 11th centuries, this timeless narrative weaves together elements of pagan and Christian traditions. Notably, the poem is replete with Biblical allusions that serve to underscore its themes and character motivations....
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The start of Beowulf does not offer much on the topic of whether it embellishes Beowulf's “code of honor”. What it does show are the events that lead up to believing in his code and why he goes by it, Beowulf's character in the book is a really relevant character he goes by a “code of honor” he is a...
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The fetish woman, who 'too sang out in grief', provides a rather omenistic foreshadowing into a post-beowulf society, epitomising the fears of an unstable nation following the loss of their 'good king'. Although a drunken statement, Unferth's remark that 'no one has ever outlasted an entire night against Grendel' reminds the reader of Beowulf's unmatched nature, the character depicted as...
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