Analysis Of The First Scenes Of Spring Awakening By Wendla Bergmann

The Spring Awakening by Valencia College Theater on October 21 was extremely entertaining as well as a nice surprise. The director Julia Gange did a wonderful job of presenting a very smooth performance that kept the audience amused. I felt as if the play was absolutely entertaining and was presented very professionally. In my opinion, the show was awesome due to the quality of the acting as well as the presentation of the set.

One of the most contentious issues in America, abortion, is still discussed on a daily basis. Women should be able to make their own decision with their bodies because it involves their bodies, health, and futures. Conversely, one of America’s presidential candidates wants to repeal Roe v. Wade, which allows women to make their own intimate decision. In one of his recent speeches, Donald Trump states that women who seek abortion should be subject to “some form of punishment” (Flegenheimer, et al.). Trump was highly criticized for making this statement, but he continued to mention that ripping a baby out of the womb on the last day of pregnancy is immoral. Trump seems to misunderstand that most abortions happen during the first trimester of

In the case of rape, it is unjustifiable to say that a woman has to carry a baby when she is forced into intercourse with a man who the woman does not please. For those who say that abortion is so inhumane, why doesn’t one simply look at the act of rape as disgusting as someone would look at abortion. The victim is going through enough being forced without choice to have a child if she consumes, so why make her carry the baby for 9 months knowing that the perpetrator has given her this child. I don’t think that the women should have to be mentally viable for this child or have to take care of a child that is forced upon her own will. Having a child hurts very much, why put a victim of rape through more pain then she has to endure? Abortion isn’t illegal in other countries for more serious issues why should America make it illegal?

There are many people who believe pregnancies are a miracle and a blessing, but too often women become victims of sexual assault, which at times result in unwanted pregnancies (Stewart 1). Despite the fact many women choose to go through with their pregnancies, other women turn to abortions as a solution to leave the traumatic experience in the past. However, not all women who choose to terminate their pregnancies are victims of sexual assault, as many young couples become pregnant and choose this path because they feel they are too young

Though the thought of terminating a foetus may be immoral to most, it is also unethical to not give a woman the right to abort if they have been sexually assaulted. Although it is quite rare to be impregnated from rape, it is not fair for those who do and are not able to abort, for they would have to carry out their pregnancy, along with their burden in an unstable condition.

Abortion is very serious issue that’s why abortion has become a debatable issue in U.S politics. Recently the republican candidate Donald trump said in the news “The sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. The party, advocates for a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children.”(Boguhn 1). Donald trump said in the news the unborn child have the total right to alive and these restrictions have to become part of laws. Additionally, he is also against the legal rights of abortion Trump said legal rights of abortion should change from the U.S laws and make secure and supportive laws for unborn children lives.

In Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, she writes about a woman’s desire to find and live fully within her true self during the 1890s in Louisiana. The woman, Edna Pontellier, is trying to find herself in the masculine society of Louisiana, leading her to cause friction with friends, family and the Creole society. Edna begins to feel a change; she begins to feel like a whole person with wants, interests and desires. She learns that she is not comfortable with being a wife and mother. The imagery of the parrot in the cage in Chopin’s novel is being compared to Edna because it represents Edna’s unspoken feelings and imprisonment. The sense of unspoken feelings and imprisonment of Edna causes her to put her own needs before her family. As Edna finds herself trying to satisfy the Creole society, she begins to feel isolated and confused. Through Edna’s trace of freedom, she begins to undergo a transformation of self, slowly straying away from society, and taking control over her own actions and beliefs. Through obstacles to Edna’s freedom, she learns that she does have control of her own body. The symbolism of the birds and the sea is used to symbolize Edna’s struggle for independence.

The United States was founded as a free and independent nation, where its citizens are given equal opportunities, protecting them from discrimination, injustices, and tyranny. Yet, there are those in this nation that try to deprive or alienate one of the most important freedoms a woman can have, the right to an abortion. They believe it is immoral and against their religion to terminate any form of life, whether it be in the embryonic or fetal stage. Defined as the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy, an abortion takes a tremendous toll on the mental and physical well-being of women. Therefore to even consider an abortion, women go through immense amounts of stress and most of the time their

These specific cases only represent a combined 1.6% of total abortions in the United States each year. A staggering 98.3% of all abortions are elective. This means that this pro-choice argument is invalid and is only used to draw upon the emotions and cause empathy for victims of rape or cases of risk to maternal or fetal health. Rape is a very serious subject, and women have an extremely heavy burden while carrying the child, but the child’s life is valuable and still should not be

In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that decisions about reproductive options of individuals are free of government interference (Roe v. Wade). Furthermore, the statement was made that, “even if the fetus is a person, because it is not a born person, it is not covered by Constitutional protections in general, or the Fourteenth Amendment in particular” (McDonagh, 2005, p. 23). In 2012, when Representative Todd Akin, Republican of Missouri, commented to a St. Louis television station on pregnancy as a result of rape band stated that women who are victims of “legitimate rape” rarely get pregnant, first, he rejected science as a legitimate discipline. Obstetricians and gynecologists called absurd his assertion about some biological reason preventing women from getting pregnant during a rape (Belluck, 2012). Even President Obama made clear during his news conference, that “rape is rape, and the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we are talking about doesn’t make sense…” (Kane & and Henderson, 2012). He also added that “we shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health-care decisions on behalf of women”

Rape is a huge crisis for America as it is in any nation, but women today are being bullied by other beliefs. Is it fair for them to raise their attackers child, is it fair for them to raise a child in poverty. Many believe all life is precious, and yes it is,but what women do with their body is up to them. Individuals are free to their opinion but when it affects someone else that's when it crosses the line, my party is here to announce our support for Pro-choice for

Donald Trump (Pro-Life advocate) argues that there has been an ongoing issue with abortion that needs to be dealt with. Upon the questioning of what should happen to a woman who wishes to abort her baby, but doesn’t meet the “three exceptions”, Trump stated that she should face, “…some form

Having an abortion may be a huge stress relief for those women who were victims of rape. In these tragic situations the victims should not be obligated to have a child. Conceiving a child that resulted through this horrific circumstance can be a constant reminder to those victims of the trauma they went through. According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, “among adult women an estimated 32, 101 pregnancies result from rape each year". This is a significantly large number, victims of rape are already in great distress, fear and grief and after the trauma they already experienced they should not have the added pressure to be obligated by society to conceive they do not want to. Rape victims have gone through enough mental trauma and that their psychological health should be valued more than the right to life of the fetus. It is a personal decision the victim should be allowed to make without any legal bindings. As quoted by Dr. David C. Reardon, "how can you deny an abortion to a twelve year old girl who is the victim of incest”?

The people fighting to put bans on abortions believe that they are not justifiable and believe that’s enough to uphold the bans. They say that being raped or a victim of physical abuse does not justify aborting the product of circumstance. “If abortion is wrong—and it assuredly is—then so is abortion in cases of rape,” argues Daniel Payne, a senior contributor at The Federalist. This statement followed after hearing a tragic story of a house representative gave her detailed story of rape and abortion. Payne went on to throw references at after reproduction it’s no longer a personal matter but rather a public matter. Payne sums up his argument by standing firm on having abortions no matter how conceived, is mass murder. Many people argue that that no matter what a woman encounters she is responsible for whatever comes behind

Almost all abortions occur during the first trimester when the fetus cannot live outside of the mother’s body. People who are pro-choice believe that “at birth, a baby is a human life. At conception, it 's something, perhaps, but it 's not really a human life (McDowell).” In other words when the baby has a heart beat it is not a human life. Or when the baby is kicking inside the mother’s womb it is not a human life. The child is not a human life until it is outside of the mother’s body. In the case of rape or incest, forcing a woman made pregnant by this violent act would possibly cause further psychological harm to the victim (Lowen). More often than not the woman who was sexually assaulted is too afraid to speak up against her attacker.