Last semester’s Honors English lecture was on Sexual Identities in African American Literature. However, the topics often broadened to other areas, one of the most recurring being that of female sexuality and whether literature depicted it as pure and nearly asexual or tainted and virulent. I think this topic is a pressing issue in today’s culture; many states are fine-tuning abortion, rape, and gender-identification laws as I write this. I also saw much attention being paid to this topic in two
Paper five is a new perspective to a Shakespearian classic. This paper reviews Shakespeare’s final play “The Tempest” in comparison with the 2010 film adaptation. The paper uses feminist literary criticism to observe the role of Prospero as a woman in the 2010 film. More formally, prior to the film plays and adaptations of The Tempest has always had Prospero played by a man. The paper recaps the themes of magic, romance, envy, and power Shakespeare uses in his final play. Additionally, the paper
Analytical Symposium for Teacher Retention in STEM Public education in the United States is under constant criticism as a system that is failing the children of the country. One major factor that plays into the ineffectiveness of the U.S. public education system is the lack of consistency with teachers. Public education teachers tend to have a substantial turnover rate. According to Cochran-Smith et al. (2011), “The attrition of beginning teachers was a problem in the United States, in part because
The text has only given the superficial analysis of the steps and the composition of the blended relations. It has failed to give insightful details that made some of the step families to work. It has based its argument on the premise that many literary writing have failed to capture fully the topic of the blended family. That is why it tries to justify its failure to fully disclose the emerging issues in these relations. However, step families are taking center stage, given the fact that at least
and we began reading The Great Gatsby, I started to consistently receive 100% on quizzes, but on the final test, I still ended up earning an 80%. I was able to receive the higher grades due to more discussion in class, and also watching the movie to review as well. The thing that helped me improve in my understanding of books the most, was our in class discussion that we had. In these we were able to talk about things we were confused about, and ask questions to further understand the passage. These
a real event this happens to be based off true event, The Araby Bazaar. This cultural aspect was known moment in the time of the works setting, which as part of the analysis and expands on the confirmed time-period of the story. Expanding on the analytical research behind its religious outlook would bring information from a perspective view, as the story is inherently Christian based (Lovejoy 584). Interpreting and analyzing these topics with in the work and tied to the aspect to the young boy as
with Mack and the boys’ orbits being more stable than those of the world. In addition, Alexander believes that Mack's famous apology to Doc for wrecking his lab 6recounts the outcast-renunciate status of the men. Though as opinionated as any other literary criticism, Alexander justifies his standpoint with specific examples and allusions from the novel. The writing’s goal to uphold Cannery Row as one long “pastoral poem” is more precise and thorough than many other criticism’s with similar objectives
I am applying to Rutgers University-Camden Masters in English program in the quest to realize my greatest career objective of pedagogy at the collegiate level. This Masters in English program will be the institution that sharpens my literary prowess and analytical writing methods. I majored in English in the Humanities and Social Sciences college at Rowan University. At the same time, I studied a number of courses in the discipline of secondary education. I enjoyed studying teaching but early in
Mills, S. (2012). Gender Matters: Frminist Linguistic Analysis. London : Equinox. Gender Matters is a collection of various essays on feminist linguistic texts analysis, by Sara Mills. Mills develops methods of analyzing literary and non-literary texts, in addition to conversational analysis based on a feminist approach. The author draws on data from her collection of essays gathered over the last two decades on feminism during the 1990s. The essays focus on gender issues, the representation of
helping Jim was wrong, he must have felt, some place down in his heart, that it was right. Otherwise, why would he risk his own life to do so in the first place? In a society full of moral confusion, the one character “is presented as intelligent, analytical, [and] highly moral” is Jim (Marshall). “Does Jim not make for a far more suitable role model than the drunkard Pap?” Marshall asks. He does, in fact, as he goes as far to create a home for Huck, that Pap never did. As unconventional as it may be