Andriana Landlady

Poverty and hardship are shown to create vulnerability in female characters, particularly the female servants, allowing powerful men to manipulate and sexually abuse them. Kent illustrates how poverty perpetuates maltreatment and abuse in a society like Burial Rites using the characters of Agnes’ mother Ingveldur and Agnes. Agnes’ mother is forced to make invidious choices as her children are “lugged along” from farm to farm, where she is sexually exploited by her employers. In spite of these circumstances, Agnes’ mother is commonly referred to as a whore in their society which abhors female promiscuity yet disregards male promiscuity as a harmless character trait; as in the case of Natan, who is merely “indiscreet” despite all his philandering. Born into poverty, Agnes experiences similar sexual coercion and manipulation from her “masters” and yet is labelled “a woman who is loose with her emotions and looser with her morals”. The severe poverty of Agnes is explicitly demonstrated to the reader by Kent through the intertextual reference of her entire belongings - a very dismal, piteous list to be “sold if a decent offer is presented”. Furthermore, Kent contrasts the situation of Agnes, a “landless workmaid raised on a porridge of moss and poverty”, to the comparative security Steina has experienced using a rhetorical question from

The text Burial Rites written by Hannah Kent focuses on the true story of the last woman to be executed in Iceland, her punishment for playing part in the murder of two men. She is sent to wait out her days on the farm of a district officer, Jón Jónsson with his two daughters and wife. Naturally, the family are horrified to have a convicted murderer in their midst. Borne from this, the family refuse to talk to her. A young man, Toti is appointed as her spiritual guardian in the last days of her life, throughout the text, he attempts to redeem her soul by asking her to recount her life.

Burial Rites, a novel written by Hannah Kent is heavily based on story telling and the effect it has. Through the course of the novel, readers observe the significance story telling has for both the individual and the community. For an individual story telling can make the speaker feel empowered whereas for the community story telling’s main significance is the entertainment it provides. Since Kent’s purpose of Burial Rites is to tell the life journey of Agnes Magnusdottir in an ambiguous light, story telling also becomes important for the reader.

“ I pledge allegiance to flag of the United States of America …” Esperanza, held her head high up with honor, and as she laid her right hand across her chest she could feel her heart racing with hope. The vied red and white stripes painted rays of joy inside of Esperanza making her feel confident in every word that she spoke. Esperanza watched the flag carefully and was inspired by the way it swayed gracefully through the wind back and forth with great freedom. Closing her eyes she began wishing on each and every divine star that layed behind the rich midnight blue surface of the flag. As she made her wishes she found a promise that no wish was too big because her feet stood in the home of the brave were there was “freedom and justice for all”.

Moreover, Orleanna is the one who resolves Ruth May’s death in a competent and efficient manner, overcoming any feelings of grief to complete the important task of Ruth May’s burial and the subsequent exodus of the rest of her daughters. Describing this event, Leah narrates, “It couldn’t be, but it was, and Mother alone among us seemed to realize that...With determined efficiency she gathered up everything she would need from one room before she moved to the next…” (369). She conducts the burial procedure systematically and proficiently, while Nathan flounders. Beyond her decisive conduct during Ruth May’s burial, she also gives the contents of their home to the people of Kilanga, a gesture which demonstrates her own practicality and also the positive impacts Orleanna was able to leave with the village despite the overall malevolent presence of their family in totality. Finally, an event where Orleanna demonstrates immense sacrifice in the best interest of their family becomes evident as she recalls, “...drinking for glasses of water before he [Nathan] arrived so I could watch him eat whatever there was without my stomach growling...I sometimes went out at night on my hands and knees and

She then asks for a grave to remember her husband and he dismisses her. Book Two – Chapter 8, pg. 147 The Marquis does not understand that he can support the general population. Be that as it may, it would require identifying with them or relinquishing some of his power.

There are many concepts of justice explained and shown throughout the book Antigone I decided to choose the concept of procedural justice which means having equal justice for everyone. This concept of justice is related to Antigone by the brothers of Antigone were not given fair treatment by their father Kreon. When talking about procedural justice I relate this back to living the good life which means living a life to the fullest and to live out the best life possible. This is played out in Antigone when she decided to go against her father’s wishes, and to bury her brother. When talking about procedural justice we need to make sure there is equal justice for everyone no matter the situation.

Ms. Gray started this project without knowing that it was an African American cemetery and started to clean it up because it was a place that she visited as a young child and was in ruins even back then. For the past year, she took it upon herself to resort the neglect cemetery by recruiting volunteers and even started a nonprofit organization to keep the effort going. Ms. Gray has become attached to the cemetery stating “I know them by their names. They’ve become my family, they were people who lived among us. They deserve respect, especially the veterans.”(Wall Street Journal) She believes that she has shown

She did not intend for one burial to be religiously significant and one to show her love for her brother, but rather that the whole process to be a mixture of the

The funeral procession took up the bulk of the ceremony, and stretched from the deceased’s home all the way to their grave. Graves were not allowed to be

The House on Mango Street explores a year of Esperanza Cordero’s life and those around her in a series of vignettes and how it shapes her as an individual. Esperanza is a young, Latina girl, whose father is Mexican and mother Latina. Esperanza and her family moved from the other side of Chicago to a home in a Latinx community in which Esperanza describes as small and red, with tight steps in the front and windows so small, you would think they were holding their breath (Cisneros, 2009, p. 4). The home is in no way how Esperanza imagines, but it is an improvement from where they were staying. During the year in Esperaza’s life, readers see how she matures socially, emotionally, and sexually. She has an ultimate goal, which is to leave Mango

In the book, The House on Mango Street, four characters named Esperanza, Sally, Rafaela, and Marin are introduced. Sally and Rafaela are the most similar. They both have men in their lives that fear their beauty. Also, their families find dancing troubling.

Immigration policies in the 1990’s made it fairly easy for people to enter the country in search of a new start. In the short stories of Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street, it exemplifies the struggle of a young latina girl, Esperanza Cordero, growing up in a large city during the immigration crisis of the late 1980’s and 90’s. Cisneros does an excessive job expressing the personal issues immigrants faced during their early stages of immigration and shows the, not necessarily failure but lack of adjustment and development of religious and social standards. Research done by many specialists shows the major increase in immigration to the States during the 90’s focusing on the increase of U.S. population, increase in employment rates,

Within “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl, the theme is that being naive can make one unaware of dangerous situations. Billy Weaver was looking for a decently priced hotel to stay at. However, an old lady offered to take him in for a night at her bed and breakfast. So, the lady welcomed Billy and insisted that he drink a cup of tea that happened to be posioned. Then, Billy slowly sipped the poisonous tea while he questioned the lady. Finally, Billy’s innocence led him to the high risk situation of consuming the toxic tea.

“Home Burial” is a look into a troubled married couples’ relationship and the emotional stress the death of their child has inflicted upon them. Being isolated on a farm in rural Massachusetts, the wife, Amy, has no one