Celia's Acceptance Into The Circus, By Erin Morgenstern

“Celia, A Slave” written by Melton McLaurin paints a full story of an African slave named Celia in the period of 1850s. She was bought by Robert Newsom, her white master, to serve his sexual relationship. She was put into trial after killing her master in an attempt to stop him from sexual advance and then burned his body in the fireplace. This incident appalled residents in Callaway County and Missouri in a historical period when the neighboring Kansas Territory deeply involved into a furious dispute over if Kansas became a slave state or free-slave state. In a series of non-stop events, Celia’s story became emblematic of the centrifugal conditions that ripped the antebellum America apart because her life helps us understand women’s rights in the slavery society and a conflict between proslavery and antislavery activities.

This passage gives the reader an initial insight on the central conflict in the novel, Tita’s fight for freedom from Mama Elena’s suppression. Mama Elena is portrayed to have characteristics which resemble to that of the stereotypically domineering, abusive male figure. Tita must tread waters very carefully when she is anywhere near Mama Elena, otherwise she would be beaten for any reason. Yet as the novel progresses, Tita undergoes a change due to exposure and desire. With the introduction of Pedro (Tita’s lover who ends up marrying Tita’s sister), Tita experiences new emotions, desire and lust. Previous to meeting Pedro, Tita never felt the desire to defy Mama Elena, yet her new found love - lust - for Pedro gave her a reason to rebel. The introduction of the emotion of desire, a need sparked the flame of change in Tita. This concept of women in oppression finding something to strive for, even at a risk, gives women courage. As the age, old saying goes ‘if they can do it so can I’. By creating a relatable scenario, Esquivel hopes to show women that even if the task seems too great to overcome, they

Viramontes uses the repetition of a question to characterize Estrella’s struggle to acquire the knowledge she seeks at the beginning of the text. Immediately, Estrella wonders, “So what is this?” when she finds Perfecto’s tools in his tool chest and again when she fails to decipher the alphabet on the chalkboard. The repetition of this inquiry not only represents Estrella’s confusion with the function and purpose of tools and letters, but her curiosity and persistency to gain a deep understanding of the “confusing and foreign” knowledge of tools and letters that only she seems to lack. Furthermore, since she is specifically wondering about both tools and letters, the two are compared to each other and form a connection that is fleshed out later in the passage. Estrella constantly seeks after the “secret” behind the power of tools and words even if she is “silent with rage” at the fact that the adults in her life keep it hidden from her. Even though she is quite eager to learn, her teachers don’t jump at the opportunity to expand her knowledge or equip her with the essential tools to progress in life since they are more concerned with her migrant status and dirty appearance. The “secret” that words are the tools for success which remains hidden from Estrella, causes her to remain confused and hostile at the beginning of the text.

To start off, the readers can easily detect the contrast of imagery throughout the two separate passages. In the men’s meal, she states: “Meanwhile the wine

On page twenty-eight it says, “Then she would light the holy candle in front of the Virgin of Guadalupe.” Celia believes in Catholicism. She is very serious about her religion and goes to church often. This statue is super important to her. She lit the candle frequently. On page forty-six it says, “Celia said the Virgin loved all kind and gentle things.” She was dedicated to her unbreakable faith and beliefs. She obviously cared about it a lot if this was a common, everyday type of thing, which it was. Celia wanted to do right by Matt by teaching him about being Catholic too. By this, she meant that the Virgin loved Matt because he is nice and careful. She hopes for him to feel like he matters even though he is a clone. She even has a huge portrait of the Virgin hanging on her bedroom wall. By examining Celia’s interests, the reader can determine more about her

Hans is in a very hostile position, at that point. His actions are being frowned upon, and yet Rudy and Liesel seem to help him immediately, without even thinking twice. “When Liesel and Rudy made it through and helped Hans to his feet, there were so many voices. Words and sunlight. That’s how she remembered it. The light sparkling on the road and the words like waves, breaking on her back. Only as they walked away did they notice the bread sitting rejected on the street.” This quote symbolizes a very important meaning: no matter how hard you try to be fair and just, you might not always achieve what you want, i think that is what the rejected piece of bread signifies. In a way, the author makes the reader think about their own life for a second, which helps them to better connect with the story. Although, Hans did a kind deed, he had to repent for it. The only thing he got was help from Rudy and Liesel. Although, in the end help from Rudy and Liesel didn’t change things very much, it is not always the outcome that matters, but it is the thought, and in this case Rudy and Liesel definitely had the

I am choosing how theme such as power functions in the play. I am deciding to write about Abigail because she has the most power in the play in my personal opinion. Abigail had a lot of people behind her back supporting her. She has done a lot to show why she has the most power.

Contrarily, Claudio expresses a tone of comfort and indulgence in being “confidently lost” in the journey towards finding her own identity. This tone therefore, indicates that she is comfortable where she is and is patient with

As the story continues, we begin see and smell the world through Grenouille and somewhat adapt to his unnatural personality. Whatever attachment the reader has with Grenouille at this point is suddenly crippled when he commits his first murder. Although a point of view is given through the victim’s senses as well as Grenouille’s, there is a sudden shock to the discovery his deadly intentions, which up until now no one, not even himself, thought he was capable of: “he did not look at her, did not see her delicate, freckled face, her red lips, her large sparkling green eyes, keeping his eyes closed tight as he strangled her, for he had only one concern—not to lose the least trace of her scent” (42, Ch. 8). By painting a vivid picture of a beautiful innocent girl that Grenouille could not see (as he was closing his eyes), the narrator leaves readers with only feelings of disgust towards Grenouille and his selfish, cold-blooded thirst for scent. This situation could only been sufficiently told through the narrative mode used, and now readers begin to lose all sympathy towards

“Nay, then,’tis time to stir him from his trance. I pray awake,sir!if you loved the maid, bend thoughts and wits to achieve her. Thus it stands: Her eldest sister is so curst and shrewd that till the father rid his hands of her,Master,your love must live a maid at home and therefore has he closely mew'd her up because she will not be annoyed with suitors”(I.i.172-179).Here Tranio tells Lucentio to wake up, and pursue the love of his life. Never the less Tranio tells Lucentio it will be hard to marry Bianca. Therefore Tranio and Lucentio are trying to figure out a plan to win Bianca and not get caught.

• On page 89, Mlle Reisz in saying “Courageous, ma foi! The brave soul. The soul that dares and defies.” What is the author’s purpose of having her in the story?

For Liesel, in this scene she deepens and opens up the relationship with

Halfway through the book, this quote reveals that Marco’s attractive and handsome features that he keeps up are actually fake. He has tricked many people, including Celia. Throughout the book, there are many examples of people who are not who they are, what they seem, or how they appear at first glance portraying the moral of things are not what they seem to always be.

Through close analysis there are signs of hope Mariana instills in us for both her fate and the return of her lover. In the first stanza on line 6, it is described that ‘unlifted was the clinking latch’ emphasizing her hope for his return, and in the second stanza on line 8, when she ‘glanced athwart the glooming flats,’ although the use of ‘glooming’ is a morbid foreshadowing, Mariana watches her surroundings as if she is waiting for a soldier to return from the battlefield and into her open arms. But as Mariana deteriorates and hope fails her, so does the language in the poem. In the sixth stanza between lines 6 and 8, Mariana descends into madness as her house becomes haunted by ‘old faces, glimmer’d thro’ the doors, /old footsteps, trod the upper floors, /old voices call’d her from without.’ The use of past tense with ‘glimmer’d’ and ‘call’d’ signifies that Marianna is still living in the past, as her libido flows backwards. She remembers happier times because she is haunted, and the psychological reversions as well as physical deterioration move in parallel order, creating overwhelming sense of degeneration and loss. In the last stanza, ‘the sparrow’s chirrup on the roof, /the slow clock ticking,’ this first and second line stood out. ‘The sparrow’ is symbolic because it is a sign of impending death, in Christian symbolism the sparrow was seen as offering

We are accustomed to long sentences from the beginning, successful tool for the author to elongate and deepen the imagery of the passage. In addition, they simulate movement and provide the reader with the idea of Tereza’s eyes moving along her skin, examining every detail of it. After this description, Kundera follows to a set of questions that arise in Tereza’s mind. This change in punctuation clearly introduces the reader into a new environment, a more philosophical one where Tereza deliberates upon the relationship between soul and body. Kundera’s choice of separating each of these thoughts into different, short paragraphs gives the sensation of thoughts flashing up in the character’s mind. Simultaneously, it pauses the reader in order to be able to answer those doubts from their own perspective. Nonetheless, Kundera grants Tereza an