Comparing Poisonwood Bible And Taming Of The Shrew

...Or The Bible: While reading The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver we understand the biblical influence in the Prices family and the overall book, however upon closer examination we find many biblical allusions. Yet, rather than simply portraying the story and message in an attempt to convey it to the world it seems as if Kingsolver desires that we analyze her seemingly complex book through these allusions in an attempt to understand her characters on a deeper level and to experience what they’re going through personally. As read in How to Read Literature Like a Professor’s sixth chapter “... Or The Bible”; biblical allusions are meant to provide in-depth analysis of a story or character. The reason these biblical references are used, according to Thomas C. Foster is because “most of the great tribulations to which

While reading The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver we understand the biblical influence in the Prices family and the overall book, however upon closer examination one finds many biblical allusions. Yet, rather than simply portraying the story and message in an attempt to convey it to the world, it seems as if Kingsolver desires that those who analyze her seemingly complex book through these allusions will understand her characters on a deeper level and experience what they’re going through personally. As read in How to Read Literature Like a Professor’s sixth chapter “... Or The Bible”; biblical allusions are meant to provide in-depth analysis of a story or character. The reason these biblical references are used, according to Thomas C. Foster

The first thing you see when you pick up the book is the brilliantly designed cover with the title, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Immediately attracting the audience, the book is opened and before the reader delves into a wonderful world of imagination and fantasy, they reach the dedication page. Many people choose to ignore dedication pages, but if the time is taken to read the message written by the author, C.S. Lewis, to his Goddaughter, the audiences’ eyes will be open to a deeper level of understanding. It reads, “My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will

The Poisonwood Bible is a novel written by Barbara Kingsolver that takes place in 1950’s New Orleans and the Congo of Africa. This story written in 1998 in reflection of imperialism, The Poisonwood Bible, is a political allegory. The Price family is the center of attention, each member having a specific role in the story as well as the political allegory about the imperialism and colonization of the Congo and other third world countries of the time. The mother Orleanna is an intellectual women for her time, the 50’s where women were supposed to be obedient to their husbands, and has a distinct voice. Barbara Kingsolver creates a specific voice for Orleanna Price to serve the purpose of being the advisory

Through the characterization of Abigail’s Machiavellian nature, playing her uncle for a fool and using lies and her deceit to achieve power, Miller enables the reader to draw a direct feministic comparison between her and the powerless woman in The Crucible. The use of adultery and its connection to humiliation and lack of respect allows for a greater representation of Elizabeth’s and Proctor’s relationship with respect to Abigail. Elizabeth is victimised as she finds herself stumbling through her husband’s evident adultery “(Abigail) charge lechery on you, Mr. Proctor! and his reprimands “Enough… Elizabeth! “I’ll whip you”. Submissive to his anger and with her own “She’d dare not call out such a farmer’s wife!” Elizabeth understands that it is Abigail who has driven a wedge between her and Proctor’s marriage. As a result, her situation contrives sympathy, a reaction that is similar to the highly respected Rebecca Nurse who Hale has “heard of your giving great charities”. Nurse, as a direct result of Abigail’s machinations is thrown in jail, labelled a “witch”. The helplessness of these woman is directly attributable Abigail’s lust for influence and recognition and represents the power imbalance between the woman of Salem.

The author of The Crucible and the author of “Half-Hanged Mary,” both portray how women are treated and looked upon based on their gender roles. Women’s roles back in the Puritan times differ from how women are treated today. During Puritan times, women were considered to be weak and a servant to the male. In Margaret Atwood’s poem, “Half-Hanged Mary,” she shows this by using a main character in the story named Mary. Mary was a woman who gets accused of witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692, and later gets hanged. On the day of Mary’s hanging, men of the community gather around. Not to pity her, but to show their dominance, and hatred towards her. Mary states, “The men of the town

Arthur Millers’ novel “ The Crucible” is a wicked story, filled with love, hatred, and mysterious scandals. The Crucible introduces us to witchcraft and strange ways people walked with the devil. In this novel you’ll find out who’s a real Christian and who is misleading others in there path. In The Crucible it reveals the truth and the lies of everyone. Mostly women were accused of lying about witchcraft. The people in Salem thought witchcraft was a suspicious thing. In The Crucible, Abigail Williams takes out her pain and love for John Proctor, out on other people just so she can be with him forever. Abigail is a sneaky , conniving “whore” who is wrapped around John Proctor. As time goes on Abigail love for John Proctor grew so intense.

Ruth May’s death is relevant in The Poisonwood Bible. Ruth May’s death is the climax of the story of the novel. This event is basically the turning point in the story, when the Price women realize that Nathan is not a good man and that they can do better without him. This is the cause of the Price family splitting apart and moving towards new futures. All of the Price sisters move forward with their lives, all in different directions. Orleanna decides to leave Nathan in Congo and start a new life back in America.

The Poisonwood Bible is a book about a man named Nathan Price who takes his wife and four daughters on a mission into the Congo. All of their ups and downs are documented throughout the story. This novel was written by Barbara Kingsolver in 1998. This story was inspired from her own personal trip that her father took her on, to the Congo, where they lived without and water, electricity, and many other necessities. During the time period that this book was being written, a lot of feminist and post-colonial literature was being acknowledged. Feminist literature is both nonfiction and fiction that supports women by defending political, economic and social rights for women. Many works of feminist literature depict strong willed women who

The author of The Crucible and the author of “Half-Hanged Mary,” both portray how women are treated and looked upon based on their gender roles. Women’s roles back in the Puritan times differ from how women are treated today. During Puritan times, women were considered to be weak and a servant to the male. In Margaret Atwood’s poem, “Half-Hanged Mary,” she shows this by using a main character in the story named Mary. Mary was a woman who gets accused of witchcraft during the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692, and later gets hanged. On the day of Mary’s hanging, men of the community gather around. Not to pity her, but to show their dominance, and hatred towards her.

The book, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis has many protagonists, as all four main characters, Susan, Peter, Edmund, and Lucy. All four children have contributed in helping save the magical land, Narnia, from the evils of Jadis, the White Witch, and also the main antagonist. However, these four would not have come to victory if it were not for the help of the lion who came along the way, Aslan, who brings the “Lion” in the title. Despite most of the book being focused towards the four children, Aslan was the main hero who helped progress the story the most through using staying true, making organized plans, and taking risks to save the aforementioned land.

The effect the men have on the women as well as the effect the women have on the men is seen in Shakespeare's “Taming of the Shrew” and the movie “10 Things I Hate About You”. The reason the characters are the way they are at the end of the play and the movie is because of the people around them. The changes that occurred in Katherine and Kat as well as the changes that occurred in Petruchio and Patrick throughout the play and the movie are due to gender identity. People can change others in many different ways. Some people change for the better and some people change for the worse. Both of these situations occur both in the book “Taming of the Shrew” as well as the movie “Ten things I Hate About You”.

Sharp-tongued, ill-mannered, and foul-tempered, Katherine is known throughout Padua as the shrew of the town. She is constantly demeaning and insulting the people around her. Most people believe she is inherently cold and cruel, but the reality is that her unpleasant behavior masks an inner unhappiness. She feels she is too intelligent to assume the role of the helpless maiden, and resents that society expects that from her. She does not know how to properly gain the attention she craves, so she puts on the hideous persona of the stereotypical bitch. The more people dislike her, the angrier and more violent she becomes, which only serves to make people dislike her more. Katherine longs for the attention that her younger sister Bianca receives,

It appears that I, along with what appears to a good number of readers, were drawn to The Iron King under George R. R. Martin’s claim that the historical series is ‘the original Game of Thrones.’ Some similarities between The Accursed Kings and A Song of Ice and Fire are undeniable and it is clear to see where Martin may have been inspired by the fictionalized events in this series. Martin, however, has a unique storytelling ability that draws a reader into the world of Ice and Fire, Duron doesn’t. His dry style makes reading the story a tedious feat, it is not engaging and at times, can be difficult to follow. Told from the point-of-view of an omniscient narrator, the characters fall flat and remain underdeveloped. The characters don’t feel

World literature is anything written—a poem, a play, a song lyric, a piece of prose, a story, a folktale—fiction or historical that exerts energy and influence on human life on a global scale, not just where it is originally conceived. Through translation, invention, caricature, and embroidery, such pieces of literature acquire their power, which is then expressed whenever read or performed. Globalization of everything is made easier by speed of travel, interdependent trade, immigration, and connectivity (spurred by the Internet)—and world literature is just one example. This modern phenomenon of almost-instant globalization partially explains the popularity of The Hunger Games trilogy, a pop-culture hit. Similarly, the reading “Dangerous Wolves and Naïve Girls” fits the definition of world literature through its two folktales, “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault and “Little Red Cap” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, with a similar premise of a little girl with a red hood/cap going on a trip to visit and feed her grandmother only to end up getting eaten by a wolf. The change in settings between stories, however, allows the authors to convey different yet similar lessons. In addition, writing styles—in particular, the format and the techniques used to introduce lessons within the story—are different and probably adapted to fit their original local audiences in the two countries, in this case, France and Germany respectively.