Elizabeth Takes The Reins Analysis

The American Presidents have a distinct aura that surrounds them and covers their true identity with a faulty exterior, only portraying stoic, standup men. Elizabeth Keckley in her memoir Behind the Scenes gives us an inside look at President Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as a look into her own life. Elizabeth Keckley was a black slave who bought her freedom, and worked for rich families as a seamstress, including working in the White House for Marry Todd Lincoln. She became close friends with Mrs. Lincoln and one of her only confidantes in the time after President Lincoln was

The ruthlessness that harbors party attendees’ appeasement also transcends to the fear that the townspeople and partygoers have towards Anthony’s total control. The reader can find the Bixby’s portrayal of fear of Anthony in the absence of the details and in Anthony’s presentation. Indeed, nothing Bixby could come up with is as chilling to the reader as the details and images that will appear, summoned, from the depths of their imaginations. When Anthony “thought Dan Hollis into something like nothing anyone would have believed possible…thought the thing into a grave, deep, deep in the cornfield” (Bixby, 446) — the resemblance of a banishment to GULAG or Nazi concentration camp should be remarked (Spender, 219), but the reader is not sure of the specific implications, but one understands the terror by the partygoers’ response and Anthony’s purple gaze (implying an imperial or

After reading selections from Elizabeth and Hazel alongside essays about race and photography, I came across varies assumptions regarding either contemporary race relations in the United States or photography, in relation to Elizabeth and Hazel. In this essay I’ve decided to talk about the contemporary race relations in the United States in relation to Elizabeth and Hazel.

Joseph Campbell, an American mythologist, advised us to “follow your bliss.” I had never heard of Joseph Campbell or this quote when I was in the seventh grade and wanted to learn how to do a full backbend.

Artist are uniquely skilled individuals, each artist has his/her own motives behind his/ her own creations. Art is known as a true expression of human creativity and imagination. There can be no true comparison between two artist let alone their work. Artist come from different backgrounds and have a distinct way of approaching their works. Elizabeth Catlett and Mickalene Thomas are both prominent women of the art world. Both are women of African-American descent although they may share some similarities in their upcomings, they possess different motives that causes them to have distinct approaches. The uniqueness of one's piece comes from the individual's approach, perspective, and influences. Elizabeth Catlett was best known for her graphic

Her diction is one of an educated adult, or at least a well-spoken college student. She uses strong imagery when describing her hometown. She goes into great detail in describing not only the look of the setting, but the mood as well. Her recollections of the past that directly involve the main story are short, but help build the world in which the story is being told. In paragraph eight Elizabeth says “I remember squatting in the road drawing a picture in the dust, a picture which Joey gleefully erased with one sweep of his dirty foot. I remember fishing for minnows in a muddy creek and watching sadly as they eluded my cupped hands, while Joey laughed uproariously” as she remembers the past. This is more than painting a picture for the audience. She uses physical descriptions as well as conveying the setting through memories. You can almost feel her nostalgia for her younger innocent days through the words. The memories described here are short, but give us examples of joy in her youth. Juxtaposed to her other tellings of her childhood which seem mostly

Imagery plays an imperative role in creating emotional duality throughout the text. The reader is presented to the narrator being called upon by the Queen. When the narrator looks behind, “[the Queen’s] expression, at first

Elizabeth Rex was first directed by Martha Henry, staged at the Tom Patterson Theatre. The cast included Diane D’Aquila playing Queen Elizabeth I, Brent Carver as Ned Lowenscroft, and many other actors including Peter Hunt as William Shakespeare. In this play, Shakespeare serves as a narrator reflecting the past of the interaction between two main characters, Elizabeth and Lowenscroft.

You have forgot one thing - s4 will have only 13ep. and they can't squeeze the rest of her life in such short period. And I wouldn't be that surprised if they reverse things, and Elizabeth be the one who dies firs, by Mary's hand. Or Catherine can kill them both, and claim Scotland and England. This is the show about her after

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, Queen Gertrude’s sporadic appearances and ambiguous intentions present her as a mysterious character. She recovers quickly from the death of her late husband and marries her brother-in-law. Because of this, she is often looked upon as a traitor and an unfaithful wife and mother. Regardless of all the unpleasant accusations, Queen Gertrude is innocent and analytical. The remarks from her late husband's ghost, her purposeful manner of being easily swayed by male characters, and the boundless care she poses for country of Denmark, reveal her innocence. Her diplomatic and sincere personality establish her as a silent ruler with unanticipated plans. Queen Gertrude’s superficial accusations do not speak for her innocent and analytical attitude.

In this passage from Jane Austen’s novel, Persuasion, she highlights Anne’s distracted thoughts and emotions of distraught as she had overheard the conversation between Wentworth and Louisa. Through the literary devices of speech and point of view of the author, Austen illustrates Anne’s inner struggle of her past sentiments.

1 IT WAS at the book counter in the department store that John Harcourt, the student, caught a glimpse of his father. At first he could not be sure in the crowd that pushed along the aisle, but there was something about the color of the back of the elderly man’s neck, something about the faded felt hat, that he knew very well. Harcourt was standing with the girl he loved, buying a book for her. All afternoon he had been talking to her, eagerly, but with an anxious diffidence, as if there still remained in him an innocent wonder that she should be delighted to be with him. From underneath her wide-brimmed straw hat, her face, so fair and

Award winning Canadian author Timothy Findley, in the last years of his life, exposed some of grim realities facing society in the years before and after the turn of the century. His play, Elizabeth Rex, through use of historical allegory, the complicated relationships between gender, power, and sexuality. The plot of the play centers on a fictitious meeting between Queen Elizabeth and members of William Shakespeare’s acting troupe on the night of Shrove Tuesday. Importantly, the Queen seeks distraction as her purported lover, Robert Devereux 2nd Earl of Essex, is due to be executed for treason on Ash Wednesday.

Jane Austen is an English romantic novelist whose books emphasize the significance of strong sibling relationships. Her novel Sense and Sensibility tells the story of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who experience great love and lost. Throughout the novel, Elinor and Marianne encounter challenges, which alters each of them, and these individu18al changes transform their sisterhood. Elinor and Marianne are close in age and are both educated, but their difference in character causes opposition. Elinor is sensible and this causes her to be selfless, practical, sensible, and responsible, while Marianne’s indulgence in her sentiments causes her to be selfish, and rude. Yet, as the novel continues the dynamic of their relationship improves. In this paper, I will argue that the tension between Marianne and Elinor emerges because of differences in their personality. However, as the novel progresses the tension between the two heroines decrease because Marianne becomes more like Elinor.

The characters of “My Last Duchess” are the Duke and the Duchess. At the start of the poem the Duke is looking at a picture of his deceased wife, the Duchess. The Duke is remembering the day the Duchess posed for the painting, “That piece a wonder, now; Fra Pandolf’s hands /Worked busily a day, and there she stands” (Browning lines 3-4). The Duke talks about how easily the Duchess was “impressed” with small gifts given to her by others and that she had a wandering eye, “Too easily impressed; she liked whate’er / She looked on, and her looks went everywhere” (23-24). The Duchess compared these small gifts with the gift of the Duke’s name that he had bestowed upon her and somehow his gift was lacking in her eyes, “as if she ranked / My