Tess D’Urberville, the protagonist of Tess of the D’Urbervilles, must ask herself this very important question as she navigates the complexity of her life. Although she must provide for her family by running errands, taking care of her younger siblings, and managing her unruly parents Tess is a product of her culture. She is unintentionally passive in dire situations – such as when she drifted into a reverie and killed the family horse, or when fell asleep and was raped. Tess is also a symbol of
Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" is a perfect example of literature that glorifies the commonplace event: the story depicts a gigantic event in the life of its protagonist by using a minimalist economy of means. The opening sentence of "The Story of an Hour" carefully sets up the conclusion of the story. Chopin is working with such limited space here that it resembles more the crafting of a poem than a fictional narrative. We are told that Mrs Mallard "was afflicted with heart trouble" so "great
Adolf Hitler told British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain that if the Germans got what they wanted there would be no need for war. Chamberlain trusted Hitler and gave him Sudetenland, which consisted of northern, southern, and western areas of the bygone Czechoslovakia. Hitler’s dishonesty to Chamberlain ultimately ended up causing World War Two, which would result in over 60 million deaths. In The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, characters like a privileged boy named Amir constantly speaks fiction
To what extent have fashion/textile designers working over the last thirty years used historical sources to inform their practice? History offers invaluable inspiration for contemporary designers, helping to develop and inform ideas. Exploration of history creates a context to work within and build concepts from, helping to add value and vigour. In this essay I will explore and explain how designers have used the past to inform their work, whether an expression of political, social, or traditional
It is a common fantasy of science fiction writers to imagine a world rid of the social ills of our own–where disease, famine, poverty, and even the hierarchies of race, gender, ability, and class so well known to us are distant memories from a bygone era. These writers, many of whom are white men, in their own eyes might envision these progressive futures, freer societies than ours, as being written specifically for the oppressed–a distraction, meant to give hope for humanity’s future, from the injustices
The growth of gay people as a group has been astonishing. It is not possible to guess how exactly we will grow from our experiences in the years ahead, but it is possible to predict that growth will continue, one way or another. A diverse and strong global community has been established.(Clark 60) Dr. Don Clark, clinical psychologist and university professor, boldly expresses his views on the changing nature of the gay and lesbian community in his text, Loving Someone Gay. Clark describes how
Witchcraft and Women: Evaluation of Gender Theories To paint an accurate portrait of the early modern European woman is not easy. Much of existing literature focuses on the words of elite women whose lives differed greatly from those of the masses. It is the experiences these all important masses which are most difficult to gain access to. Most records we have of ordinary women survive only because they were made by others: justices of the peace, clerks, doctors, and other exclusively male occupations