For my response to Cate Kennedy’s short story of flexion, I have written a short story of exploring what make have happened if Frank had have passed, and attempted to answer the question ‘would Mrs Slovak’s life be different?” Within Kennedy’s story, she explores the theme of power and how the power has shifted between the two individuals. Within my short narrative I have also explored a shifting power dynamic – I presented Mrs. Slovak as someone who is now regaining their power. This theme compares to Cate Kennedy’s work by as she used power in her short narratives – she introduced Frank as the individual who is used to having all the power. I have changed this dynamic though moments such as Frank telling Mrs Slovak what to do or what
Throughout "Our Secret" Griffin explores the different characters' fears and secrets and she gives specific insights into these "secrets". Through examining others Griffin comes to terms with her own feelings, secrets, and fears. She relates to Himmler, Leo, Helene, and everyone else even though she is different than all of them. One fact that can be made about all of these characters is that they all represent humans and human emotion
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In my research paper I want to discuss the concept of freedom for a woman in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, and how the wrong news can make the happiest person in the world and then cause her death.
On 4th August, 1914 our “Mother Country”, Great Britain declared war on Germany after the country invaded neutral Belgium. Australia, a country which is over 9000 miles away, almost instantaneously got in support of Britain. Within 6 months, over 52,000 Australians had enlisted to join the war; which is a mere 6% of Australia’s eligible fighting men in that time. Each of our Australian soldiers had their own motives. Whether it be: men looking to make money; brave, young men pursuing adventure; or the fear of being accused as a coward.
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Differences between people create conflicts between people. This is especially true between men and women, since throughout history society has viewed women as subservient to men. Kate Chopin’s feminist short story, Desiree’s Baby, illustrates man’s domination over woman. Since Desiree meekly accepts being ruled by Armand, and Armand regards Desiree as his possession, the master/slave relationship that exists between Armand and Desiree is undeniable.
Kate Chopin is known for being criticized for empowering the subject of female sexuality and independence. In Chopin’s short story, “The Story of an Hour”, it is placed in a time where men were known as being the head of the household while women were only in charge of raising the children and caring for the home. In the 1890s, women didn’t have so much power to themselves compared to today’s society where female empowerment is frequently encouraged. Chopin’s story narrates a sequence of Mrs. Mallard’s emotions that goes within the motion of the story. As she overcomes the sudden death of her husband, her emotion of grief soon turns into the sudden feeling of freedom, later on emerging into a strong independent woman.
Power and control plays a big role in the lives many. When power is used as a form of control, it leads to depression and misery in the relationship. This is proven through the themes and symbolism used in the stories Lesson before Dying, The fun they had, The strangers that came to town, and Dolls house through the median of three major unsuccessful relationship: racial tension between the African Americans and the caucasians in the novel Lesson before Dying, Doll’s House demonstrates a controlling relationship can be detrimental for both individuals and The Stranger That Came To Town along with The Fun They Had show that when an individual is suppressed by majority they become despondent.
In The Things They Carried, Tim O 'Brien uses a variety of stories to explain the life experiences that he and many of his fellow soldiers endured during a single year in Vietnam. He tells these stories in a way that we can connect to these experiences. We never spent time in Vietnam, but O 'Brien wants us to feel like we were there. O 'Brien uses what he calls "story-truth" to write these stories. The outcome or the people may be different but the feeling is real; that 's the truth in the story, the feeling. He wants us to feel what he felt, see what he saw. He doesn 't just tell us what was happening exactly; he tells a fictional story that conveys the same emotion. He plays with the truth, that 's the reason why this book is a work of
The short stories, “The Story of An Hour”, by Kate Chopin and “The Jury of Her Peers”, by Susan Glaspell compare two married women who live under the shadow of their husbands. Both of these stories were written in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries during the time when women were treated unequally. Women had limited rights. For example, they could not vote, voice their opinion or work outside the home. Glaspell and Chopin were considered feminist writers who focus their writing on the struggle of women during the time when the Women’s Suffrage Movement was beginning; these short stories reflect women’s struggles under the control of men. Married women were responsible for taking care of the household, children and wifely duties while the husbands were responsible for consistently managing the title of “the breadwinner.” Married women were expected to be discreet and obedient to their husbands, which meant that the wives could not express their opinions because of society’s expectations of women. In the short stories, “The Story of An Hour”, by Kate Chopin and “The Jury of Her Peers”, by Susan Glaspell, Mrs. Mallard and Mrs. Wright share a prominent similarity concerning the loss of their individual identity during marriage and realize that the death of their husbands allow them to regain their self-identity.-
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In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, Louise Mallard is caught in a cold marriage and a constrictive house. The same goes for Sarah Penn in Mary Wilkins Freeman “The Revolt of “Mother.’” Despite the fact that both stories share the topics of imprisonment and control, physically and inwardly, the ladies in the stories have diverse responses to their circumstances. Sarah battles the confinements without holding back, taking her opportunity, while Mrs. Mallard adopts a motionless strategy and is just liberated through the death of Mr. Mallard.
For centuries society has made a tremendous progress towards establishing gender equality but literature and films serve as a constant reminder of the barriers that women faced. In Shakespeare's play “Hamlet” there are only two female characters, both who are meek and submissive to the misogynistic nature of men. In the play, Shakespeare utilizes a less progressive perspective of the roles of women and instead centers the play from a male-point of view. Ophelia and Gertrude are underrepresented and negatively portrayed in the patriarcal Western world. They are characterized as the stereotypical weak, emotional and immobile females.
In Franz Kafka’s Amerika, there is a clear theatre of power displayed throughout the captain's office scene, through the use of a tableau on page eleven. Within this tableau Kafka uses the description of each character's’ appearance, and actions which allows for readers to distinguish who holds the most power, and visualize the hierarchy of power.
Source: CAPPELEN DAMM AS, Oslo 2008 – ''Access to English literature, VG3''. Anthony, Burgess, Mikkelsen & Sørhus. Chapter 1, page 23-24.