The Bara Rani in Ghaire Baire by Rabindranath Tagore (the Home and the World)

In the story, the names and personalities of the characters clash. The name is the mask covering the personality, which is representative of the reality aspect of each character. When Mrs. Hopewell named her daughter Joy, she was hoping for all the joy that comes with raising a child and watching the child develop a life of its own. What Mrs. Hopewell received was a disabled daughter who

Even the names of the characters are symbolic. It seems that the usage of names is the author's favorite way to identify how much power one character has over another. Celie is unable to call Mr.<em>_</em><em>_ by his first name and lacks any power over him . The power of names is most vividly described in the relationships of Harpo and Squeak. As long as Squeak is called so, she is powerless to defend herself. Celie notices that Squeak is much like herself in actions and obeying. However, after being raped, Squeak points to Harpo that her name is Mary Agnes and demanding to be called so she asserts herself as an independent person demanding respect .

Mahasweta Devi’s short story, “Giribala,” is about the life of Giribala, a girl of Talsana village located in India. Born into a caste in a time when it was still customary to pay a bride-price, Giri is sold to Aulchand by her father. From this point on, we see a series of unfortunate, tragic events that take place in Giri’s life as a result of the circumstances surrounding Giri’s life. There are many issues in Giri’s life in India that Devi highlights to readers. First, the economic instability of the village leads to an extremely poor quality of life for the lower, working classes. Next, the cruel role of women determined by men in society is to either satisfy the sexual desires of men or to reproduce offspring who can work or be sold off to marriages. There are also other social norms and beliefs which discriminate against women that will be discussed.

What –when wealth , honour , and distinction , are laid at my feet , shall they be refused , because a foolish girl—a very baby , who knows not good from evil , cries , and says she cannot love ! Let me not think of it—My just anger may perhaps,

The first is the nickname “rat-shed” given to her by McMurphy. The association of rats with disease suggests that the nurse “infects” the orderlies and other nurses with her desire for order and control. Rats also carry the connotation that she is a despicable and corrupting character.

This sentiment is significant because it asserted that men should not have the authority to exclude women from the dealings of the church. Although the men stated that they had “Apostolic authority”, it is explained that in the eyes of God, that both men and women are equal. If this is the belief, then women should be able to hold a place of authority in the church and subsequently within their state. The resolution to this, would be to assert the stance they both men and women are equal before God, and as result women should be recognized as an equal. By placing women as an equal, it would allow them to hold their place in church affairs and preach their religion

Lakshmi decides to become a maid to help her family with financial issues. Baba sells lakshimi to this in town clerk for 10,000 rupees. 10,000 rupees is equivalent to $153.70. Lakshmi sets out on foot with this so called “aunt” to the city to work. Lakshmi then gets transferred to this guy who tells her to call him her husband. Lakshmi travels across the border from Nepal into India. Eventually Lakshmi reaches the happiness house where she is told that she will work there. Lakshmi is confused when she sees the other girls there. She is confused because she is wondering why do they have on all this fancy clothes to work. Eventually Lakshmi realizes what is going on. Lakshmi meets this woman named Mumtaz. Mumtaz is the owner of this happiness house. Mumtaz purchases Lakshmi for 10,000 rupees. She then cuts Lakshmi's hair short incase she ever decides to run away. Lakshmi then gets locked into a room. She is locked into a room in case she tries to run away and because she is special. She is special because she is still a virgin. People pay extra for a virgin. Mumtaz brings a old man into Lakshmi's room. Lakshmi is very frightened because she doesn't know what is

An analogy has been drawn about how she was in the past and how is she now. She was a carefree person, demanding love in her life, wanting to take care of her children and become a house wife and now she works as a schoolteacher, has become a responsible person concerned about her husband and child, struggling for her son’s life, bearing tantrums of her sister-in-law and living in a small house in a small city. On the other hand, Komal, sister-in-law of Anjali is a character shown who seems to be frustrated from her life from the time she has lost her husband. The book has depicted another face of an Indian woman, who lives her entire life following the customs that the society has decided for a widow. Anjali tried to make her first marriage successful by taking care of small things like making her husband, his favorite cardamom chai and best of meals while Prakash’s second wife Indu was never concerned about any of his likings and gave priority to her own personal

"But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression."

"Thus the young and pure would be taught to look at her, with the scarlet letter flaming on her breast,—at her, the child of honorable parents,—at her, the mother of a babe, that would hereafter be a woman, —at her, who had once been innocent, —as the figure, the body, the reality of sin."

The injustice in society between gender is shown through the relationship between the narrator and John, her husband. In the story, John never once called her by her name, sometimes “a blessed little goose” or some other animal name, like an adult looking down at a minority. This is a discrimination towards women and clearly represents how unfairly women were treated during those times. They were looked down upon, treated as below human, equalling animals. John expects nothing more

    “But explaining men still assume I am, in some sort of obscene impregnation metaphor, an empty vessel to be filled with their wisdom and knowledge” (Solnit 9). Rebecca Solnit writes this after

used in her name. Her name is a source of humour and she judges people

Geoffrey Chaucer used sarcasm to describe his characters in "The Canterbury Tales." It will point out details that are seen in the book that help explain how he used this sarcasm to prove a point and to teach life lessons sometimes. I will also point out how this sarcasm was aimed at telling the reader his point of view about how corrupt the Catholic Church was. Chaucer uses an abundance of sarcasm, as opposed to seriousness, to describe his characters in "The Canterbury Tales."

Even in early stages of life, Runa was destined for greatness. She grew up learning to not only be fluent in Bengali, the native language, but also in Hindi and English. There was a brief time where the school was strictly girls only, but that changed soon after Runa attended due to the growing population. She enjoyed her studies very much. Returning home was the best part of her day; at home she would receive catering by “house-help” as she called them. How nice it must have been for her to have such a pampered environment to retire to.