Caitlin Todd

one wants to farm, there will be no food. If no one wants to labor, there will be no benefits to share. Should such happen, let no one complain about longing for anything or being hungry and cold. I can provide the means; the rest is left to the people. If a group of people decides to occupy one house and live off the work receipt of one person in the household who is working, so be it. My ears will be closed to anyone's crying about there not being enough goods and services to provide for everyone

The 18th to 19th century was a revolutionary time period for women. Jane Austen’s Emma was published during a time where women were campaigning for women’s suffrage and for female education. Emma is a book about a girl that vows not to fall in love, but plays matchmaker for her friend and acquaintances. The book shows readers what 18th century England looked like for women. Upper-class women were allowed to get an education; however, the education they were taught was vastly different than men’s

audience direction, the “indirect” eye contact make us, the audience feel the emotion, especially fear and tension within because of the background music. Unlike Semiotics of the kitchen, that we could conclude the mood through the energy in ones speech; Todd Haynes direct it without any dialogue but background sounds and music to make us feel the isolated mood of one. One of the examples of background sounds that leave a great impression on me was the scene when she get choke by the fumes; the sound of

Introduction to Sweeney Todd “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” was originally a melodramatic gothic horror story written by the British playwright Christopher Bond. The play was inspired by the penny dreadful “The String of Pearls: A Romance” by George Dibdin-Pitt who introduced the character Sweeney Todd. In 1973, Stephen Sondheim had the opportunity to watch Christopher Bond’s “Sweeney Todd”. Sondheim found the production “charming and creepy” however it was not scary. He was inspired

try anything to achieve success, even if that implicated to harm other people. As Rosalind Crone points out in her book; In “The String of Pearls”, the social evil of anonymity is successfully encapsulated in the character of the villain, Sweeney Todd, who, under the dark cloak of the metropolis, and by taking advantage of the fragility of modern urban communities, could continue to operate his murder machine for years without raising the suspicious of his neighbours. Although some thought the barber

Semiotics of the kitchen by Martha Rosler and Safe by Todd Haynes both revolves around the theme on Feminism. One is performing and the other acting, as to how women are depicted as weak or strong in character in different scenerios. In Martha Rosler’s six minutes video art, it represents a Martha Rosler, a women who performs using kitchen tools based in a kitchen setting. While, Safe by Todd Haynes is a two-hour plus film where it depicts a female character that slowly weakens in her mental and

The previous sections have shown that Mr. Darcy becomes attracted to Elizabeth’s intelligence, compassion and imprudent behavior. But if Elizabeth’s liveliness and transgression enhance her beauty, why doesn’t Mr. Darcy fall in love with Lydia, whose transgression and vigor are even more accentuated? By comparing Elizabeth and Lydia and by analyzing the openness of their transgressions as related to the social context of Pride, it is possible to understand why Austen favors Elizabeth as her heroine

The differences and similarities in the life of Mary Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft in their roles as feminist According to Greenblatt, in early English history, women were restricted in doing so many things that men were free to do. Women were provided with limited education and provided with a rigid code of sexual behavior especially after marriage. During this period, (the Romantic period) women were strictly distinguished from their male counterparts and were given strict roles such as child

Name: Wang Haoren ID: 15435 Class: FAN3C Module: D-FA203, Video Question: 1 Semiotic of the kitchen - Martha Rosler An art video, that is done by Martha Rosler. After watching the six minute short video. We can clearly see the issue that Rosler was trying to address to – the role of women. The using of kitchen item to show the letter from A-Z, and when the letter goes down, the mood of the actress begin to became more unhappy, unpleased, or angry. Zooming into the last 5 alphabets that, instead of

The short story “Killings” is written by Andre Dubs which later recreated into a motion picture film called In the Bedroom by director Todd Field in 2001. Both the short story “Killings” and the film In the Bedroom highlights the themes of love and revenge. It shows how far a person would go for the people they love. The short story was named “Killings” because it not only focuses on two deaths but the multiple types of death and different aspects of it. Reading the short story “Killings”