Interpretations

Louise Mallard’s Demise in “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin Kate Chopin’s short story, “The Story of an Hour”, is about a woman, named Louise Mallard, in the late 1800s who is told that her husband, Brently, has died in a railroad accident. Initially, Louise is surprised, distressed, and drowned in sorrow. After mourning the loss, the woman realizes that she is finally free and independent, and that the only person she has to live for is herself. She becomes overwhelmed with joy about her new

overly overt signs for the modern viewer to understand immediately without some in-depth research. For instance, she is not shown partially or completely nude to indicate her selling of sexual services. Yet, when one understands the traditional interpretation of a direct gaze at the viewer or the hidden meaning behind Parsons’ exotic dress within its historical context, it becomes quite clear that she is a courtesan. Nancy Parsons stares out at the assumed male audience with a passive

Many pieces of literature are written each year, and each year dedicated high school students come together to read any type of literature ranging from plays, poetry, graphic novels to podcasts. Out of all the pieces of literature the students read, the students will debate which piece they believe is best. Once all these pieces are chosen, an anthology is created, “The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2014”. In the introduction of this book, Lemony Snicket claims, “the most passionate and interesting

Furthermore, I will use three secondary sources in this paragraph to further elaborate the interpretation of this songs. I will begin first with the commentary by the actual artist. The singer of this song is Oli Sykes. Oli Sykes is the lead singer of the band called, Bring Me the Horizon. According from the site "songfacts", Oli wrote these lyrics as a tribute to his wife Hannah. Oli speaks about going through a rough time with his wife. Oli says that the outcome was not looking so great. He claims

While walking around on the second floor of the University of Michigan Museum of Art, I came across the portrait, “The Figure of a Girl in Blue” (portrait of Miss Minnie Clark) which was painted by Thomas Wilmer Dewing circa 1892. It stood out from the rest of the paintings, because it was a portrait of a woman amongst various paintings of nature and landscapes. She is trying to embody being a woman of high society, but the details of the portrait indicate otherwise. As I observed the portrait more

Peters’ expresses Dialogue and Dissemination as two half’s of the same whole. They are able to exist independently of one another, but are able to coexist peacefully and aid in the understanding if used mutually. Socrates was a fierce believer in dialogue. He believed that if something was not a one-on-one, face-to-face communication, then it was impossible to attain knowledge. However, as Peters points out “Dialogue is a bad model for the variety of shrugs, grunts, and moans the people emit (among

“The Road not Taken” by Robert frost, is a poem directed to making decisions with hard choices; focusing on the theme, mood, symbolism, and interpreting this poem, Robert Frost will show what he thought when writing the poem. "The Road Not Taken" written by Robert Frost, is probably a very familiar poem to people, mainly because it was a popular poem written by a well-known American author during the twentieth century. “The Road Not Taken” is one of the most taught poems in schools in America. What

Speaking for human others can often lead to misunderstanding and harmful results. This can happen even when one believes that they are justified in doing so or believe their intentions are noble. The same harms can occur when speaking for a speechless being or inanimate object such as nature. In Jeffry L. Ramsey’s paper Speaking for Nature?, the author extends the argument of speaking for others as proposed by Linda Alcoff in her work titled The Problem of Speaking for Others to include nature. In

interpreter’s “process is buoyed by the additional information fed by the second, and guided to a more accurate and conclusive interpretation. It actively supports the overall performance” (Kinsella, 1997, p. 115). My colleague provided me with strong, helpful support offering me enhancing feeds, corrections, and confirmations, that all aided in the improvement of my interpretation. While some of how she gave me assistance, and some of how I requested information differed from our pre-assignment discussion

those omissions that are not made strategically. (get a quote) There are numerous reason to why omissions are made either deliberately or accidental by interpreters during interpretations, My aim is to in order to gain a deeper insight into why and how these omissions are produced and reveal the impact these have in the interpretation. I will focus predominately on the omissions that were not made as part of a linguistic strategy by the interpreter. However, the following essay takes a look at both