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- 3001: The Yellow Wallpaper: Exemplifies Women's Position In the 19th Century
- ... the man and the woman respectively. The woman's postion during the 19th-century is concretely defined by Kathy Peiss in the article Going Public: women in Nineteenth-Century Cultural History when she states: "women were unknown to the public sphere, the realm of politics, education, labor, and commerce were still dominated by men"(818). The nameless narrator in the story ... This caused the loss of individuality and no voice to speak out amongst them. Jill Conway put it best when she stated in her aritcle Understanding Gender in American Intellectual History: " The male-centered value system of the American society butchered them continously intellectualy"(22). As a consequence, the ablility of a woman to participate in intellectual thought and self-expression ...
- 3002: Dante’s Influence on Italian Culture
- ... after him have copied this format (Wilkins 12). His most famous piece of literature, The Divine Comedy, is said to be important also because of “It’s place in the history of the development of the Italian language” (Dante: The Divine… Internet). To understand this we need to look at the language and writings at that time in history. During Dante’s lifetime different dialects of Italian were spoken in different parts of the country (Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 Internet). Dante was a very skilled writer who wrote in ...
- 3003: O'Brien's “On the Rainy River”
- ... he is decidedly in opposition of the war, feeling that blood is being shed for unstable reasons. He saw “no unity of purpose, no consensus on matters of philosophy or history or law” and has defined the war simply as “wrong”. Upon receiving his draft notice in June of 1968, his emotions range from rage to self-pity. A promising 21 ... the other, it would take more courage to obey conscience and accept his impulsive desire to run away from the war. The consequences of which, during that particular time in history, would be uncertain and risky…a dramatic turn from the predetermined monotony of the war that relieved men of the fugitive uncertainty that accompanied exile. Eventually, O’Brien yields to ...
- 3004: Christian Elements in Beowulf
- ... well as pagan ideals. Beowulf was a recited pagan folklore where the people of that time period believed in gods, goddesses, and monsters. It’s significance lies in an oral history where people memorized long, dense lines of tedious verse. Later, when a written tradition was introduced they began to write the story down on tablets. The old tale was not ... An analogy of any kind between Beowulf and Christ in itself account for the notorious absence of explicit references in the poem. The epic of Beowulf is wrapped in a history of pagan ideal and Christian surroundings. The poem is woven in Christian allegorical figures which give Beowulf a romantic mystery that many epics lack. Beowulf is a timeless classic that ...
- 3005: Transcendentalism Essay
- ... best to look within yourself to see how you feel, you should let your own emotions be natural and not forced upon you by someone else. However in cases like history, and learning to read and write it is almost necessary to mimic the actions of others and learn from sources other than nature and yourself. It is impossible for us to learn about history through experience because we are not able to go back in time and experience past events such as we can however experience events second hand by reading about them and ...
- 3006: Cixous/Kristeva
- ... for the potential of women writers to persuade other women? Other men? In "The Laugh of the Medusa" Cixous discusses how women have been repressed through their bodies all through history. Cixous attempts to answer the question of why the voices of so many women have been absent throughout history? She also questions the notion of, is it as simple as one would think, as far as women just being denied the education that would allow them into a converse ...
- 3007: Transformation Power of Love
- ... that Maggie is the one who understands true price of the quilts and deserves them. Maggie understands that the quilts themselves are inseparable from the culture they arose from. The history of this quilts is a history of the family. The writer says, “In both of them were scraps of the dress Grandpa Dee had worn fifty and more years ago. Bits and pieces of Grandpa Jarrell ...
- 3008: On Happiness
- ... personal knowledge, or education, or one's intelligence goes, I don't really see any direct correlation between what one knows and is capable of doing to his own happiness. History can supply us with arguments to both sides. If you don't like history, go to the nearest psychiatric hospital to see the lack of correlation. Here we come to the third aspect of happiness: The personal belief of being "in control". This is ...
- 3009: Definition of War
- ... problem lies in the definition that one would receive. War is so complex and multifaceted that it is truly understood by only a few people. Wars date far back into history, and they have been fought for more reasons than could be listed. It seems strange, but untimately, they are fought for one reason. Freedom has been the issue of every ... would not have risked their lives. War was a last resort. Generally speaking, people do not like war, and want to avoid it at all costs. Millions of lives throughout history were lost. War is glorified by many. The people who know see no glory in it, yet they do it for freedom. Most people are asked to make all of ...
- 3010: A Review of the Essay "Rose Schneiderman and the Triangle Fire" by Bonnie Mitelman
- A Review of the Essay "Rose Schneiderman and the Triangle Fire" by Bonnie Mitelman The American History Illustrated, published in July of 1981, featured an essay by Bonnie Mitelman. The essay expounds on the tragedy of a horrific fire at the Triangle Waist Company on March 25 ... would the public allow their officials to continue to oppress those working for reform. She used the sadness of the event and the picture of persecution it illustrated to change history. The result was widespread support for unions and formation of regulatory bodies such as the New York State Factory Investigating Commission and the New York Citizen's Committee on Safety ...
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