Is it possible to imagine the sound of gunfire piercing in your ears, the shrieks of wounded soldiers and the orders of your general? The dodging of cannon fire and bullets as you march into battle. Seeing the sweat glistening off your fellow soldiers brow, having it sting your eyes as you cross the battlefield, always armed and always ready. Smelling the strong, pungent odor of gunpowder and smoke mixed with the smell of burning flesh as your fellow soldiers are taken out one by one. Marching through the freezing snow to the point where you cannot tell if you are shivering from the cold or from the fear.…
In the event of comparing the attitude towards the Native Americans by three authors, I decided to apply Marry Rowlandson, John Smith and Cotton Mather’s expressions and experiences which are revealed in their journals. The author’s perspective of the Native Americans was different, which illustrated characteristics of the bad Indian, the noble Salvage, and the good Indian. Therefore, I will begin with Marry Rowlandson’s observation of the Native American Indians, which belong to the Wampanoag tribe. Mrs. Rowlandson suggests that the Indians were wretches, beast, and heathens, who slaughtered her family, and took her into captivity.…
According to the book by Sipe (2013), the relationship between Beth and Sam was full of emotional abuse. Sam constantly called her stupid and made her feel like she would not amount to anything because she was just a southern female (Sipe, 2013). Sam always made sure Beth felt guilty for everything he believed was wrong, even when Beth knew it was not her fault, Sam would turn the tables and…
In the book of Ezra, the main focus is the return of the exiles to Judah from Babylon, and the restoration of Jerusalem and the Temple. This return was approved by Cyrus, who was the king of Persia at the time. Under the imperial rule of Persia and permitted by the edict to return to their land, the exiles were able to eventually implement the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Law of Moses, as an authoritative tool in both public and personal life. The idea of the Law being used as a figure of authority can be seen in Chapter Nine; throughout the chapter, the author is exceedingly distressed, because he is told that the people of Israel “[had] not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations” (Ezra 9.1b).…
Lay Me Down On February 3rd, 2013, Sam Smith created an angelic, enchanting, and self fulfilling song called Lay Me Down. Through his love of music Sam Smith is able to make a statement for what he believes is in equality throughout America in regards to same sex marriages in the church. Equality has always been a symbol of hope, liberty, freedom, and a chance to live an unbiased life. Unfortunately, some individuals do not agree with this value in America.…
Odysseus returns to Ithica after twenty years. He is disguised as an old beggar. He believes enough time has been wasted and wants things to go back to normal. Penelope makes an offer to the wooers. She gets the bow of Odysseus and tells the wooers that whoever will easily string the bow and shoot the arrow through twelve axes will be rewarded.…
Why would she marry him? For his money? Wealth? For Nanny? She should do this act for love and for what she feels is right, not for other people’s happiness.…
In The Poisonwood Bible, Nathan Price leads his daughters to believe that a woman’s only purpose in life is to become an obedient wife. Adah never subscribes to Nathan’s views, while her twin sister Leah becomes the effective head of her household. Rachel, the daughter who seems to most identify with the role of a wife, eventually chooses business over marriage. By the end of the novel, the three surviving Price daughters reject the idea compulsory heterosexuality which their father instills upon them.…
In the play “Our Town” the idea of marriage is seen in many different lights, and as is often in the world, it can get a little confusing. One view, held by the Stage Manager himself, is one of simplicity. Meaning that, the ceremony itself, is short and sweet, and the two live side by side the rest of their lives. How different that is from today’s views. All these people, getting the nicest and grandest flowers and getting the monkey's uncle to come to the wedding, all to cut it off three months later because they aren't “compatible”.…
Phoebe- a Shepherdess to Love or to Hate? In the play As You Like It by William Shakespeare, the character Phoebe is misunderstood and thought of as being a ‘mean girl’ who is only present for comedic purposes. However, there is more to Phoebe than people might see at first. By analysing her dialogue and her level of speech, the reader may establish that she is not a mean character. In addition, Phoebe also plays an essential role in terms of theme in this play.…
In the story “ The Wife of Bath’s Tale” this is the time of knights and the code of chivalry. The code of chivalry was what the knights were supposed to live by. One of the rules was treat women with respect. So what this knight did broke the chivalry code. The story starts with a knight and he is going down a road and sees a girl walking alone.…
It stresses a society where marriage is a very important and…
Pride and Prejudice is a representative of the realistic novel. It undeniably plays a significant role in the history of British literature. The author, Jane Austen is one of the greatest women writers in the world. The novel shows vivid and complicated relationships between characters and reflect the importance of marriage for women in the early nineteenth century. Austen mainly depicts two disparate marriage attitudes between Elizabeth Bennet and Charlotte Lucas.…
How does Bronte present marriage in Wuthering Heights? Throughout ‘Wuthering Heights’, Bronte conveys the destruction caused by socially convenient marriages; it seems that the tragic romance of Heathcliff and Catherine is the root of the novel and conveys the consequences inflicted by marrying for status rather than love. Bronte expresses the idea that marriage should be based upon “devotion” and love. The challenging of these socially constructed boundaries of marriage, adds to the gothic element of the novel.…
Raj in the movie refuses to elope with Simran, when Simran’s mother encourages him to do so. Raj waits to win Baldev’s heart and not Simran’s mother, Lajwanti (Farida Jalal) which shows the authority and the power of the male figure in the family. Similarly, Simran tries hard to convince her father over to allow her to go on a trip to Europe, not her mother. Raj and Simran awaits parental blessings, suggests marriage as interfamily alliance. Also, both Raj and Simran abstain themselves from sexual relationships before the marriage.…