Ambivalence

The book displays that certain plays reveal ambivalence as they attempt to represent women as free individuals, but at the same time subject them to follow the male dominated status quo. Sangha 3 Derksen, Celeste. “Out of the Closet: Dramatic Works by Sarah Anne Curzon, Part Two: Re-dressing Gender…

At this point he has (presumably) already dealt with Ahab’s relation to the white whale. We are reminded of Ahab comparing Moby Dick to the wall, the mask that exists between the perceived world and whatever lies beneath the surface. Something is “pressing the pulse of the life that has seldom exhibited itself” (Whitman 3) into this surface. Yet Ahab expresses the fear that there might, after all, be nothing behind. That “there’s naught beyond” is exactly what Ishmael discovers in this chapter…

Since the creation of man and woman, society has ordered itself through categorization. Whether it be men and women, rich and poor, black and white, slaves and free-men, such classifications have proliferated dichotomous thinking and acting. In the aftermath of the civil war - a war that was fought over the binary institution that was slavery - James Weldon Johnson unravels the complexity of racial ideology in his 1912 novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Through character development…

assumptions, institutions and values, the result is never a simple reproduction of those traits. Rather, the result is a ‘blurred copy’ of the colonizer that can be quite threatening”(Bill Ashcroft 139). Bhabha further delineates mimicry in the term of ambivalence as similar and dissimilar. Similarity defines its resemblance to the masters, colonized subjects to be like masters and dissimilarity: “a difference that is almost the same, but not quite” (Bhabha 86). In his essay “Of Mimicry and…

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines euthanasia as the act or practice of killing someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any more suffering. There are many different types of euthanasia: voluntary, non-voluntary, and involuntary; euthanasia by action or by omission; and assisted suicide. This essay will focus solely on physician assisted suicide. Medicinenet.com defines assisted suicide as the voluntary termination of one's life by administration of lethal substance with the…

In the first attempt of reading (skimming and scamming) my original thought was the poem was describing a woman's love for her child. In this poem Bradstreet compares her book to that of an “ill-formed” child that does not deserve to be displayed. She describes the book to be something she is ashamed of, yet passionate about. The tone she seems to project is empathetic. Bradstreet sympathies for her book knowing how impossible perfection within the book is unobtainable yet she still take pride…

Set in 1931, Toni Morrison portrays a wealthy African American family who values, more than anything, their reputation. The high expectations and standards they have for their children create a dysfunctional family. Living with overbearing and domineering parents as well as a lack of a role model, Macon dead’s son Milkman continued to question his identity and role in society, which is illustrated through multiple literary techniques such as symbolism, diction, and syntax. Milkman’s autocratic…

Eric Arthur Blair, more commonly known by his pseudonym George Orwell, characterizes one of the main characters, Winston Smith, as a kind of protagonist in the story. Winston Smith does not exemplify the traditional characteristics of a hero. Heroes are typically described as strong, brave, and noble, however just like the saying “not all heroes wear capes”, Winston Smith was one that did not wear a cape. George Orwell created this hero that contained failures, it was as if to show readers that…

In Alastor, Shelley critiques the role and life of poets using a Narrator and ill-fated Poet. The Narrator speaks to the reader, describing the Poet’s journey, and evaluating the Poet’s decisions concerning his life. It can also be alleged that Alastor anticipated A Defence of Poetry’s intent in defining the role of the poet. Examining his prose closely, this will prove to be true and there will be a realistic definition of the role of the poet. The reader will appreciate that the poet is one…

affiliation and adherence to the western standards which implies hierarchy and gives acquiescence to the Western supremacy. The works of postcolonial/feminist writers should be positioned in the third space, to use Bhabha’s term, in where there is ambivalence and uncertainty, an impasse that is hardly escapable; a state of nowhere. Using French as their language to express their thoughts, Maghrebian writers were criticized for that, because it is a sort of conforming euro-centrism, as it…