An Innocent Man

Curley, a short, stocky man who has a tendency to quarrel with the bigger guys, picks a fight with Lennie. Lennie, being the innocent, child-like character, is in his own little world when Curley assumes he is laughing at him. Curley starts to yell and hit Lennie. George tells Lennie to get him, and Lennie inevitably crushes Curley’s…

feelings. Most men are considered self-confident, experienced, and sexually aggressive. Women are expected to be dependent on a man, in charge of running the household, and taking care of the children. Women are seen as weak, more emotional, and unstable. It is altogether acceptable for females to open up about their feelings. They are supposed to be graceful and innocent but also flirtatious, Most women are considered sexually…

Considering that many modern European plays lack the presence of female characters, William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton, influentially known as the second Shakespeare, uses a widespread of females within their plays Macbeth and The Witch. The addition of female characters sets such plays apart from other modern playwrights. Creativily, it is an interesting writing technique for male writers’ to use social sterotypes of women in their plays, to aid with the barren aspect of women reap…

friends and I all had filled out in areas we did not expect. We now had boobs, hips, and thighs. Quite a deadly combination for a highschool girl to possess. We learned how to use our new attributes to our advantage rather quickly. Being thought of as innocent and fragile worked to our advantage. We were able to get away with a lot of things that our guy friends would not have been able to. There were a couple times in highschool that I got pulled over and cried to avoid a ticket. There were…

Gender Discrimination and the True Love Between the Old Man and The Young Girl in Film by Wu Tianming -- Analysis of The King of Masks (1996) The film The King of Masks (1996), describes an elderly artist who has extraordinary skill that is able to change masks frequently on-stage named as the king of masks, living alone, wants to find a boy (the skill can only be passed to male inheritor) to pass his skills to him. The story begins when once in a human trafficking market, the king of masks…

In the tragedy of “Macbeth”, Shakespeare explores and challenges the idea of traditional gender roles where the female characters are seen with the strong masculine traits, whilst the men are seen to have more of the feminine traits. One of society's typical gender norms is that men are essentially the strength of the family, whilst the women are more of the caring role and often times labelled as emotional and inferior. Within the first few acts of the play, Lady Macbeth is introduced and…

and authority, and also his indifference and coldness to the man he is trying to break. His figure is stiff, his posture is perfect and he only makes quick deliberate movements. His face is completely emotionless, adding again to how little empathy he has towards a man who is married and has children, and who has done nothing violent in nature. The room around him is drab, dull, ugly, empty and harsh. Wiesler, with the cold colors of his uniform matching the cold colors of the room, seems to…

In 1974, in a studio in Naples, Italy, a woman stands still as a man aims a loaded gun at her head. Hundreds of people stand watching the scene, but only one decides to push the gun away. The woman, performance artist Marina Abramović, asserts later when the event is over: “If you leave it up to the audience, they can kill you.” The ordeal was of course part of her performance piece Rhythm 0, which is a notable example of how the audience has a tendency to react alarmingly when presented with…

Both Zadie Smith and Edwidge Danticat’s write about taboo things in their societies at the time, for Zadie Smith and her story “Girl with Bangs” she talks about a woman falling for another woman, and beginning a romantic relationship. With her story “Moonlit Landscape with Bridge” she talks about this new generation not helping those less fortunate. In Edwidge Danticat stories she has a similar basis, in “New York day woman” she talks about people’s secrets sides that they don’t want anyone to…

men discussing a murder case of a sixteen-year-old boy who is accused of stabbing his father. Prior to the play, the boy’s trial occurred. The play opens with the jury going in to discuss the verdict. At first, eleven men choose “guilty” while one man stands alone. Rose writes an insightful story of communication and argument between twelve different men, all with their own opinions and beliefs. Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose is an insightful story that will teach students fairness and…