Atypical gender role

subjectivity. By assuming the patriarchal role in Christina’s life, Beatrix tries her best to restrict Christina’s freedom through owning all aspects of her life and not caring about her emotional or physical state. The only refuge Christina has, is found within her faith that one day, she will be free of her mother’s torture. Beatrix tries her hardest to break her daughter but fails. This may be indicative that Beatrix is incapable of living up to the patriarchal role even though she behaves in…

Various songs have been sung about America and how beautiful she is, but rarely is there a poem that describes the voices of those songs. In I Hear America Singing (1860), Walt Whitman conveys his concept of America as a unified nation. His poem explores the differing sort of people that Whitman contributes to creating America. They are exuberant, and strong. Although the poem is focused on the people, the title of the poem, I Hear America Singing, shows that Whitman thinks of these people as…

One example of my collaboration work was on my Exploratory Essay. My partner Malika and I discussed different ways to help strengthen my thesis. She helped me grammatically and helped me specify the idea I was in fact, trying to portray through my thesis and body paragraphs. She stated possibilite confusion in one of my paragraphs that lacked proper connection back to the thesis and topic sentence. In my outline, I was able identify who were created The Primer, why they created The Primer and…

The term patriarchy is defined as “a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is traced through the male line” (Merriam Webster). In addition, this word which originated from the Greek language can also mean, “a system of society or government organized on patriarchal lines which means the men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it” ( Merriam Webster).The ideas of patriarchy is something that I had never thought about…

This movie shows how groups vary in communication skills. Larger groups tend to have a more complex way of communicating. Members in larger groups usually have less opportunities to voice their thoughts and opinions. Throughout this movie I observed how a group of jurors, 12 men, communicated with each other to determine the fate of an 18 year old accused young man. This movie perfectly portrayed the different stages of group development: forming, storming, norming, and performing. In the…

Because of Betsy 's age and gender, while only 13, she was considered not only single, but a spinster as well- implying a negative connation to the fact that she was unmarried (62). Due to gender roles of the time, not only was Hannah allowed to not testify against her husband in court, she could not testify against him because she was his wife. Ephraim also suffered…

The Morals in Moana Take a moment to think of all of the different heritages and unique people in the world. In the movie Moana, Moana and her family each care deeply about their heritage, but her father disagrees with what Moana wishes to do for the island. (Moana). Moana feels she needs to go out and save the island on her own by traveling across the ocean. Moana’s father, Chief Tui, once had a terrible experience on a sail boat. Chief Tui went out on the water when he was a teenager and his…

In The Crucible by Arthur Miller, Elizabeth Proctor is known to be a moral Christian woman who is convicted of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Throughout history, Puritan women’s roles have been to take care of the household, depending on the time period these roles have evolved. In the play, Elizabeth is characterized to be a morally upright person. However, during the trials, she commits a sin by lying in court and saying her husband, John Proctor, never had an affair with Abigail…

“The Uninvited” Illustrating on “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Violence is a common theme in many stories; good versus evil, antagonist versus protagonist, mother versus daughter. Many authors include violence in their stories and drag readers into the story of the characters, making them feel as if they are part of the story. The narrative “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” written by Joyce Carol Oates is no stranger to a violent theme. This story focuses on the lasting…

The Six Apprentices How Leon Garfield represents Rosy Starling Garfield depicts Rosy starling as a rather interesting figure, with many different characteristics. The very first things we hear about Rosy is that she is an apprentice, and she is ‘blind as a bat’. Rosy’s mistress, the cage maker, Mrs Berry, thinks that people will try to ‘take advantage’ of Rosy and has taught her many things that she thinks will help her ‘survive’ when she is alone. Rosy is naturally sharp, and her mistress…