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During Ernest Hemingway 's life, there were a lot of revisions made in society. While these changes were transpiring, he began to write about them. In many of his works, he examined these changes and how they affected society. In Hemingway 's short story, “Up In Michigan”, he addresses the change in gender roles. In this short story, he focuses on two main characters, Liz Coates and Jim Gilmore, to establish this claim. With this story taking place in a very small town in Horton Bay, Michigan,…

Women were overrepresented as “mad” or “hysterical” in society, but what of the men? Men were never deemed as such because that was just “men being men”. However, some British literature texts beg to differ, for example, most of the men who were extremely misogynistic start to develop a loss in their mental stability. A critical analysis of the characters Leontes from “The Winter’s Tale” and Ferdinand “The Duchess of Malfi” can attest to this male mental illness. Leontes and Ferdinand go through…

Anyone who’s watched American television knows all too well the trope of the bumbling husband who is constantly reprimanded by his naggy wife. In the hit AMC show Breaking Bad, this view is no different; While Walter White continues down his spiral into depravity as chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-kingpin, his wife Skyler is often portrayed as demeaning, argumentative, and a hurdle to leap over by both the audience and the characters. However, while many will argue that Skyler’s presense furthers…

Horror as a literary genre is written with the aim of instilling feelings of terror, dread, disgust, or some combination of these emotions in its audience. This literature does so by capturing in its climactic scenes a fear found in all humans and centering action on the fruition of this fear. Edgar Allan Poe’s Ligeia focuses on the return of the fair Ligeia from the grave, an unnatural occurrence that shocks and horrifies its audience, but it is particularly shocking to the narrator of the tale…

Summer Rathbone Katheryn Fischer English 101 01 Feb 2017 Relationship of a Dominant and submissive Most would consider their relationship a ‘normal’ one, but what is ‘normal’ for one couple might not be ‘normal’ for others. Many have seen the movie or read the book 50 shades of Grey. What they depict in the book is a minimal amount of the relationship. All healthy relationships need trust to thrive. If there isn’t trust, then it shouldn’t be a relationship you are in. Many will tell you the…

In forming the hierarchy, I ranked characters in terms of mental power, emotional power, and physical power respectively. Characters with great strengths in multiple fields were arranged at the top while those with little power were left at the bottom. Fortuna, the goddess of luck and fortune, tops the hierarchy due to her vast effect on others. As a goddess, Fortuna is extremely powerful and influential over lives of others. She even gifts Theseus, a very successful conqueror, power, causing…

The characters in the play Othello by Shakespeare depict different attributes from revenge to love. The behavior of Lago is the subject of analysis of the essay. Lago’s attitude towards women and Othello is appalling. He feels an obligation to serve Othello while also accusing him for having an affair with his wife. In Act one, scene three, Lago believes that Othello has slept with his wife. He states; “it is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets/ he has done my office” (1.iii.286). Lago is the…

Miller presents a strong case, however he overlooks some crucial characteristics and therefore arrives at the wrong conclusions. Ironically, Miller recognizes that “marriage is somewhat of a contractual agreement”; but he overlooks the fact that both Starks and Killicks did not respect their half of the contract. Initially, Killicks was treated Janie with respect and left her to do her work in the house while he took care of the manual labor. After a while, however, he begins to note that “if…

BDSM HOODS AND MASKS One of the most intrinsic philosophies of the BDSM culture is the prevalence of subjects bearing submission and dominating role plays for the fulfilment of their sexual desires and aspirations. The word B in BDSM stands for bonding with the intension of restraining and to his/her complete submission to the dominating partner. Bondage is a methodology to heighten the sense of erotica and sexuality. If keenly analysed bondage also has an in built sense of aesthetics…

Family’ Totally Gets BDSM Relationships Right” BDSM, an intimate kink that is expressed throughout a few couples in real life as well as in film. BDSM can be recognized as bondage, domination, or discipline, sadism, and masochism. In the Fifty Shades of Grey movie series as well as The Addams Family, BDSM is perceived throughout the two main couples. Casey Cipriani, the author of the article “How ‘The Addams Family’ Totally Gets BDSM Relationships Right”, writes about how BDSM is indicated…