Birdcage

In the article, White Talk, by Alice McIntyre, there is an overarching theme of racism stemming from the idea of white talk. There are several stories, accompanied by reflection from the author supporting the idea that white people try to throw blame on others or distance themselves from the belief of racism. As the text suggests, it is one of the greatest fears of a white person to be labeled as racist and, we as a race, like to come up with excuses to explain that we are exempt from this term…

The works of Phillis Wheatley often displays restrained emotion to her personal situation of enslavement. In her letter To His Excellency, George Washington, Wheatley uses classical Greek mythology such as the muses and aspects of ancient history to create allusions as she goes about her thoughts on slavery. This showcases her intelligence and learning when she calls upon the “Celestial Choir! Enthroned in realms of light, Columbia’s scenes of glorious toils I write” (Wheatley 362) as a…

be describe as the bird in the play, she had a sweet, pretty, timid and fluttery personality, who had been trapped in a Birdcage. The Birdcage could be used to describe her John. In order for her to break free from the misery her husband put her through, she strangles him. Mrs. Wright killed her spouse the same way her bird was killed. Killing her husband meant that the birdcage was finally open and she had finally regained freedom she had always wanted. In Thelma’s case, she did things…

Kate Chopin opens her novella, The Awakening, with a parrot squawking in its birdcage: “The green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: ‘Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That’s all right!” (3). Birds are usually utilized to symbolize freedom, but here, Chopin writes of a caged bird. Most birds, such as the parrot, have wings and are meant to fly, not locked in a restricting cage. Similarly, in the late nineteenth century, women were…

farmhouse of John Wright, a gloomy kitchen” (Glaspell, 772), and It is said that the house is in a hollow and you can not see much outside of the house. There are many symbols in the play like the messy kitchen, the rocking chair, the quilt, the bird and birdcage, and also the rope. I argue that all of these items are a symbol of a piece of Mrs. Wright’s life that only the reader understands. From all of these things, it gave…

many unforgettable film characters to life. For example Euphegenia Doubtfire (“Mrs. Doubtfire”), Adrian Cronauer (“Good Morning Vietnam”), John Keating (“Dead Poets Society”), Dr. Malcolm Sayer (“Awakenings”), Genie (“Aladdin”), Armand Goldman (“The Birdcage”) and Sean Maguire (“Good Will Hunting"). Whick are all roles from his most famous movies which I mentioned before. Robin Williams had this unique ability to move audiences and viewers from tears of laughter or tears generated by an…

“A dark flame had entered into my soul and devoured it.”(Wiesel 34). This is how the Jews experienced the Holocaust, they suffered so much just because of who they were. They were innocent people but they were punished and imprisoned to die. The birdcage, made with barbed wires, in my art project shows how the Jews were imprisoned and how their freedom was stripped away from them. And the white dove symbolizes, Elie Wiesel, being able to survive and fly away from the concentration camp. There…

In “Alice in Wonderland” of 1951, Alice is transported to a place called Wonderland. In that time, she eats food, and meets animals. She also tries to wake herself up at the end of the movie. In my opinion, Wonderland is just a dream. Again, she tries to wake herself up. Second, all the animals in the movie could’ve not existed in real life or fantasy. Third, she somehow gets into Wonderland so quickly, without knowing how she got there in the first place. At the end of the film, she was trying…

intersectional work tilled the soil.” (Crenshaw, p. 174-175) This is said to show how hard it is for people to see how the world was like when people didn’t care much to do something about the issue. All in all, the intersectionality connects with Frey’s birdcage theory to show how oppression works within in multiple…

the equivalence of her name, through the replacement of Foster with her husband’s last name. The canary, much like Minnie herself prior to her marriage, was beautiful and sung of joy and represents how she is trapped by her jailor-- Mr. Wright. The birdcage prevents the bird from obtaining freedom just as Minnie is circumscribed by her husband and is treated more like a victimized captive than a wife. The bird not only symbolizes Minnie, but it portrays the general role of women in society who…