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Riyan Rodriguez 8 A.M. Its almost seems to be human nature to make light of bad situations to cope. The play “Much Ado About Nothing” by William Shakespeare is a comedy that makes a great example of this. Throughout much of the play the characters joke of cuckoldry, or the act of a man having his wife cheat on him. This thought of cuckoldry seems to loom about the entire play as the overruling theme. But with this theme comes a deeper more serious matter which is centralized to the unequal…

June 6th, 2014. That was the last day of my sophomore year in high school. I had just recently gotten my license, and my best friend, Dee, was up and in town for the entire summer. I could not have been more excited. This was the first summer after my mom had met her boyfriend in the cities, and left me with my 18-year-old brother for the summer. Two sixteen-year old’s, basically unsupervised for an entire summer, what could possibly go wrong? The answer is everything. Everything that could have…

The Meaning behind Man’s Name Kim Thuy’s “Man”, examines the cultural expectation and upbringing of Vietnamese women. Vietnamese women, considered inferior to men, are constantly expected to obey a master, “she was to obey three masters in sequence – father, husband and eldest son” (Marr 372). They are often repressed by the society they live in due to their culture. In this essay, I am going to bring evidence from the novel, as well as secondary sources, that Man was not fully satisfied as her…

The Choice Between Family or Fantasy Imagine having to decide between remaining with your family or moving across the world with the love of your life. Eveline has been suffering from a multitude of issues at home and is now seeking an escape from her problems with her boyfriend Frank however, once she agreed to live with him to Buenos Ayres she began to second guess her decision. Ultimately, Eveline realized that she would be taking a major risk in leaving to Buenos Ayres with Frank,…

And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man. I know I just turn a class into a church for a second. But bear with me, you gonna be fine. What I understand here is that in the beginning, man has everything except the missing rib, and woman has the taken ribs and nothing else. Even in a scientific explanation, I can…

Many people don 't realize what abortion really does to you, not just physically but also emotionally. If you knew what happens when you have an abortion then there would be no doubt in making abortion illegal. Jessica white can tell you all about abortion and what it really does to you. She even wrote a book about her personal experience, and thanks to that book now people realize what abortion really is and how it has long term effects. At the age of 17 jessica was raped, they never found her…

"The Story of an Hour" “The Story of an Hour” is a fascinating tale of a young woman, Louise Mallard, whose life changed when given the news of her husband’s sudden death. She wants to leave her husband, but she loves him, or she did at one time anyway. In a surprise twist, Louise is given that chance. Mrs. Mallard is a callous woman made that way by a man whom she no longer loved, although one can sympathize with her and the life she lived. As a woman with a heart condition, the news was very…

In a Man’s Woman by Frank Norris it is implied through textual evidence in the title that it is taking a stereotype of a man’s idea of the “perfect” woman. What is a man’s “perfect” woman? Back in the 1900 when this book was written it meant that a woman really didn’t have a say in her life she was proper, beautiful and there to support her husband. In Frank Norris novel A Man’s Women, it clearly shows that idea of a man’s perfect woman. There is also a stereotype for men as well. Men back in…

Everyone has problems and obstacles that they must go through during their lives. However, they may have different ways of dealing with their pains and emotions. In the two stories, “Swimming Upstream” by Beth Brant and “Traplines” by Eden Robinson, the victims are exposed to two different problems that both create a trapped environment. Whether it’s internal conflict or against a community, they are forced to resort to ways to help cope with their struggling. Thus, through close examination of…

In Sandra Cisneros’s article, Only Daughter, she writes about herself and how her father and society saw women in the 1990s. She begins her writing by mentioning that she had six brothers but even if she had six brothers, she was still lonely since her brothers were embarrassed to play with their sister. So when Cisneros suggested that she would attend college, her father was overjoyed because he thought that this was the perfect time for her to find a husband. But as years go by and finally…