Bride burning

the creature allowed himself to be “borne away by the stream” (Shelley 99) of anger. Shelley’s statement is relevant through the creature's vengeful actions. With his vengeance the creature took the lives of William, Justine, Clerval and Victor's bride Elizabeth. The pain brought upon Victor through the deaths of those closest to him was ultimately the consequence for the abandonment of his creation.…

History Channel), gives viewers a revolutionary and raw look into womanhood by joining together a phenomenal team of female journalists lead by Gloria Steinem herself. Ms. Steinem is featuring episodes that focus on a variety of issues; from child brides in Zambia and sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to unacknowledged murdered and missing women in Canada, femicide in El Salvador, and the over-incarceration of mothers in America. Gloria really sets the stage when she…

sake, I will not rest until her righteousness goes forth as brightness… You shall also be a Crown of glory...and a royal diadem in the hand of your God…you shall be called Hephzibah… for the Lord delights in you…as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you… The Lord has sworn by His right…"Surely I will no longer give your grain as food for your enemies…prepare the way for the people… Build up the highway!...the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the world…Your…

John Carpenter’s “Big Trouble in Little China,” is a great movie. Overseen by a successful director, performed by excellent actors, containing dynamic characters, and a full story line, it was and is a well-made film that unites Chinese legends to the modern world. “Big Trouble in Little China,” is an action, adventure, comedy that was directed by John Carpenter, who also directed films such as Halloween, Christine, the Fog and several more from 1962 to 2017. From 1962 to 1969, He directed…

Short Stories’ Summary Writing About Stories consists of two short stories. A Visit for Charity tells about a Campfire Girl Marian. She came to the Old Ladies’ House with a potted flower to earn some extra points for a visit to the institution’s patients. The girl was down because of the house’s inner look and patients’ appearance. The nurse took her to a room with two old ladies; one of them was older and laid on the bad during the whole visit. This woman was called Addie and she criticized…

She is regarded as a “danger” and “burning torch of destruction” to her family (Tagore 251). In the short story, if a female baby was born, the family members will get rid of the baby as it is believed to cause them misfortune and calamity. Kamala’s aunty said “she is like a burning torch of destruction in their midst. She attracts the attention of all kinds of wicked people. Someday we’ll be ruined just because…

a long white veil dependent from her hair, and she had bridal flowers in her hair” (Dickens 53). Miss Havisham consumes herself by preserving every aspect of the wedding preparations. In addition to her yellowing dress, she preserves the rotting “bride-cake” (Dickens 79), teeming with spiders and insects. The memory of eight forty in the morning of that fateful day is forever engraved in Miss Havisham’s conscience, spawning her sheer hatred of all men, and later becoming an integral part of…

joyous feeling once someone finds out something he or she wanted, almost needed, to know and this would do well to explain the Bluebeard-Robber Bridegroom (BRB) tales. A beautiful girl is married, or going to be married, to a rich man and has a burning curiosity to see his house, or a room she has been given access to but was told she is not allowed to go in. As anyone would want to, she courageously goes to the house where she finds the room, or finds the room within the house. She may…

sacrifice parts of his land. With Mama out of work and running out of mortgage money the cotton seemed to be the only plus in their money making ways. As Papa was not down in Louisiana working for money, the cotton farm was their only option. Him burning parts gave them less profit of the cotton, meaning less money. With money getting tighter by the minute the Logans were out of options. Papa’s courage lead him to make the strong decision to set a distraction. He was being selfless, the text…

Supernatural themes within Gothic texts are designed to push against the common way within society in order to be relevant and convey a message. Throughout history, the human race has taken many different paths and embraced many different beliefs. Three of these beliefs that have been incredibly influential in the past three centuries are: neoclassicism, romanticism and Victorianism. In each of these historical periods, gothic literature and by extension the supernatural, acted as a rejection of…