Cast iron

dominated the Late-Victorian period. She particularly focuses on the entrapment and isolation women faced living in this social hierarchy, and expresses this through subtle manipulation of literary devices such as character, motif, imagery and symbolism, cast in almost satirical light that resonates throughout the entire story. Mansfield explores thoroughly the relationship between the two sisters, Josephine and Constantia, and the father they have recently lost. The title of the story…

over a character’s death; however this is the author’s intent: to lead the reader to side with the protagonist of the story. The reader experiences another moment of victory in Chapter 13 of The Scarlet Letter, when the authors writes that “[Hester] cast away the fragments of a broken chain”(113), a symbol that Hester is distancing herself from the Puritan community’s scorn. In Like Water for Chocolate and The Scarlet Letter, the reader anxiously awaits the moment when the main character will…

Loch Kinord is situated at Muir of Dinnet in Aberdeenshire, it features two man made islands called crannogs shown in figure 1. The crannogs known as Castle and Prison Island respectively were built in the 9th century using layers of tree trunks, stones and other materials and had been inhabited till around the early 14th century. To understand more about the past societies that built and used this site I am going to look at methods used in landscape archaeology, environmental archaeology and…

These objects have more in common than one might think they do. In the 19th century, the whaling industry, especially in the pinnacle spot of New England, became a very popular maritime resource-gathering for many people. Whales provided much-needed resources that were somewhat difficult to come by in other locations, and most of a whale’s products were extremely valuable and worth a lot of money. The actual labor that involved hunting whales often paid more and provided more opportunities than…

The oppression that is cast upon the black community is the result of racism. Racism has been around since the time that two different races encountered one another. Being that both, oppression and racism, have been a problem for hundreds of years, they cannot be expected to go away in the matter of half of a century. In order for racism and black oppression to be nonexistent, children will have to be taught that they are equal no matter the color of their skin. It is not morally right for…

demonstrating his acceptance of this rigid profession, and his confinement by society. Dimmesdale’s identity is so dependent on society, that it would “be essential to his peace to feel the pressure of a faith about him,” which “confined him” within its “iron framework,” while also “supporting” him. (Page 111) This juxtaposition of terms, between “supporting” and “confined,” aims to expose more about Dimmesdale’s identity. His faith, his profession as a priest confines him in the strict…

As Dean Kamen, inventor of the Segway, once said “Clearly, there are many places where diesel is king or gas-turbine is king . . . but there are many places in the world where, as we 've seen, they just won 't do the job” (Daryl). Hydraulic electronic fuel injection units, turbochargers, and glow plugs—do the words mean anything to you? Car and truck motors are a mystery to many, but when diesel engines come into play, many can’t do anything except put them into gear and drive them. I will be…

Trueblood’s dream, in which he is being pulled into the clock as the ubiquitous stereotypes drag him back into time, attempting to solidify his role in the incest lechery of his race. Next in sequence is the Negro bank that Mary has in her home. This cast-iron figure represents the manner in which African-Americans toil for the whites, taking orders in exchange for meager wages and humiliation. The final symbol of principal significance is the black Sambo dolls sold by Brother Clifton, that…

touted collectivist uplift through cooperation, Mao’s scholarship led him to appraise the efforts of emperors and tyrants not by their atrocities, but in spite of them, choosing instead to praise their overarching designs to build strong empires. Mao cast himself in this same light, as a kind of demigod imbued with the authority to sacrifice human life on a mass scale in order to materialize his utopian visions. It was with an eye towards history that Mao set out to make his mark, justifying…

how much they love him. The Eldest Daughter replies with, “She loved him as much as as all the treasure in the kingdom.” The Middle Daughter replies with, “She loved him with the strength of Iron.” And finally the Youngest Daughter replied with, “She loved him as meat loves salt.” For this, the Youngest was cast out from the castle but many years later the King celebrates the marriage of the Eldest Daughter and the cook turns out to be the Youngest Daughter who learned how to cook and gained her…