Disgrace

any carnal pleasures from her. Lucretia’s chastity is put on a pedestal because it is constantly referred to as her “honor”. After Sextus Tarquinius raped Lucretia, she felt degraded and unworthy of her husband, expressing to him that she was a disgrace. This indicates that women cared about their worth to men, and unfortunately that is credited by whether or not they were virgins. The prominence of a woman’s celibacy being her only value is implied when Lucretia commits suicide because she…

Judging is forming an opinion or conclusion about a person. There is a lot of judging that goes on in the book. The book took place in the 1930’s when black people weren’t looked at the same as a white person. There are lots of examples that show how the black people are judged and how other people are also judged. They are judged to be into different groups.. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout learns about judging from Aunt Alexandra, Atticus, and the Ewells. Scout learns about judging people in…

The Indian Mascot When one thinks about Native Americans or Indians, they used to think about the first Thanksgiving, wars with cowboys, or even the movie Pocahontas. Today when one hears the word Native American, they think of controversial topics about the North Dakota oil pipeline, the drop out rates in Native schools, and of course whether or not the Indian mascot should be allowed. It all started back in 1912, when baseball’s Boston Braves adopted their team name. Next, the Cleveland…

their moral while accomplishing the mere opposite. Oblivious to Angelou, Donleavy's derogating speech left him with disdainful feelings towards himself, as noted in Angelou's memoir; "He never looked up to acknowledge the grunts of acceptance." The disgrace in which white Americans viewed the blacks lingers in the back of all minds to the present day and calls for constant…

Google describes social class as a division of a society based on social and economic status. “There’s four kinds of folks in the world. There’s the ordinary kind like us and the neighbors, there’s the kind like the Cunninghams out in the woods, the kind like the Ewells down at the dump, and the Negroes.” (302) According to Jem, social class in Maycomb is split into four different categories: the ordinary middle class, the poor, the outcasts, and the blacks. Although some cannot fit into these…

The term “mumbo jumbo” originated in the 1700s to describe tribal men who dressed up in costumes to solve domestic disputes. Inevitably, the woman was to blame and was subjected to humiliation and disgrace. Today, “mumbo jumbo” is simply an expression that characterizes the view that what is being said is confusing or meaningless. While speaking to a group of women investors recently, I asked them to share the one item they would most like to see changed in the investment world. One woman spoke…

but where is the mistreatment? Players make millions of dollars each year yet they feel as if society has wronged them. I’m sorry, but if that’s oppression, I would love to be oppressed. Stop bullying the system and stand up, you are only making a disgrace of yourself. The Big…

Much has changed since the civil war in terms of racism, but in Southern America racism is still extremely prominent. Racism is shown with the neighbours, within families and even surprisingly throughout the school. “My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an' that nigger oughta hang from the water tank.” This is a quote Cecil Jacobs said to Scout in the school yard, which clearly shows that Cecil believes his father’s words. It is quite horrific how a child as young as Cecil Jacobs has been…

Some say that music connects people generation to generation; certain family traditions make it easy for elders to bond with the new generations with ease. In my family, we have strong Christmas Traditions and the one thing I can depend on is caroling and trimming the tree. Another family tradition is listening to Christmas and Jazz Music. My grandfather was a musician himself and of course, he being from Louisiana the Jazz genre became a natural sound to hear around my grandparents’ house.…

evident from the Prioress’ Tale that Christians are labeled and stereotyped as weak, poor and powerless. These two ideas of Christianity being mocked and laughed upon, reflect on the narrator’s strong disbelief in Christianity. The Miller’s tale is a disgrace to the Bible by engaging in sinful activities that mock its enforced rules and laws. Lines 3403-3406 in the Miller’s tale state: “That Nicholas shall devise a trick // To beguile this hapless jealous husband; // And if it so be the game…