Doubles

Going into the film Double Indemnity I honestly cannot say I had high expectations; That being said, to my own surprise, I actually did personally enjoy this movie. While not anything particularly spectacular in relation to modern day films, Double Indemnity carried a unique charm that persisted throughout the whole movie that had me loving it. Of all the the characters throughout the show I was particularly impressed by the actors playing both Keyes,Lola and Mr. Norton who I believe did an…

I would like to double major in Physics and Mathematics at Cornell. If I am to enter the field of Astronomy, a strong base of physics and mathematics is essential. Astronomy is a vast science, more precisely a subcategory of physics involving mathematical computations and interpretations. Being a double major is demanding for it comes with a lot of work, studying and research. Yet I chose both physics and mathematics for my Bachelor’s degree, as I wanted to lay a strong foundation to my goal of…

a particular way to fulfill what they call their social expectations. John ‘Jack’ Worthing lives a double life. He lives a life of deception. Jack, is what he calls himself in the countryside, while in town he is known as Earnest. While Earnst is actually his real name, he knew that he had been lying all along, until when he discovered that his father went by the same name. Wilde explains how double standard Earnst’s life and also shows how it is written out by his expectations and goals. The…

the main cause of changes to DNA. The structure of DNA was first discovered by James D. Watson and Francis Crick, and in 1962 they won the Nobel prize for discovering this structure, one of the most significant discoveries in the 20th century. This double helical structure is the same for all species, apart from a few strains of virus which have mRNA instead of DNA, and their discovery explained how DNA replicates and how hereditary information is coded. Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, contains…

more disciplinary response compared to their male counterparts if they are believed to have sullied the socially acceptable classifications of the roles and demeanour of women. (Ugwudike, 2015) This is portrayed through the media’s reflection of the ‘double deviancy theory’, of course it is not without doubt that male offenders of sexual violence are…

This was in reference to the psychological challenge of reconsidering an African heritage with a European upbringing in slavery and education. This double consciousness arrived after the slave plantations forbid the use of African language, names and culture as well as religion. This resulted in the cultural distortion in which the first generation slaves full of history desired to go back home to Africa…

looks on the characters and made the stories even more captivating. One of the tools Shakespeare is famous for is the use of witty double entendres. In many pieces of his work, he used these to add a sort of mystery to the piece that the audience would then have to work out themselves and find the hidden connection. One of the most notable examples of double entendres in Hamlet is the particular play that the players perform for the King. The entire play portrays precisely what Claudius did…

“The only way for a woman, as for a man, to find herself, to know herself as a person, is by creative work of her own.” This thought-provoking quote is from Betty Friedan’s book, The Feminine Mystique, which was published 53 years ago. Now that we are in the twenty-first century, it is reasonable to presume that society has overcome gender barriers. However, slight traces of gender inequality still linger today. Just like race, skin color, and religion, gender should not pose an issue in any…

Sexual Double Standard on Cheating Women and men are held at different sexual standards. This phenomenon is referred to as the sexual double standard. Which is the believe that women are judged for their sexual behavior while men are praised for it. There has been great effort in trying to explain this phenomenon. A problem that has risen is whether the double standard still exists today and trying to prove it. The purpose of this study is to determine if a sexual double standard exists when…

celebrates: the demure, dependent woman that wants to secure a stable male relationship, while simultaneously punishing the femme fatale creation as against nature. While Lola fits right into such a society and is the only “truly innocent” character that Double Indemnity celebrates, Phyllis challenges this ideal traditional woman, and in doing so, is punished for it. Lola displays the characteristics of the shy, dependent woman who looks for leadership among her male counterparts, she can’t…