Edith Cowan

Edith Wharton intertwines color symbolism in her novel Ethan Frome to provide descriptions about the characters and their personalities. Ethan, Zeena, and Mattie are symbolized by colors many times throughout Ethan Frome, and are all symbolized by a specific color as well. Zeena is representative of the color black, as it represents her darkness. Mattie is representative of the colors white and red, as it shows her effervescent personality, but reveals her turbulent side as well. The color grey…

Edith Wharton was a brilliant author who wrote many prominent pieces in her lifespan. She used many techniques which enriched her works, such as incorporating the environment into the famous readings. The way she described the environment gave the reader a visual interpretation of the situation. Wharton’s way of demonstrating the setting elaborately, is shown in her novel Ethan Frome and short story “Roman Fever.” In both, she uses descriptive imagery which brings the reader into the story.…

Significance of Setting in Ethan Frome In the novel Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, the setting plays a significant role in many facets including the plot, the decisions of the characters, and the development of the overall atmosphere. The setting of the novel, Starkfield, is a cold, lifeless place with long winters that often make the townspeople downhearted. The town’s six month winters cause the people to stay indoors and keep to themselves. The long, bleak winters also have a remarkable…

The short story, Ethan Frome, by Edith Wharton transfered the idea that with all love, conflict emerges and can possibly destroy affection. The author compiled a journey through which the main character, Ethan Frome, discovered that social ideals and expectations can contradict with one’s yearnings. Ethan Frome went through an emotional voyage over rough seas from the beginning to the end. Frome, a married man in Starkfield, a town in Massachusetts, was anchored down by his wife’s disability.…

In Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton, Ethan is shown to have many internal and external problems. This brings the question, “What is the primary cause for these problems?” into the readers mind. Many readers would say it is Zeena and her illness always bringing Ethan down. Some people say it is Maddie leading him on to get with her. The real source of all of Ethan’s problems is where he lives, Starkfield. Starkfield has basically ruined Ethan’s chance of true happiness from the beginning by holding…

later became the title of the film. Lee Radziwill, the sister of former First Lady Jackie Kennedy, approached the filmmakers in hopes of capturing the haunts of her childhood (Sutton, 2014), but the lens quickly shifted from Radziwill to her aunt, Edith “Big Edie” Beale, and cousin, “Little Edie.” The film falls within the participatory mode of documentary, which focuses on, “the interaction between the filmmaker and subject” (Nichols 2010, pg. 31). Dialogue between the filmmakers and the women…

Holocaust was a great genocide during World War II where six million Jews and other minority groups were persecuted and massively murdered. Out of the countless people that attempted to escape Nazi oppression, the story of Otto Frank and his wife, Edith Frank along with their two daughters, Anne and Margot has spread awareness of the victims of the Holocaust. The Diary of Anne Frank is a prominent recollection of the experiences that go in depth of how their life was and the interconnections…

We left Iraq, my family and I, in 2014 after the fight that was started between ISIL and the government forces in our city, Ramadi. I received a scholarship that time from Edith Cowan University to undergo a PhD degree, and therefore, I applied for a student visa for me and for my family, and the visa was granted on October 2014. We arrived in Australia - Perth on 17 / 11/ 2014. The fight was enormous and the situation was very dangerous in Ramadi and we were threaten by ISIL that controlled the…

state of Western Australia passed legislation allowing women to stand for parliament. Edith Cowan was elected for the Legislative seat of West Perth. She was a strong advocate of women rights in parliament. Cowan pushed through legislation which allowed women into the legal profession, placed mothers in an equal status with fathers when their children died, and promoted sex education in schools. Women like Edith Cowan in politics in the 1920s were not equal to males in power but they had begun…

As a future primary educator, providing a culturally responsive classroom milieu is paramount to effective pedagogy. The documentary Strong and Smart, vividly and authentically demonstrated the importance of valuing Indigenous culture and embedding Aboriginal ways of learning as a tool for improving overall societal outcomes for Indigenous students (Newman, 2003). A primary consideration of my personal ethos of valuing Indigenous cultures, will be the creation of a holistic, calm, welcoming…