Euphemism

-My wife has an austere distaste for the Cape Coons. (a feeling of violent disgust or loathing {Farlex}/dislike/ aversion/ repugnance/ offensive/ revulsion/ disgust/ hatred/ hate/ antipathy/ abhorrence/ repulsion/ abomination) -It’s one of your detestable attributes. (Arousing or meriting intense aversion: abominable/ Inspiring or deserving repugnance or scorn/ Stimulating disgust hateful {Merriam Webster} / despicable/ repugnant/ vile/ revolting/ abominable/ abhorrent/ loathsome) ~ I sniffed…

Autres Temps by Edith Wharton demonstrates how society struggles to break free from old, familiar traditions even when it strives for social changes. For example, past social habits especially have a significant and pivotal influence on the way the people of the society depicted in the text carry themselves. Wharton’s employment of evasive language, coupled with non-verbal communication, reflects the society’s perpetuation of outdated customs and its inability to leave the past behind. Wharton,…

Closeness to God is heavily emphasized in the Catholic Church. In John Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt, this relationship is mentioned in Sister Aloysius’ comment to Sister James: “In the pursuit of wrongdoing, one steps away from God. Of course, there’s a price” (58). Often when one strives to prevent misbehavior, they undermine their own morality in the process, leading to deep repercussions. Still, the question remains, is it worth it? All of the characters step away from God as they march…

Introduction to “Yo no fui, fue Teté” “Yo no fui, fue Teté” is an attempt to invade the consciousness of those living on this side. The same people who everyday leave a wound in the mind and subconscious of many individuals socially “unfit” in the gender-binary. Thus, excluded from the social discourse as inorganic creatures that for the lack of a proper categorization are so-called “del otro lado.” That border, which divides, us, those of this side and those of the other side, is what the poet…

The issue of minimum wage has been a hotly debated topic among politicians and their constituents. Many argue whether minimum wage exists to help people on poverty or used as a base salary for future positions. This issue has been especially concerning for candidates running for the 2016 presidential election. Despite being a somewhat simple topic, the argument for minimum wage has divided Americans in terms of what to do. In Ari Armstrong’s article, he argues that minimum wage is egregious…

He, moreover, writes short sentences like the first one, “My father drank” (231). In contrast to White, however, he writes many vivid detailed sentences. For example, on page 232, he lists every known euphemism for an alcoholic to argue that society does not take this problem seriously enough. Because his story is so tragic, he writes in a very somber fashion, underscoring the pain he feels in recalling the heart-rending moments of his father’s struggle…

The point of “comfort women” was not only to stabilize the army’s morale but also to prevent rape and sexually transmitted diseases. So instead of sleeping with prostitues, they raped unwilling victims to prevent STDs. This whole idea itself is a euphemism engaged by Japanese military to gloss over the enslavement of women. There were about a total of 400,000 women placed…

Option 2 There are different ways through which questions of language and power can be looked at. First, the concepts of language and power can be looked at through analysis of the power play within institutional contexts such as the legal institution (Eades 2006) and the medical institution (Crawford 1999). Language can also be discussed in the context of gender and sexuality. Cameron (2005) points out that when looking at socialization, gender linguistic behavior and gender identities are…

Renaissance theatre was staged in an exceedingly patriarchal and misogynistic society where women were considered beneath men. One only has to look at the words of English Puritan cleric William Whately, who said that a woman during this period should “acknowledge her inferiority” and was to “carry herself as inferior” (Whately). However, there are some works of Renaissance theatre that do subvert these gendered beliefs, such as William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, John Webster’s The…

Romeo’s response to the concept of love in Act 1 demonstrates his ingenuous and grandiose nature. Initially, we see him perplexed and almost angered by love, when he says “misshapen chaos… well-seeming forms!”. However, by Scene 5 we see that his earlier opinion has changed completely, and his response to his first meeting with Juliet shows this. His language is referenced from a Christian lexicon and puts the Elizabethan audience of the time period it was performed in at ease. His feelings…