Euphemism

Within society, both past and present, we can discern a myriad of façades which present a deceptive outer appearance. William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, Willy Russell’s Educating Rita and D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover are works of literature which diversely consider a vast array of characters and situations which demonstrate such façades within society. These façades may be actively used by a character or be surrounding an abstract concept or institution, such as wealth or…

Helicopter Money: Arriving Soon in Japan? Foreign exchange markets are arguably the quickest to discount changes in economic management, particularly monetary policy. The recent weakening of the yen versus the US dollar has been some of the most profound since the Plaza Accord of September 1985. It suggests, therefore, that foreign exchange markets are expecting a renewed easing of Japanese monetary policy. Since banks’ deposit rates at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) are already in negative territory,…

“Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the gun down” -Malcolm X. I’m certain that every sane person reading this has never wanted to literally kill someone. We all joke around saying “I’m going to kill you!!” but obviously, we never actually do. What if that actually meant something? What if we really are going to kill you? This has happened many times in this course of human events; and it is by no means wrong to have such serious thoughts. This is not only on the singular person scale,…

something long and dark with red eyes, just as we saw in the sunset, and something very sweet and very bitter all around me at once” (Stoker 106). She goes on to describe feeling as if she were in an earthquake. The scene can easily be considered a euphemism for sex, or other promiscuous behavior. Sex before marriage is often considered immoral or even sinful in religious communities, and it is likely Lucy has done this multiple times, and not necessarily only with Dracula. Lucy fails to uphold…

In the 20th century, a fascist group called the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, which was also known as the Nazis, had emerged. The party was run by the Austrian, Adolf Hitler, who is credited with starting the party with his novel Mein Kampf (Neel). The Nazis were characterized by intense nationalism (Neel).The Nazis had emerged from pre existing groups and had built from the existing disillusion from the German loss in World War I (Neel). Nazis were anti semitic and used Jews as…

Interview Interviewer: Good morning/afternoon and welcome to a special screening of sixty minutes, I am your host Amber Berry. Today we will be interviewing the world-renowned poet Bruce Dawe to learn about his secrets and milestones to refined poetry. (Calls in Bruce Dawe) Welcome Sir, we are obliged to have you on our show. During this segment I will be asking you a few questions about your immaculate poems. The poems you have written are extremely real and meaningful. I personally enjoy…

The Scopes trial was the case against John Scopes, a biology teacher in Dayton Tennessee. Scopes was charged for defying Tennessee's newly placed Butler Act. This case is what catapulted the dispute of creationism versus evolution and how it should be taught in schools. The outcome of this 1925 trial affected the rest of the 19th century extensively, however as the 20th century neared, the effect became less prevalent. John Scopes was a local biology teacher and was arrested for teaching…

There’s Tragedy in Irony Dramatic and situational irony are extremely effective literary strategies that accentuate the drama of a story. If used correctly, situational irony surprises the audience with an unexpected twist, while dramatic irony creates suspense by offering insight as the narrative progresses that the characters are unaware of. Sigmund Freud developed a complex that is apparent when young children fall in love with the parent of the opposite gender, but view the parent of the…

carries out the murder of Duncan alone: "I have done the deed." Their language reveals the intense emotion that lies underneath the surface of their courageous exteriors: she uses the excuse of a resemblance to her father and both use euphemisms such as 'business' and 'deed' to evade the brutal reality of murder. Macbeth soon reveals the burden of his heinous crime that troubles his conscience: "wherefore could not I pronounce 'Amen'?" Throughout Act 2 and Act…

Shame, Impotence and Self Deception Shame, Scheff states is the master emotion that promotes the silence/ violence paradox. Inferiority and shame frequently affect most of the male characters in each of the novels; whether it’s the drug users or the unemployed street gang in LETB. The causes of this are; lack of work and their prison like surroundings. The men in the novels attempt to make up for these factors by creating threatening personas. Their cruel behavior, as Giles notes, stems from…