Gentlewoman

The way people act on the outside differ from what they feel on the inside. Some people may change to improve themselves to others standards or because they don't feel confident. No matter how much you try to change yourself the truth will always appear. Shakespeare uses the theme of appearance vs reality to develop and hide the darkness and true identity of the characters. Banquo, Macbeth, and Lady Macbeth all truly hide the type of people they are in the real world. Throughout the play their…

played the role of “ trickery and deceit” was Don John. Don John was a very evil man, his purpose was to break up Claudio and Hero. In which, he succeeded. In act 3, Baracho reveals that, “ know that I have tonight woo’d Margaret, the Lady Hero’s gentlewoman, by the name of Hero … I should first tell thee how the Prince, Claudio, and my master, planted and plac’d…

--Hell is murky!--Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?--Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him” saying this unknowing that a doctor and gentlewoman are watching (Shakespeare 5.1.39-44). She has let her guard down and allowed for her to become overwhelmed with despair, knowing of all the blood she and Macbeth have on their hands, but carrying the murder of Duncan the most. This is…

Identity and selfhood are two major parts of one’s life. People do hard work, fight against society, nation, etc. to gain their own identity. The major point is, do women loose their identity and selfhood after marriage? Do they have to follow their husband? Where does women’s freedom go after their marriage? ‘The Story of an Hour’ is a short story about feeling of a woman freeing herself from her husband. This story was written by famous American author Kate Chopin. She has her two novels and…

They’re talking about Ophelia, and afterwards they try and imply that she doesn’t deserve the Christian burial she’s getting. In lines 21-23 of this scene, the other states the connotation of the entire conversation, that if Ophelia hadn’t been a “gentlewoman” she wouldn’t be having a Christian burial. There’s another allusion to Christianity where the gravedigger references Adam and Scripture.…

What’s the difference between a man and a woman? Is it the dichotomy of the genital region? Is it the broadness of a man’s shoulders compared to that of a woman’s? Or, is it the intellect, the skill, or the even the strength? What exactly draws the line between him and her? “Alright boys and girls turn to page 370 and do all the even questions.” Those were the words of my algebra teacher right before an incident occurred that from this day, I cannot seem to degenerate from my head. “These…

time, the verb to abuse could mean “to deceive” ("abuse, v"). Olivia and Cesario’s relationship is brimming with deception. Olivia misleads Cesario by sending him the ring while Cesario misleads Olivia by disguising his true nature: that of the gentlewoman Viola. This theme of deception is evident throughout the play as characters lie profusely and disguise themselves routinely. By connecting it to the idea of social class, Shakespeare prompts his audience to treat characters with suspicion.…

Everyone has a different idea when it comes to how to react or take action in something. In the book Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, it shows the differences between two best friends that have almost nothing in common as they both go through an adventure with love. The two of them are either willing or unwilling to love a man. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Beatrice serves as a foil character of Hero by which Hero’s foolishness are illuminated through Beatrice’s…

Farah Karim-Cooper, “Desdemona is from a noble or ‘Patrician’ family in Venice and therefore would have the least amount of freedom; her behavior would have been watched carefully and she would not have been allowed to go out in public without her gentlewoman,” ("Women in Othello", Karim-Cooper). With this information from Dr. Karim-Cooper one can conclude that Desdemona was very sneaky to get away with marrying a moor without her parents finding out. Desdemona broke one of the biggest known…

On Sept. 4, 2017, Emily Esfahani Smith’s article “You’ll Never Be Famous - And That’s O.K.” went live on the New York Times. Smith is known for researching and reporting findings on what truly brings our lives meaning. She has written her own book on that very subject and has numerous articles with the New York Times, as well as other publications about human experiences. Many young adults today believe that in order to live a meaningful life, they must do something extraordinary that will…