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As writer in 19th-century in France, Maupassant writes in a style called Literary Realism. The clearest example of this style comes in the final third of the story, when he describes the poor, working lives of the Loisel’s. Mathilde, a young woman is born to a low-class family. With no money for a dowry, she is married to Monsier Loisel, a clerk from the board of education. In the story Mathilde is ashamed of her economic status and wished she had been born into an upper-class family. Mathilde…

In her short story “The Storm”, Kate Chopin shows herself to be far ahead of her time in terms of her exploration of women’s place in American society at the turn of the twentieth century by presenting female characters with their own sexual agency. Both women of “The Storm” are married yet find happiness through momentarily escaping their marriages: Calixta seeks fulfillment through an affair with a former beau, while Clarisse finds relief in abstinence. In this way, Chopin’s text is a feminist…

The Life of a Duchess and Porphyria (A story about the life of two women and how they died.) “Red is such an interesting color to correlate with emotion, because it's on both ends of the spectrum. On one end you have happiness, falling in love, infatuation with someone, passion, all that. On the other end, you've got obsession, jealousy, danger, fear, anger and frustration”(Swift). Jealousy ruins a lot of relationships, with loved ones, friends, and your significant other. In the stories, My…

If you do not stand up for yourself you will never be free. Freedom is essential for a happy life, but basic rights are so often taken from people. Amel Benaboura illustrates this issue in her short story ‘Only a Woman’ which depicts a young woman facing oppression in a patriarchal society. Benaboura uses metaphors, anecdotes and word choice to emphasise her key idea about fighting for your rights. Yamina is a young woman who has grown up in Algeria, a patriarchal society, where violence…

Narrator: Odysseus has traveled longer than any man should, faced perils the gods have never bore witness to before, and he has lost much; however, he has finally returned home, seeking solace in the warmth and virtue of his wife and queen. The tender spirited, aging maid Eurycleia sprints through the halls, eager to tell Penelope of the stranger who has appeared before them. Eurycleia: Oh fair mistress, lift your head and open your eyes. Penelope: Leave me, I no longer wish to be the object…

For our final presentation, Dan Dan and I picked love as the main topic. The main reason why we picked this love as our topic is because love is one of the main thing that we read in the books for this semester and also we find love in our life everyday, so we can also make connection with our life. With the main topic, love, we split it into 3 parts which is the 3 different types of love we found in the readings, which are family love, love between friends and also love between 2 people which…

Growing up, I always found opera music different in ways that it is unique in comparison to the other music genres. So, being assigned to attend an opera theatre was intriguing to say the least. First of all, I noticed a conductor giving instructions to the cast to perform appropriately in which case I never thought this was going to be implemented. Also, there was a Pianist near the stage giving a nice melody to the opera that gave it a nice texture of homophonic. The first scene played out was…

The author’s physical description of Louise again reflects the inner restraint that she had endured throughout her life. Louise is a woman who was not able to express her needs, longings or individuality; her appearance also reveals her mundane past. Her face is described as “young and calm,” this is because she never experienced the independence and maturity needed to give it character. Chopin described Louise as having a face “whose lines bespoke repression” -- she is portrayed as having a…

In the story, “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin, many people are abandon, whether it is intentional, or unintentional, but abandoned nonetheless. Poor little Desiree, abandoned again, first by her parents, and later by her husband to forever be left alone in her sorrow. In this essay, we will analyze the abandonment that takes place in “Desiree’s Baby”, by Kate Chopin. Desiree was abandoned as a child by her birth parents, until she was found and raised by Madame Valmonde and her husband. Despite…

The book Jane Eyre was written by Charlotte Brontë in the 1800s. In literature this time was known as the Gothic Romance period. Many books written in this time included many elements that were related to the supernatural world. In the story Jane had many occurrences with unexplained events; Like the time Mrs. Reed locked her in the very mysterious Red Room as a child (Brontë 9). Jane had a quote in the chapter explaining, “I can now conjecture readily that this streak of light was, in all…