Innuendo

1. It’s All Political Summary: Literature tends to be written by people interested in the problems of the world, so most works have a political element in them. These ideas can be seen through individualism, power structures, relations among classes, issues of justice and rights, and interactions between the sexes and among various racial and ethnic constituencies. “That was a source of great sorrow to the leaders of the clan” (Achebe 143). As the whites began to invade Umuofia and make changes…

ABC airs two women kissing on a “family show” causes an uproar for family morals! Sounds like a headline for a great newspaper article, but the backlash for this episode has caused a lot of angry parents questioning the “morals” of showing an openly gay couple kissing as well as the LGBT community arguing that they were “misrepresented” on the show. Sunday April 17th, 2016 ABC aired the fifth seasons of the popular TV show Once Upon A Time’s episode “Ruby Slippers”. The show’s creators had…

Carolee Schneemann helps change the way women view their body, sensuality, and gender by empowering women to define who they are and not let the worn out views of the past impact their definition of themselves and what they're capable of. Carolee Schneemann, the oldest of three, was born in Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 12th, 1939. She started drawing at a young age. She was described as a “mad panthiest.” A panthiest is someone who believes that the universe is…

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Sappho’s fragments in, If Not, Winter, are composed of her reflections on the ardent emotions of love and desire. Sappho continues to ask and search for love, but she becomes consumed with desire. Sappho’s inability to control these emotions causes her to be caught in a battle between love and desire. Throughout the text Sappho uses “eros” to express her lust for an individual; this causes a conflict with in the word eros because it is defined as fluid term in which desire and love are…

Standing amidst fire, a man made completely out of book pages hides his face as the flames which surround him began to disintegrate his body. Such is the image depicted on the original 1953 cover of Ray Bradbury’s novel, Fahrenheit 451. From a literal standpoint the image shows the burning of books, a common practice in the novel, where “firemen” are charged with the destruction of all novels, which have been deemed dangerous to society. Symbolically, the image represents the destruction of…

The topic of men and women is always interesting to discuss. In the twenty first century, women are more educated and more independent of their finances. The American society is changing its expectations of gender roles and creating more opportunities for women. Many females are entering occupations that used to be male dominated. However, there are still obstacles that can restrict a woman from achieving her full potential such as gender stereotypes, gender pay gap, sexual harassment, child…

What makes an individual great? Someone who represents greatness is respectful of other people’s feelings and desires, but holds their own position highly and does not retreat from negative situations. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby illustrates the qualities that the protagonist holds to portray themselves as extraordinary. When one exemplifies loyalty, they create an impression that is high standing for themselves. An individual’s grandeur creates an aura of greatness that draws the…

The first example of it is during chapter three; Nick Carraway, the narrator, states “ The bar is in full swing, and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside, until the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and casual innuendo and introductions forgotten on the spot, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each other’s name”(pg 40). The context of this quote is explaining the glamour of a Gatsby party. The specific line explains how people get lost in the…

The form of addiction presented in Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde presents the reader with a theme of addiction to enhance the more straightforward good versus evil motif in the novella. Dr. Jekyll’s addiction presents a lure to the elixir which changes his previous Victorian gentleman status and seems to isolate him from this previous being. The alteration of him is explored throughout the story as the nature of Dr. Jekyll changes once Mr. Hyde begins to…