terrain to support the rifle fire, Marshal de Saxe effectively multiplied his armies effectiveness against the enemy without risking control of the battlefield that comes with hand to hand combat and battle lines mixing. His ideas and tactics found within Reveries on the Art of War are founded on the exploitation of the rifle and artillery fire to his army’s advantages while minimizing his men 's exposure to the enemies own rifle and artillery fire. Marshal de Saxes was also hindered the use of…
transformations, the female monster is horrifying in relation to her sexuality. The horror genre has frequently perpetuated patriarchal ideologies with scenes objectifying women using the ‘male gaze’ and punishing women for any kind of sexuality. Brian de Palma’s 1976 film adaption of Stephen King’s novel Carrie is no different. Although marketed to young women, Carrie is fraught with female objectification and fetishization with an overall lack of progressive female characters. It would seem…
Dreams vs. Reality When reading a story, we often do not think to locate and analyze the different literary elements that are placed in a short story or poem. In order to find those literary elements, you must reread the poem or short story in order to understand and pull all of the elements the reader can. While reading The Necklace and Blue Winds Dancing, I saw two elements that really caught my attention and intrigued me to think about in more depth. The two elements we will be looking out…
In Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, her existentialist view point is heavily felt throughout this historical study of women. Often viewed as a radical, Beauvoir sets out to explore the many beliefs or definitions in regards to femininity. She proposes that women are oppressed by men through men’s depiction of women as the “other” or the object. Man is the subject, the self, the one, the absolute, the positive, the creator and the possessor of transcendence. Women are demoted as particular,…
In Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex”, she explains how women are encouraged to behave like a woman solely for the entertainment for men. She explains how “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” in her work which shows that women are constructed by society’s norms which shapes them into a woman. These external processors change her into an ideal doll. Her claim is completely accurate because throughout history and till this day, women have been expected to act a certain way and live up…
of health care service; it’s equipped with just about everything that civilians need to live a decent life. Suddenly, you come across areas that lack these essential elements for daily survival. Some cities, however, are working to change this. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and El Paso, Texas are implementing programs that make a case for allocating funds towards the wellness of those suffering rather than the added entertainment of those who are much better off. These organizations promote their…
Interviewer: Babar is by Jean de Brunhoff, the adaptations don’t have to be by Brunhoff. Interviewee: Okay. Interviewer: So it’s adaptations of Babar. Interviewee: Right. Interviewer: What kinds of adaptations? Interviewee: Oh, what kinds, okay. Interviewer: Does that make sense…
presidential election since then. The act of suppressing votes, from both party lines, infringes upon the most fundamental American right; the right to vote in those who will speak on our behalf. It also brings up in interesting existentialist dilemma. Simone de Beauvoir believed that humanity can only ascertain its freedom if others choose it as well. IN the case of voter suppression, because others have denied the freedom to vote, it implies that there is no true freedom to choose.…
France in the nineteenth century hit on some of the darker parts of modernity on its journey to the France of today. There were many events and attitudes that a good portion of French men and women would like to forget. Many governmental officials, historians, and citizens of that time period repressed or consciously used policies and writings to perpetuate a myth that allowed for these same events and attitudes to fall by the wayside. In recent years, revisionist historians, or historians who…
characters show their true identities. Monsieur shows a great deal of generosity Goussetis 2 in helping his wife look and pay for the necklace while Madame is always greedy for more and never satisfied even in tough situations. D- In Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” the theme of greed and generosity are shown through the characterization of the three main characters. The use of irony and symbolism also support the characters actions from before and after the necklace was lost.…