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Electroshock Therapy is a treatment option for patients with depression that induces surges of electricity that cause small seizures in the brain. Despite an 80% success rate, this method, when used incorrectly, has the potential to incapacitate patients, worsening their condition. One of the few unlucky people whose life was drastically changed bythe inadequate application of this treatment was Sylvia Plath. Shaping American feminism and contemporary poetry, Sylvia Plath is one of the most…

fragment of the person she once knew and know so scarcely remembers hence why the times where he appears are barely relevant and the actions made by his character seem unimportant, very much unlike a father figure normally acts. Madame Perrodon, and Mademoiselle De Lafontaie are just female counterparts created with the sole purpose of company, specially Carmilla, who of them all influenced Laura…

that they may better understand the context of the poem. Sylvia Plath was born in 1932, and she began attending Smith College in the year 1950. While she was attending the college, she got a job as an editor for Mademoiselle magazine. “Mad Girl’s Love Song” was published in Mademoiselle in the year 1953, though Plath first wrote the poem in 1951. Shortly after the poem was written, Plath’s mother noticed that her daughter was self-harming. This was the beginning of a long battle with mental…

so without him or the children Edna rejects her lifestyle She moves into the pigeon house and decides she belongs to no one Edna has an affair with Alcée but is never emotionally attached Edna has also made a new best friend and sort of mentor, Mademoiselle Reisz, who is an unmarried, childless, pianist who embodies the independent women Edna wants to be Reisz is the only person who knows of Robert and Edna’s secret love Robert returns to New Orleans telling Edna his true feelings for her,…

Megan Mahon Mr.Morran American Literature 25 October 2016 The Awakening In the 1930’s it was very hard to find women willing to stand up for what they believed in and be themselves because at the time the world was run by men. For example, Rosa Parks, a young African American woman stood up for equality knowing that the consequences of her actions would be bad. This shows that it was very rare for women to break their stereotypes, but when they did it had a huge impact on the way that person…

For the article “Shitty First Drafts” we read this week, it remained me something about writing. This is a essay written by Anne Lamott, who is the author of six novels, the food reviewer for the magazine, a book reviewer for Mademoiselle, and a regular contributor to Salon.’s .“Mothers Who Think..” She’s busy because of several occupation at the same time, but there's still a question that what made her writing attracted? In this essay we read, there may be the answer. In the “Shitty First…

A major motif in Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening is the image of a bird, appearing frequently throughout the story. Compared to the image of the bird towards the beginning of the novel, the image at the end of the story signifies a significant characteristic change in the bird: it struggles to fly with a “broken” wing and dies. This transition from an image of a bird that initially succeeds in flying to a bird that struggles to explore the skies serves to demonstrate the parallel change that…

Final Research Project: Cotard’s Syndrome Background: I was first introduced to Cotard’s Syndrome when it grabbed my attention when I read Anil Ananthaswamy’s book titled The Man Who Wasn’t There. The stories that were described in his book allowed me to gain an inside look on people with this rare disorder that ruins one’s perception of self. Cotard’s Syndrome or Cotard Delusion is a mental illness that leaves the patient believing that they are, in broad terms, dead. They may feel like they…

which concurs with how the fortunate care little of everyone else's lives, no matter the size of the issue or conflict like the story of the man in his carriage that was discussed in class. Another example can be cited as the overall persona that Mademoiselle Loisel emits in “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant. In his story her selfishness causes her great misfortune when she refuses to humble herself or in the cases she refused to seek help out of her avoidable predicament all due to her own…

Barbara Kruger is a brilliant American Visual Artist, who sends messages through her work about the state of the country and the state of the world. She tries to tackle issues about gender, power, identity and the glass ceiling. Her style is quite distinctive as she uses found photography, which has been altered to have extreme black and white contrast and is overlayed with red and white text. Barbara Kruger became recognized as an artist in the late 60’s when feminism was reviled by the masses…