Make Her Say

Louise Mallard constantly feels burdened to live up to her husband’s unrealistic expectations. She does not realize it, but she longs for freedom to do what her heart desires. Louise’s relationship with Brently is like being trapped in a cage. She is described as “young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression…” (Chopin). Clearly she is beautiful, but she looks old due to her husband’s constant suppression.…

elizabethan times that at 10:00 at night witches would come out and kill babies by drinking their blood so they could stay young. It was an extremely unholy and evil practice but the point is that it was done for a reason, a selfish reason. So when hamlet says it is now the witching time of night he is referring to two things: The state of Denmark and his own personal conflict. It is the witching time of night for Denmark as a whole due to the death of the king which hamlet believes is Claudius’…

Polyneices causes conflict with his niece, Antigone. Antigone does not deny that she buried her brother and tells Creon,”It was not God’s proclamation. That final justice that rules the world below makes no such laws”. She tells Creon that his law was not a wise one, one that no god would ever make. Antigone, Polyneices’ sister feels it wouldn’t be right to leave her brother unburied, and feels it’s her duty to the gods to bury him. She goes out to bury him, but she is found by the guards…

Women's rights. That statement is powerful enough to stand alone, something that has been longed for by the women of this world for ages. Suffrage and suppression, something women were all too familiar with and have had enough of. But who was going to say something? That strong, independent person is Emmeline Pankhurst, a women's rights activist who spoke up for all of the women whos voices were silenced by the prejudice and preconceived idea of male superiority. Well, Pankhursts voice was heard…

When you grow you will find that you have to make different decisions in your life some harder than others and some simpler than others. In the novel Lyddie by Katherine Paterson. The story is about a girl named Lyddie her mom and her 2 sister left to live on their aunts farm and her mom sold Lyddie and her brother to work. Lyddie started to work at a mill as a maid then she was transfer to a weaving room and her brother to work on a farm to pay det of her family. While there are many reasons…

life of a high schooler named Aza. Her best friend, and partner in crime, Daisy notices a $100,000 reward for the whereabouts of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett. They have an unfair advantage, Aza was friends with Russell Pickett’s son Davis. Throughout the story Aza and Davis grow in their relationship. She has to manage school, Daisy, and Davis. She does all of this will trying to function with her anxiety. Her anxiety gets in the way all the time and stops her from ever really enjoying…

movements Oprah dedicated her speech to speaking up about sexual harassment and emphasizing the need for change.Throughout the speech she talks about many different things from personal stories to the plights of everyday women to show that this abuse affects everyone. She uses many important rhetorical devices, namely pathos, syntax, and diction, to draw attention to this fact as well as others. Ultimately, Oprah delivers a powerful speech that resonates in the hearts of her audience members and…

“There’s no room for pride, not in a slave, not with the lord and master standing by.” (Sophocles, ll. 534-535) says Creon as Antigone explains why she’s defied his decree and buried her brother. Creon is one of a few who admit that they think of Antigone as someone who is a foreigner or an outsider, which is a part of the build up for Antigone to believe that of herself. Creon compares her to a “slave” (Sophocles, l. 532), which are typically non-greeks who have been conquered by the Greeks and…

Mexican-Indian woman whose husband used her as an exhibit due to the thick hair covering her entire body, and her many deformities. The poem can be read in context with Julia's life, yet can be read in context with other situations as well. Regardless, Julia is slowly coming to terms with the harsh reality she lived in, and is both reflecting on and recovering from the cruel treatment of her husband. A prime example of this claim is set in the first lines of the poem. Julia says “Tell me it…

published in the 1800s. When Dickens gives this piece of advice, he is implying that people should live a life where their heart should never harden, meaning that one shall not feel the need for any detestation or hate to anyone or anything. When he says to have a temper that never tires, he is insinuating that despite all the problems someone may encounter, he or she should not let their temper be uncontrolled and should not feel any sorts of anger but should instead live a life of…