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the protagonist and main character, Miss Strangeworth, exemplifies five character qualities that creates interest for the reader. The overall desire of a character is essentially what paves the future events of a storyline. In this story specifically, Miss Strangeworth's desire is profound until the end nears. Additionally, a character's contrast, ability to change, consistency, and complexity are found in multiple references in ¨The Possibility of Evil.¨ Miss Strangeworth's desire is, in a…

Miss Evers’ Boys is a movie that exposes the ethical issues of the Tuskegee study over a forty-year period. The U.S. Public Health Service’s experiment took place in rural Alabama between the years 1932 to 1972. It was conducted among African American males left untreated with syphilis. The goal was to determine if untreated syphilis reacted the same way in black males as it did in white males. Originally, the men believe they are being treated for the disease. The government eventually…

Peckham Rye and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for which she received multiple accolades. Spark was made a dame in 1993. She died on April 13, 2006, in Florence, Italy. The portrayal of teachers in the creative medium of literature extends to a multiplicity of stereotypes; we have the understanding and fad-following women, the ‘Nazi’ referenced and bitter middle aged and those defined by a complete onset of apathy. Muriel Spark however through her eminent work, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie…

dress paired with my finest red pumps and bright red nail polish. When all the kids were seated I went to the board and printed my name and noted where I was from with chalk. I swiftly brushed the chalk off my hands. Then I said, “The board reads I am Miss Caroline Fishere, I am from North Alabama, from Winston Country.” The day continued on uneventfully as I read a book to them about cats and did an assortment of other activities. I choose Scout to read the Alphabet expecting her to be…

deceived to believe they were receiving treatment from the government. In the playwright Miss Evers’ Boys, the reader/watcher is taken on a journey to understand how the experiment came to be. More importantly its focuses on the relationship between the men of the Tuskegee Experiment and a nurse Miss Evers’. Through the provided evidence within the play Miss Evers’ Boys, it can be proven that given the circumstances, Miss Evers’ made the best possible ethical decisions she could as a black…

states that certain changes must be done. In order to resolve the concern regarding patriarchy, Morgan encourages the empowerment of women. She urges women to aspire for greater goals rather than taking a trivial and problematic path like winning the Miss America title. Morgan also pushes for women to be more aggressive and reject the hegemonic male superiority by utilizing the First Amendment and protesting to make their voices be heard loud and clear. And, because Morgan established that…

wife when I would tell her to do things a wife was supposed to do, like making dinner for her husband or cleaning the house. With my wife dead I felt powerless. I had no control but I could now live life without being sorry for being a husband. I will miss Louise because she did things for me even though she questioned her…

One of the best known is “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker.” In this text he delights his reader with humor, to both keep the reader interested and serve as a buffer for the information also contained in this text. “The Speech of Miss Polly Baker” takes place in a courtroom in Connecticut. Miss Baker is being prosecuted for having a child out of wedlock for the fifth time. Franklin seeks to delight his readers immediately in the forward as he writes: Miss Baker was able to have the…

People aren’t always how they seem. This much is the case for the short story “ the possibility of evil”. Miss Strangeworth is a prime example of this fact. A seemingly nice older lady that with closer inspection will suprise you. Miss Strangeworth character can be analyzed by her actions and what she says and does, and how this effects the people around her. Miss Strangeworth is a arrogant person and her actions support and further this claim. For example when put in a situation when her name…

open further roles for actors and people of color is: What I am probing is the possibility of detaching role-characteristics from actor-characteristics. I am not arguing that Juliet’s gender or age or Othello’s color, or the servant Jean’s class (in Miss Julie) does not matter. Of course, these things matter—they are at the core of the roles. What I am arguing for is the ability of a skilled performer to play the needed class, gender, race—or whatever is called for—without…