Politeness

of slavery. Initially slaves received a seven year indenture, but as the slave population began to increase the indenture was raised to ninety-nine years (“Bermuda History and Heritage”). Soon violence increased across the island as slaves wanting their freedom attacked and killed their masters. Plots were being discovered time and time again by both slaves and whites until the slave trade was outlawed in Bermuda in 1807 and slaves were freed in 1834, the day is now celebrated as Emancipation…

In the late 18th century, young men and women were given the responsibility of selecting their own spouse. This was a new practice, as prior to this time of change, parents would select suitable partners to take their child’s hand. While children did have the final say, this is the first time we see parents relinquish their power. Due to this change, women were put under pressure to find an appropriate partner and were blamed when they failed. Novels like The Coquette (The History of Eliza…

speaks with her, she answers with broad phrases such as “ay, my lord” or “no, my lord” (Shakespeare, 97-98). Ophelia is trying to deal with the loss of his love here, however she allows him to lie in her lap and she addresses him as lord showing politeness. The numbness to his words and actions shows a weak mental state, Ophelia has been terribly hurt by his words and does not allow him back into her life as he was before. This is a huge turning point in the play because this shows how badly she…

Stylistics is a study centered on the language of literature. As the study of style, this approach focuses primarily on the lexical features, the elements of narration and interpretation of characters. These major elements are used to examine a literary work such as in this situation; a novel by Nick Hornby entitled About a Boy is analyzed. The study of stylistics enables reader to scrutinize a specific literary discourse to get a deep insight about the use of language in it. Therefore, the…

Márquez’s representation of women Chronicle of A Death Foretold explores the roles of systematic female oppression and multifaceted gender relationships in the establishment of Latin American culture. Sympathetic to the degrading position assigned to women under the patriarchy, he depicted the harsh judgment placed on women by defining the specific categories they were forced to correspond with. By providing a critique on the chauvinistic beliefs held by many Latin Americans, Chronicle shed…

Once Upon a Price Blurb for the Book “Nothing comes without a price when it comes to their kingdom, my little Nightingale. Always remember that, no matter what happens. Never trust an Unseelie member, no matter their rank. You will regret it like nothing before.” Fray Nychol Nightingale has lived her whole life has a foster child, or so she thought that she did. When the tiny, blue-eyed girl’s dreams become even more intense and unbarring around her seventeen-year-old birthday, she starts to…

Prison is a place no one willingly wishes to be in. Although many people do enter into this world, few actually tell their tale to the public. Stephen Reid is a criminal; a stone cold gang member and bank robbing criminal. He is also a father, devoted husband, friend and a writer. For those of us who have never been on the inside, Reid tells a story in his book A Crowbar in the Buddhist Garden of how he was sentenced to many years in a maximum security prison and what life in prison is actually…

imagine any witch of a woman casting a spell over you”, as the audience has already gotten the impression that she has cast a spell over him, and that is the reason why he’s unable to be civil around her. The dialogue itself shows elements of the politeness strategy, letting each person finish before continuing, with very little interruption, which shows a sort of fake equality between the two of them. Additionally, the fact that Williams chose to have Stanley ask her to “cut to the re-bop” at…

down people around him especially women, but also used a condescending tone with males. Women responded by ignoring or being completely quite falling in to stereotypical patterns of women. Within our text “looking out looking in” touches base on politeness (pg.190) which is explained to be valued. I do find that it should be valued maybe just not by the man I observed, but by women as well. I think that just as the book mentions “a balance between effectiveness and appropriateness”…

In our daily life, we usually may meet some situations which are like misreadings,mishearing, or temporary forgetting in our communication process. When the people meet these situations, they are maybe going to losing their minds. Even some of them who are always claiming that we never make any mistakes. When we have these mistakes in our communicating or writing,we will feel embarrassing or losing confidence. What is wrong with us? What is going on ? Why we always make these mistakes, even we…