Portrait of a Lady

In the story “The lizard Who had the Habit of Dining on His Wives” by Eduardo Galeano, women's empowerment is manifested by the figurative destruction of a predator creature by a girl wearing glasses who is educated, strong and independent. Her empowerment was in large part due to her feminist attributes which, while contrary to the attributes of the other women he had been with, the lizard man found very alluring. On the other hand, in “The Mother” by Natalia Ginzburg, the protagonist was…

The “Heiligenstadt Testament” was a document written by Beethoven in 1802, while he was resting in Heiligenstadt (Ludwig van Beethoven 's Biography: Heiligenstadt Testament, n.d.). It was in part his will, the first of three that he wrote during his lifetime (Ludwig van Beethoven 's Biography: Heiligenstadt Testament, n.d.). The document was also a letter to his brothers, in it Beethoven revealed to them that he was deaf and told of the despair he felt because of this (Ludwig van Beethoven 's…

Double exposures of his body show it sitting up, standing and walking toward the camera until, in the last of the seven photos, it fills the frame. “Death Comes to the Old Lady” (1969) shows a seated woman in a middle-class house staring at the camera. In the next two photos, a man in a dark suit appears by her side. He is first seen as a blur. He then dissolves into a black shadow except for his hand is still in focus, which…

private gathering of men. Enlightenment writers made it so that women didn’t have property and that they were merely educated. Of course, this frustrated women, making them speak out against Enlightenment ideals. Among these people stood Denis Diderot, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Mary Astell, Madame du Chatelet, and Mary Wollstonecraft. All of these women were champions of women’s rights and women’s education. They were out spoken and made their voices heard on the issue of women being mistreated…

Chiefly, Ralph and Lady Macbeth both are representation of the central characters without their weakness and therefore clashes between these characters, allows the authors to truly expose the flaws within Jack and Macbeth. However, Ralph and Lady Macbeth both stood for juxtaposing aspects. Ralph truly supported civilization and good whereas Lady Macbeth portrayed sinister thoughts and evil. This contrast suggests the change in the…

follow the impressionist movement and depict art with realism. The techniques that Courbet coined became a movement for other artists, leaving the outdated techniques behind. Art was inspired by a more realistic approach, landscapes and peaceful portraits were no longer what was desired, and realism and truth became…

Illustrating the complexities of interpersonal relationships, the XX released their self titled freshman album to critical acclaim. Among the songs on the album, “Islands” best demonstrates the complexities of interpersonal relationships owing to its lyricism, both minimalistic and introspective. Two lovers declare loyalty to each other while recognizing the sacrifices they are making; they are reluctant to let go of the freedom they cherish but feel preconditioned to be together. Much of this…

in the cell.” (CNN) Miley wearing her G-string shaking her bottom in the faces of her audiences. Knowing young children are going to see her in this action, she cares not, she’s making money which is all that matters. Consequently, Miley a young lady who appears half naked in the public does not reflect a positive image for our youth. According to Naomi Schaefer Riley, of The New York Post, Miley earned the top spot of celebrities that parents believed to have the most negative influence on…

Hagar chooses to marry the man her father is most likely to disapprove. Her father is hard and unforgiving. He dies without seeing his daughter again and without meeting her sons: his grandsons. We find her late in life the picture of the crotchety old lady, being cared for by her eldest -- and least loved -- son and his aging wife. As an old woman Hagar is critical and sharp-tongued and unrelenting. She has lived a life that is utterly devoid of joy and warmth and love. In a late scene, a nurse…

The catcher in the rye An individual's life is full of traumatizing events that can twist and turn one's view of the world upside down unexpectedly. The protagonist in the novel Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger is introduced as an unstable young man who is full of emotional pain buried inside him but won't seem to let it out. "I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life" (Salinger 16). Psychoanalysis theorist Sigmund Freud created the psychoanalytic theory that sets a base for Holden…