Portrait of a Lady

daily life in a region of stupendous natural beauty along the Lake District of the Northern England (Hartman 87). In like manner its beauty, however, William was very conscious of the terrible power of nature, and this is evident in most of his portraits of dark, ominous mountains and the seclusion of desolate moors. The uses of this kind of contrasts enable him to reflect on the inscrutability of both life and death as humanity. Indeed, he has made most of his audiences’…

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe is a portrait of a woman 's life from birth to death. The novel is supposedly based in fact, and possibly even loosely based off the real life female criminal Moll King (Howson 167). Stylistically, it 's written as an autobiography of the vivacious Moll Flanders, detailing the adventures her extravagant, action-packed, and dramatic story. Defoe uses his title character to explore identity, morality, and ethics through the…

looks peculiarly similar to that of Joey and Chandler’s in the sitcom Friends. We have an entertainment center that takes up at least 27% of the room. We have a 40 inch flat-screen television. We have a foosball table near the kitchen. We even have a portrait of a fighting Kangaroo in the hall near the bathroom. The only thing we don’t have is a canoe. Mark is a young looking guy, barely in his mid-20s, like I am, but whenever Mark gets stressed, he gets really stressed, like, his face turns old…

Gender roles play a significant role in society. These roles affect how the world views women. Films shunned absurd ladies with their maturing appearance and slumping, bulging frames since they had shifted from the “norms” of womanhood (Douglas 183). The movie, House Bunny, plays on these female gender ideals. An ex-playboy bunny, Shelley, stumbles upon the Zeta house filled with a group of misfit sorority girls. If the Zetas do not receive enough pledges, they will lose the charter for…

In Franz Kafka’s story The Metamorphosis, Gregor’s character initially parallels his sister, Grete’s, and eventually, as Grete has her own internal metamorphosis, highlights the deep shame she has by the end of the novel. Pre-Insect-Gregor, in the opening passage, awakes to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. However, throughout the story, the recurrent theme of “self-shame” is prominently steeped within the two characters. Insect-Gregor withdraws into a self-loathing recluse who…

behaviors attained through beliefs, values, cultural alliance, and the circumstances which mutually have influenced my outward actions. My life has known its share of hardships, but good parenting as an anchor has molded my sociological ever-changing portrait for the need to succeed. Consequently, an outcome to either societal bounds or deviant perspectives of unfavorable statistic of a female-headed household has not shaken my belief that poverty should not be an obstacle.…

it came to education, Elizabeth was given private tutoring and grew to be quite scholarly. She always valued intelligence and truly wanted to embrace life with a deep understanding of everything. Elizabeth’s sister took over the land in 1553, after Lady Jane Grey’s brief reign. “A staunch Roman Catholic, Mary sought to restore her country back to her faith, undoing her father's break from the Pope.” Mary’s plans for ruling were extremely opposite to her father’s. Her actions resulted in…

sitting room conversation, and October evening visit to enjoy Chopin's music or see the movie and opera in well-furnished theatres. It is remarkable that Eliot's poems The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Preludes, Rhapsody on a Windy Night and Portrait of a Lady give us a recognisable locale of human beings at the crossroads of 20th-century industrialised society. However, this artistic pattern may not be linked to a "song" of segregated blacks with the appearance of wild-looking rats; they are…

Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928 to Vivian Baxter and Bailey Johnson. When her parents divorce, Angelou and her brother were sent to live with their grandmother, Annie Henderson, in Stamps,Arkansas. Angelou’s grandmother, who she called “Momma,” was the stable force in Angelou’s early life. Annie Henderson was a strong religious woman who made sure that the family went to church every Sunday. Religion and spiritual music were important in the Johnson…

The butterfly effect is the idea that one small event can have large-scale implications. It’s a well-known phenomenon, but how is this concept presented in historical fiction? An American Marriage by Tayari Jones is a historical fiction book that follows a newlywed couple in Atlanta, Roy and Celestial. Their relationship is put to the test when Roy is wrongfully convicted of a crime. Jones effectively centers the story around the impacts of incarceration on not only Roy and Celestial, but their…