Seduction

Marlie Hyppolite LIT2020 November 30,2017 Research Paper Choosing one short story to write about was somewhat hard, but my favorite short story with such a message behind it is “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been”? I chose this short story because I only remember being truly moved by this. Past tense me is triggered especially heartbreaking for me. Joyce Carol Oates in “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” starts off with description of the protagonist, Connie. Connie is depicted…

The Odyssey Essay In the film , “O Brother , Where Art Thou ?” by Ethan and Joel Coen , we are shown a different interpretation of the epic poem , “The Odyssey” by Homer. In this film adaptation , we are introduced to Everett , who is playing Odysseus , and his men, Pete and Elmar. Here, they are represented as criminals who have just escaped jail in hopes of finding treasure. Which later in the movie is told to be a hoax all due to the fact that Everett needed to escape but had to bring Pete…

Proposed Introduction: In the novel Wide Sargasso Sea (WSS) author Jean Rhys offer the readers a piece of literature that demarcates - within the development of its characters, their narrational perspectives, and the tactful discursive constructions of the former and the latter- an evaluative analysis of western colonial ontology, its epistemological premises, and the experiences of subjectivities that are defined, and reproduced, by these ontological and epistemological formulations. Bertha…

Industries often find target audiences for their products, and the hosiery industry is no exception. The product itself is designed for women, yet the ads in the 1950’s were designed to make women desire a man’s attention. Models were often posed provocatively, showing that they could have that sexual appeal if they bought the nylons. Advertisements enforced women’s societal roles, showing that they needed a man to be successful. Eventually, this changed. In the early 80’s, the ads began to…

Introduction Children have always been vulnerable, due to their size, innocence, and lack of knowledge of the world surrounding them. Historically, children were sometimes used to work in factories, which is something that would seem unthinkable today. We have come a long way when it comes to how we value our children and to what they really represent in our society. In the 1900’s during the industrial revolution, children were excessively used in factories, where they worked for long hours and…

Michel Foucault, in The History of Sexuality, argues that the concepts of power and pleasure are intertwined. In the given excerpt from Herculine Barbin, both narrator Camille and her “sister”/lover, Sara, are teachers at a religious boarding school in nineteenth-century France, thus being forced to keep their relationship a secret. One religious figure of authority at the school, Abbé H., plays a significant role in the dynamic between the two women as confessor and religious guide. The…

I emerged from Central Park to see an immense temple of art towering above me. As I walked up the massive stone steps, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I was overwhelmed by the enormity of the building and how small I was in comparison. A wave of clarity washed over me creating a sense that I was about to witness something larger than myself. Once I walked inside, I stared up to the large vaulted ceilings and to the long corridors full of masses of people admiring the history in front of…

standards, or risk losing their license and respect. Anyone learning to become a doctor would recite: “Into whatever homes I go, I will enter them for the benefit of the sick, avoiding any voluntary act of impropriety or corruption, including the seduction of women or men, whether they are free men or slaves (Hippocratic Oath).” This oath was the basis for protecting patients and upholding moral standards for hundreds of years, and is acceptable on it’s own. The process of gathering informed…

“lifeless” Venus was a kiss from the sweet lips of Adonis. Therefore, Venus decided to faint to see if she could get the kind hearted Adonis to fall prey to her scheme. The reason Venus decided to faint was because none of her other attempts of seduction were working. Which was shown previously in the poem when Venus tries to woo Adonis by telling him that she is irresistible, in that she was able to get the god of war into her bed when no one else could do so. By establishing her ethos she is…

possible for Gyge 's to go unseen and do anything he desired, any time and any place. Gyge 's decided to use the power of the ring to achieve his goals and live what to him was believed to be a good life. In his case, this 'good life ' required the seduction of the queen, murder of the king, and seizure of the kingdom. In the case of someone who would choose to use the ring, the next question to be answered is how they would use the ring. Whether someone makes the initial decision to use the…