Seduction

Good and Evil in the World of “Young Goodman Brown” It goes without saying that a good work of literature, especially a short story, often comes together with one or more conflicts. Undoubtedly, conflict is the key element which heightens tension, reveals the strengths and weaknesses of the characters, as well as boosts the readers’ interest to continue reading. As a result, it tends to vary in types and intensity. A conflict can be merely an inner one which occurs inside the mind of the…

Snow White, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s protagonist, is situated in a society that is dominated by vanity in the fairy tale “Snow White”. Regardless of her attempts to escape the influences that society poses on women and girls of all ages, she remains fixated on beauty as well. As a result, Snow White is unconsciously conditioned to believe that luxurious or pretty items are worth sacrificing one’s life for in the tale. Appearance, and more importantly the extent to which beauty can supplement…

For parents, the question is all too familiar: “Mommy, Daddy—where do babies come from?” Parents have always been faced with the conundrum that comes with maturation. How should we introduce children to sex? In examining various samples of sexual education literature from the 20th century, we can trace a trajectory toward heightened information, honesty, and maturity. No more popular delusions—no more storks swooping down with babies from the sky. No more shrouding sex in ignorance. No more…

The HeLa incident at John Hopkins Medical Institute in the 1950’s highlighted the importance of informed consent in the medical field, it provides a strong example for the ethical and legal repercussions for disobeying the process and violating a patient’s unalienable human rights, and furthermore reinforces its need. Informed consent is the undeniable prerequisite for a patient to be fully informed of a procedure and all of its aspects. This process is a necessary and pragmatic approach to…

Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) is the first selected woman poet in this study. Writing in the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth, Mew’s poetry straddles the fin de siècle and early modernist periods. Thus Victorian and feminist approaches are used in examining her poetry. Mew's poetic voice is an integral link in women's writing from the end of the nineteenth century into the first two decades of the twentieth century in that it enables contemporary…

Nasser Alshareef Dr. Jason DePolo ENGL 755.001 30 March 2016 What is the Medusa? Introduction The state controlling a woman would mean denying her full autonomy and full equality; a great deal of women have been taught this saying and they feel it is deeply true. Helene Cixous, one of the great writers of the twentieth century, apparently agrees with the aforementioned saying by the time she wrote The Laugh of the Medusa. Cixous commences by constructing her credibility with being one of the…

these archetype, so much so that it would be difficult to rank the accuracy of one over the other. In one way, she acts as the “temptress”, goading Coraline into staying in the other world with outfits, toys, and food, rather than any sort of sexual seduction that’s typical of that particular archetype (Eiland). In some ways the Other Mother resembles the “Wicked Witch” as well, seeing as he ultimate goal is to use her powers to cause Coraline’s demise, but unlike a normal…

Paradise lost is a poem written by John Milton that explains the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and how they were tempted by one of God’s fallen angels Satan. Throughout the books Satan defies God and the debate starts whether Satan is a hero or anti-hero. I find in books one and two Satan appears more of a hero and that Blake was of not the Devils party. Book one of paradise lost explains that Milton was not of the devils’ party in regards to Satan was once an angel of light until…

The moral reform movement was a collective effort by ill-equipped parents, “settlement workers and vice reformers joined with club leaders, probation officers, social workers, and sex educators” to combat the scourge of prostitution and to bring under control the newly sexualized population of young working women in the 1900’s (Alexander, 1995, p. 41). Once the young women got a taste of freedom, they “profess utter lack of respect for their parents and contempt for their home life” and…

In a patriarchal society, many women face the issue of an imbalance of power, especially whilst in a relationship. The characters in “The Company of Wolves” by Angela Carter and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman handle this reality with distinct approaches. Both authors employ symbolism and character to depict the various ways women are affected by male oppression and their struggle for liberation. While Carter’s character manages to forget her fear and seduce her oppressor, the…