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In the play “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell and the short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, the authors portray a woman’s want for independence and the serious problem women’s oppression was around the early 1900s. The oppression they depict is so influential that it creates character development in the main female characters and the reader can watch as this happens throughout both the play and the story. Both the story and the play have story lines that need to be understood before they…

Finger Claws This alternative weapon is not exactly practical for humans outside of science fiction and fantasy but it is one of the most aesthetically pleasing weapons on the list. This weapon will likely never see a dip in popularity thanks to the awesome examples that some of the animal kingdoms give us for claws. Someone will always want tiger claws. You can find some pretty ornate claws throughout the internet, most notably etsy, which makes this weapon a fashion statement all on their…

Compassion Essay There are many times in which we need others to be compassionate towards us, and there are many times in which we need to be compassionate to others. We are able to see many acts of compassion through many excerpts such as the book Night, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and in real life. Throught these excerpts, compassion is what kept most of the characters going even when they were in their darkest times. In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel shows compassion through his own…

Puritanical society’s oppressive patriarchy demands that women must serve the family. Robert Egger’s sinister horror film The Witch reflects this belief, foregrounding how motherhood defines Puritan women. While the film primarily traces how witchcraft rips apart Thomasin’s family, Egger weaves in how a violation of motherhood leads to witchcraft. The witch signifies a freedom from motherhood, making her an abject figure to Puritans. As a result, women who violate motherhood are monsterized as…

Serial Killer’s have been present in our society for centries. Furthermore, the term evil has no fluent meaning throughout humans history, today that changes. The definition of evil is not one that is easily defined nor readily available to us as a human species. However through the study of serial killers such as Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Albert Fish. and their treatment in the court system, one facet of a very large topic can be explored in an attempt to place a…

It might as well be noticed that utilitarianism totally evades a problem that has snowed under numerous challenges to justify abortion from a more conservative moral outline. When is it occasionally allowable to kill? What 's the difference between a serial killer who murders their victims for pleasure or financial gain or homosexual? Where 's the separating line between this and murdering a fetus or an adult? We can apply consequentialism all over the place because all decisions have computable…

Trifles are things of little value or importance. In the play Trifles and in the short story “Lamb to the Slaughter” women are viewed as the trifles in someone’s life, most often to a man or to the husband of the woman and are often seen as a nuisance and have little value. Also, they are most often talked down to or viewed as below everyone else. Because of this they are viewed as too stupid to be able to think about anything besides cooking and cleaning, that they are often overlooked,…

Title Throughout the course we have read several books related to war from various authors. These authors wrote their works in a multitude of ways. The time periods at which these authors wrote differed immensely. One author wrote at the time of the civil war, others during the Vietnam War, and another during World War II. The style at which they wrote was anything but similar. The variance of literature was as great as their time difference. Some expressed their writings in a way of short…

Dead Until Dark “I’d been waiting for the vampire for years when he walked into the bar. Ever since vampires came out of the coffin two years ago, I’d hoped one would come to Bon Temps. We had all the other minorities in our little town, why not the newest, the legally recognized undead?” Dead Until Dark is a thrill intriguing book, that grasps your attention, and you cannot put the book down. Sookie Stackhouse, born and raised in Bon Temps, Louisiana. She’s a small town girl, with very few…

He walks away from the elevator with his head slightly lowered as the door slides gently shut. The walk down the hallway seemed like it took an eternity. All of Dan's thoughts are wrapped in an endless blanket of questions, strangling him down as the world around him seems to move in slow motion. The only answer to his questions that made sense to him was once again, Lisa. It is another chance to talk to her, another chance to touch her soft skin, regardless of the outcome.…