The Heiress

Conclusion Identity is not inherent. It is shaped by circumstance and Sensitivity and resistance to self-pity”- Dorothy West Self –identity plays a large and significant role in shaping each of our lives. Contemporary Indian women writers have focussed a women’s “Self image” and their attitude to their bodies, enabling them to transcend narrow confines defined by patriarchy. Shashi Deshpande represents the half century since 1947 and…

The expansive influence William Shakespeare has had on media and the world of literature is undeniable. His poems number into the hundreds and he wrote over three dozen plays which have been performed almost constantly since their debut. Reading Shakespeare is even mandatory in high schools across the United States. Just like Shakespeare’s influence can be seen in other plays throughout history (and even across languages), such as Friedrich Schiller’s Wilhelm Tell1, it can be found in tons of…

a sort of damsel-in-distress image, “ I cannot be a man with wishing, therefore I will die a woman with grieving,” (4.1.316-317). The depiction of women in this position is common in Shakespeare’s work; in The Merchant of Venice, Portia, a young heiress, was only given power when she disguised herself as a young, male law clerk. Similar to how Portia assumed the disguise, Beatrice only able to put things in motion with the assistance of a…

Daisy, my dog, and I found ourselves at a family Christmas party surrounded by other canines. Every dog hungered for my attention. While the other dogs were overwhelming me with laudatory jumping, licking, and barking for my recognition of their existence, Daisy was getting jealous. Daisy thought she was special and deserved all the admiration because in her mind she was paramount. Similarly, in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter the physician, Roger Chillingworth, of a small, Puritan town…

A Creative Fan Reflection: Gaming in a Straight Man’s World For my creative fan reflection, I have decided to make a Twine text-based dating simulator that critiques both the inferior treatment of consumers who falls outside the accepted straight-white male demographic as well as the structures of heteronormativity that have become so pervasive and normalized within the framework of the current videogames industry. To address this message, I have attempted to design a medium that possesses the…

What we think of as the romantic comedy genre was birthed in conjunction with the advent of sound on film. A subset of comedy, the romantic comedy has been through quite the evolution from its beginnings in the 1930s to the present day shaping our culture, I would argue, more than any other genre. While these two films, It Happened One Night and Harold and Maude, are staggeringly different in their formulas, one being classical and one being of the modernist period, they are thematically linked,…

Henry II of England, was known through a variety of names. For Example Henry Curtmantle, Henry Fitzempress, Henry Plantagenet. He was known by “Alternative Titles: Henry Curtmantle, Henry Fitzempress, Henry of Anjou, Henry Plantagenet”, as said in Justin D, Lyons article. Also he states Henry II Had a strong belief, to help the voice of the people be heard. “On the death of King Stephen in 1154, Henry came to the English throne at the age of 21 in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of…

An Insight to Margaret Sanger’s Legacy During the early twentieth century, women had no access to contraceptives and they had no power in deciding when they wanted to start a family. In the United States, women were charged with a crime if they educated, distributed, or possessed any form of contraception. This banned was supported by the Comstock Act, which was passed by Congress in 1873, but there were people who did not support it (Comstock Act | United States [1873]). One of the activist…

Think about the last movie you have seen. Was it a gritty action film? Perhaps a dreamy flick with starry-eyed lovers? No matter what the genre, media typically, consciously or not, embodies a specific ideology or two. Andy Tennant’s romantic comedy film, Hitch (2005), is certainly not exempt from this. The film portrays the career-life of Alex “Hitch” Hitchens. Hitch works as a professional “date doctor,” coaching men in the art of wooing the women they are interested in. As the movie…

I think that Batman is better than Superman for many reasons. And, I will show you all reasons in this essay. I will let you decide which is better, Batman or Superman. (Batman is better.) (Reason #1: Villians)Every superhero has their villains, but I think Superman's are the lamest. For example: Lex Luthor, an overly, obsessive, and annoying bald man who's main goal in life is to destroy Superman and all his glory. He has a very uninteresting backstory and origin. He was born with riches,…