The Housemaid

Women in the Victorian Era Women in the Victorian era lived in extremely different world from now. Women were treated in society as in second class and had few rights and did not had control over themselves. Even their lives were different from each other. There was differences between classes of women. There were upper class women and lower class women. The upper class were carefully raised and well-educated. On the other hand, lower class were working very hard and treated with no respect or…

The Crucible, by Arthur Miller is a place in which concentrated forces interact to cause or influence change of development , it is fixated on the Salem witch trials. Although the witch trials is the main aspect of the play , other topics should be looked upon as well. For example two characters in the book, John and Elizabeth Proctor. John and Elizabeth Proctor are a married couple going through a lot of difficulties on their commitment to each other. In Act I, Elizabeth is not present,…

were free to do what they wanted in the north. It was then she realized that only in the south were the blacks treated harshly. The beginnings of the book, The Help, was started through this concept. The idea of her book was surrounded by her own housemaid. Although Stockett felt unsure about writing a book on inequality, she decided it was for the best. She wanted to give the black people in her town a voice…

It may mean writing a trying essay, preparing for a job interview, or even something as simple as riding a bike. However, in “The Embassy of Cambodia,” Zadie Smith shows readers the real meaning of struggle through the main character, an unpaid housemaid by the name of Fatou. There are many protruding themes in the story, but the most prevalent moral of the story is no matter how many times the big guy may knock one down, they must always get up, and never let him win. In “The Embassy of…

Sara Metheny Mrs. McGovern Pd. 8 11/1/16 Literary Analysis Being human, one is entitled to worry. People fret about grades, money, their belongings, and most importantly their families. Too many, families are their world and will go to extreme measures to keep them from harm. In the story “Once Upon A Time” by Nadine Gordimer, there is a young family who lives in a segregated world. The parents of the young family use many intricate, and quite frankly, dangerous security systems to try to keep…

The Movie Fanny and Alexander (Ingmar Bergman), lays a lot of focus on questioning religion and art. Religion and art are portrayed mainly through the conflicts between the family households in the movie. In this paper I am going to be analyzing the dynamics of the two main family households, the Ekdahls and the Bishop’s. I will be looking at how the families are represented cinematically—what the contrasts are within the different aspects of mise-en-scene, the characters’ stories and the acting…

Wuthering Heights , by Emily Bronte, is a novel of love, deceit, and revenge. Catherine Earnshaw loves Heathcliff, but marries Edgar Linton instead. The story’s narrator Ellen Dean, a housemaid, describes Catherine as dramatic and manipulative. She believes Catherine uses her emotions as a ploy to get her way. Catherine's husband Edgar would disagree. In his eyes Catherine uses her intellect and emotions to prove a point, but these emotions at times do alarm him. Both Ellen and Edgar believe…

Amelia Sedley is presented as the ideal Victorian woman which may be perceived differently to today’s values. Thackeray’s lengthy introduction to Amelia signifies her merit, deeming her worthy to be talked about. The direct contrast against the non-existent positive adjectives about Becky is prominent due to the endless list describing Amelia and how she has a “delightful sweetness” as well as Miss Pinkerton’s “happiness and honour” in presenting her. This positive portrayal from Miss Pinkerton…

For instance, women have no privilege when it comes to the Igbo society, because women are considered weak and unhelpful. This lack of support that the women have signifies how they have to be a housemaid, and only act as a house support rather than a worker. When it states: “the law of Umuofia is that of a woman runs away from her husband her bride-price is returned”(Achebe 92). This extract indicates how women are treated with no respect, and especially…

deceit. According to Melanie Anne Phillips, “The fabrication of lies is what accelerates the objective story forward”(Phillips). In an event that occurs before the play, John Proctor, the main character, has an affair with Abigail Williams, his housemaid at the time, thus betraying his wife, Elizabeth. In the beginning of the play, Abigail is being questioned about calling the Devil when she finally says that Tituba, a resident slave, did it. The audience knows that Tituba did not call the Devil…