This occurs as Edna is under a social duty to receive visitors on Tuesdays. This reception day is to greet visitors and maintain business relations for the Pontelliers. Edna refuses to follow these standards and to be a good housewife. As the novel states it: “en bonne ménagère.” This use of French diction not only gives the reader an…
The Pope’s Daughter: The Extraordinary Life of Felice della Rovere is the perfect blend of a scholarly read and a sensational history novel. Caroline Murphy did a fantastic job of the telling the life story of Felice della Rovere. Murphy’s book shows how a Renaissance woman achieved great power and respect by not birthright but by working for it. Felice della Rovere was the daughter of “The Warrior Pope” Julius II, and by definition, illegitimate. Julius did not want to be associated with the…
ladies seem to love me, Along with the crucial critics. Not only I am the best actor to be, I am also a very great father With two beautiful baby twins And a successful husband. Elton John performed at our rarefied reception. I mean who has the successful British rocker at their wedding? Well, me. My fame cannot hold me back. The awards seem to never end With 43 nominations And 17 wins. It is obvious I am the best. Despite my success I am different from the rest. Something sets me apart. And…
The Wedding Going to my dad's wedding was fun and I had a great time. I had a really fun time at his wedding reception. They played really cool music, and everyone danced together. At first, I was nervous about going, but I’m glad I did. I sat next to my brother, and sister. We arrived late because the car didn’t start. My dad was very happy when we got home. The best part of the wedding was the cake. The wedding cake was big, pink, and blue. I still have the dress, shoes, and hat from the…
Shakespeare’s play, The Taming of the Shrew, not only entertains an audience, but it also demonstrates typical gender roles. In the play, there are women who conform to society’s gender roles and there are women who challenge those roles. Even though there are women who obey, those women may not believe the roles are accurate. Bianca begins the play following society’s rules, but later shows her true feelings about how she should behave. On the other hand, her sister Katherina and a widow both…
be home during Christmas and the New Year. Elizabeth, 23, changed jobs and now works for Northwestern Mutual in La Crosse. But that was not her biggest change….She became Elizabeth Luttenegger. We had a wonderful summer wedding at Riverside Park and equally wonderful reception at our church in Onalaska. Aaron and Elizabeth were driven to the church in a yellow 1929 (right date?) Model A. Her husband, Aaron, is completing his last year at Viterbo University, majoring in sociology. He is also…
life and of society. They impose strict regulations on businesses and on the family life. Many times denying women and minorities to be a part of public life. This is all seen as a way to take control. In both Camus’ The Plague and Lorca’s Blood Wedding we see the way fascism and traditional values have an influence on the novels. The Plague starts of with the…
BOOK REVIEW J.ASWIN KUMAR E.no:U101113FBT003 Whitney, My love Judith McNaught WHITNEY, MY LOVE is a romance of misdirection that will leave any reader breathless until the final pages. The first successful novel by the Author Judith M’Naught in 1985.Being unaware of the rules that most of the romance books followed she had her unique way of introducing the…
goofball, Alex quickly realized that he had mistakenly heard bees when he was instructed to obtain beets for the beet throwing contest. It soon became apparent that the bees would not do for throwing, and that they were extremely aggressive, so the reception was moved elsewhere. After some more partying, the bride and groom could finally kiss. It was the moment they'd all been waiting for. The kiss was fairly underwhelming, but that was the least of their concerns as at the moment of the kiss,…
What Lasts Won’t Come Easy “One Hero died when she was slandered, but I am alive.” By contrast, Claudio and Hero, are interminable lovers but Don John is deceiving. He looked to create problems and found it when he gave people false information which lead to Hero getting publicly slandered, leading to her being disowned and punished to death. In Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Hero serves as Claudio’s love, by which their similarities brought them close, yet their differences…