Widow

Many people don’t know that black widow spiders used to not have red hour glasses on their backs. That marking is all thanks to a women named Chira. Chira was a very well known baker in ancient Athens. Everyone loved her food and they often complimented her on the bread she made. She was married to a man named Acacius. Acacius had been gifted by Ares and was given great battle skills and courage. He had been called to fight in the Trojan War. After ten years, he had finally returned. When he arrived, everyone was proud of him and excited about his return. Everyone except Chira. She was glad to see him at first. Then as they went around town, he was getting more and more popular. Everyone was saying how great of a warrior he was and how his…

Eliza that no matter how humiliated or betrayed she might feel, Thomas O’Flaherty was an excellent provider” (8). With O’Flaherty being an effective man to provide the essentials for a comfortable life, she would practically be forced to stay with him and then upon his death becoming a widow. Eliza became very wealthy within her widowhood (Toth 9) and “Her grandmother and great-grandmother had been practical Frenchwomen;…

Gordon Grice, an essayist and writer, is caught in a web that is the mystery of the black widow. He himself has been enamored by the widow’s venom, in particular, and how it seems to be more powerful than need be. He reflects on killing widows with his mother and the gravity his mother held while doing so. Putting the powerful venom of the widow in perspective, Grice explains how there is no need for the deathly venom yet it still exists, and he relates this to the evil of the world, how…

As we know, “widow” in China is an attractive word which attracts numerous scholars to study. “Widows in the Kinship, Class, and Community Structures of Qing Dynasty China” is one of these studies written by Susan Mann. In this journal, Susan Mann first came up with the changed concept of chaste widowhood in Qing dynasty and described the measures that Qing court Implemented to encourage chastity of widows. Then the author summarized three facets of widowhood embodied in Qing society, they are…

have some basis in reality. However, this alcohol-fueled satire is not employed purely for the sake of humor: in addition to entertainment, Synge utilizes satire as a tool to exaggerate and deconstruct the stereotypes imposed on peasant class during this time. In this exchange, the interlocutors’ comical indecency both in subject matter and tone completely unravels the gendered perception of 20th century Irish women as domestic, dignified, and gentle Catholic conservatives. This reversal of…

Hindu Widows Culture Values Picture yourself getting married at a young age, to a man you might not even know of. It might not sound too no normal to us but to many Indians it 's quite common. In the movie, Water, by Deepa Mehta, it presents the corruption and abuse on how they treat females in the Hindu civilization. These ladies are known as widows and have to live in misery. A widow is a woman who has lost her spouse by death and has not remarried.They usually are looked down upon, …

for the young with a lessened threat of predators attacking them. If an animal, or animals, are taken from this group, such a mother or a father, then there would be a lesser chance of the young being protected and cared for by the others and the young animal might die. That reduces the amount of that kind of animal in the world and brings them closer to extinction. Some people might say that “Many exotic species don’t take up much space in a home” says Dr. Laurie Hess, Why Choose an Exotic…

Believe it or not black widows are not as fatal as you believe. The black widows venom, mating habits, Appearance, and many other traits make the black widow a unique subject. The widows appearance is an intriguing feature. They are a shiny black in color and usually the males are lighter in color. They have a red hourglass on the underside of their abdomens. The females are larger than the males. As a species they range from three to ten millimeters in size and usually weigh about one gram.…

The artist I chose to write about was Kathe Kollwitz and the art I chose from her to write about is The Widow, from War (1921-22), published in 1923. This piece is in black and white like most of Kollwitz’s pieces. The woman has her head tilted down; she looks sad and possibly depressed. Her hands are worn and rough and one can tell she has worked hard during her life. Her belly is large indicating the woman is pregnant. The title “The Widow” leaves us to believe her husband has passed away.…

First thing's first, I'm the realest, Drop this and let the whole wor… Oh sorry I’ve gotten in the habit of when ever I’m actually doing something, it’s usually just me preforming “Fancy”. These past two years have been a world wind. I’ve released an album and the only song people know is “Fancy”, you already know. You guys know I have other songs, right. And knowing “Black Widow” doesn’t count. I have literally “rapped” “Fancy” for the past two years; any late night show or music festival I…