A Dream In Sandra Cisneros 'A Smart Cookie'

The "An embarrassing word, broken to bits" shows that she could be restricted, lacking freedom. The first main idea of the poem would be on Duffy’s religious perspective and imagery describing the women’s superficial talk and behavior during her period. The first stanza can be seen representing women 's being inhibited by social conventions during the 60s, Although this was not explicit as she was writing this poem at that time. Since women at that time would be going around shopping and buying

This setting emits vibes of isolation. The impact of a loss identity is ongoing: individuals can suppress their thoughts and lose their ability to express themselves. The idea of an unwritten letter is proven through this idea, as there are individuals who wish to guide those who have experienced a loss of their identity. Unfortunately, trust is difficult to form and it can be impossible for others to assist those who have no

But fare thee well, most foul, most fair. Farewell, Thou pure impiety and impious purity. For thee I’ll lock up all the gates of love And on my eyelids shall conjecture hang, To turn all beauty into thoughts of harm, And never shall it more be gracious.” This is what happen when Hero and Claudio didn’t communicate with each other.

By using a paradox, and the inversion of this paradox, connotation, and denotation, Dickinson is able to show the fact that people who are mad may actually be the people who have any sort of sense and challenges the constructs of the society she lives in. Though short in length, the poem carries a certain gravity that pulls the reader in. The speaker starts with a paradox: “Much Madness is Divinest Sense --“(line 1). The speaker gets to the point and does not use fancy words to describe it all.

Author Stieg Larsson once wrote, “Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.” In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, each characters have a flaw that are used against their circumstances. Very rarely does a character in this story thought about the consequences of their actions before they did something, resulting in devastating outcomes. Granted, the main characters of the story have a noticeable weakness that contributes to their tragic ends. Romeo and Juliet both have a fatal flaw of being too impulsive when it comes to love and decisions.

During those times, anybody with even a slight hint of a weakness was a victim to prejudice. Candy, Crooks; Curley’s wife. That fact that you were old, disabled, black or even just a woman was your ‘weakness’. It started a long path of hate, lies, deceit and sadness. But in some points in the novella, Steinbeck twists aspects of the Great Depression, and morphs them into similar yet impactful versions of his own.

She symbolizes evil in the sense that she is born through sin and therefore she represents the punishment that God inflicts on Hester's adulterous act. Pearl also symbolizes the guilt that her parents are experiencing. She defies the puritans' law by being cheerful when she is associating with nature instead of suffering. Another way in which pearl symbolizes punishment is the fact that she keeps pestering and bothering her mother. “‘Hold thy peace, dear little Pearl!’

Her greed for food causes her to make egotistic decisions which may be the reason for her death later on in the tale. Hansel and Gretel are faced with temptation when they come across the witch’s house deep in the forest, “[t]he old woman had only pretended to be so kind… she was a wicked witch who waylaid children and had built her house out of bread to entice them” (145). It is their temptation that leads them into a precarious situation, which almost brings them to their death. The children find a particular temptation in not the foods that are the most filling, but those that are the sweetest, something to question when they claim to be so hungry: “‘I’ll take a piece of the roof. You Gretel, had better take some of the window; it’s sweet.’”

It is said, “Some people create their own storms, then get upset when it rains”. This statement implies that some people create their own problems and then are confused when it all comes back to cause them distress. It proves accurate in the notion that when others are selfish, their very own actions can, in some instances, cause increasingly worse situations than what they were complaining of. This belief is one of the most predominant themes in the three texts that are being referred to in this essay. In “The Necklace,” “The Scarlet Ibis,” and “The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind,” the consequence of the characters’ selfishness lead to their eventual demise.

This grandmother is proven to be unsympathetic with the use of manipulation, sneakiness, dishonesty, and unconcerned with her family’s well-being. Throughout the beginning of the short story, the grandmother begins to show manipulation and sneakiness. She wants everything to be her way and to achieve that,

The use of enjambment, 'Zest and love/ drained out with soapy water ' emphasises the reality of motherhood and that her passion in life is slowly disappearing. Harwood highlights the fact that motherhood could put one into poverty when she says '[she will make] tasty dishes from stale bread. ' This also emphasises the difficult circumstances that she is experiencing. The use of enjambment, 'a pot/ boils over ' creates a discordant tone, making the readers feel there are many domestic duties that are required of mothers at the one time. Her life as an artistic

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The main theme throughout The Bonesetter 's Daughter is the importance of communication in relationships, and how without communication, relationships suffer. Tan shows us this in several different ways, through: Mothers, daughters and spouses. She shows us how concealing our past, feelings and intentions lead to misinterpretations of actions and the weakening of relationships. Tan focuses mainly on mother daughter relationships, and how damaging miscommunication is to both mother and daughter and their relationship.

Isolation is a dangerous thing. It can push us into thinking very pessimistically, which can lead us into doing harmful actions. As Miguel de Unamuno once said, “isolation is the worst possible counselor.” In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper the narrator is portrayed as psychotic as a result of solidarity; this shows us the dangerous effects of complete isolation.

Brains or Brawn by-Kodi Haskew Why exactly do we run? We all have a reason to run, whether it's because we want to or some other reason. How do you know you want to run? You think about what you want to do which requires a brain, which also requires knowledge. Therefore I believe thinking (brains) is definitely more important (in matters of reaching your success) than brawn.

The "Dream"-- "...perfect houses with nice lawns. It is memorial day cookouts, block associations, and driveways." (pg. 11) -- simple actions and ideologies based in the ignorance of those who believe they can do no wrong. Coates uses the "Dream" to depict the consequences of the unrecognized effects of passive racism, and the rationalization of white supremacist's actions through the eyes of those who bow down to the ideas pushed into their head by society's ever long traditions. He uses the "Dream" as a metaphor for the status obtained by privileged individuals, and the belief that those with privilege are entitled to have it simply by nature.