Batting Clean-Up And Striking Out Analysis

Although she admired Pope she argued, “nor education a practical solution: wisdom makes women envious and men resentful” She argued that education of women was not the main problem with the way men think of women and why women had to use their “virtues” to gain security. She writes, “Till mighty Hymen lifts his sceptred rod, and sinks her glories with a fatal nod, dissolves her triumph, sweeps her charms away, and turns the goddess to her native clay.” She notes that women can only rely on beauty and charm for so long; once they are gone,

Both women turn against each other when it comes to a man, which is something that women in both literature and reality have been stereotyped to do. This scene shows how ignorant that stereotype is because it can be clearly seen both of these women would be respected in society and are probably well educated, so they would be able to work out their differences in a more civilized manner. The second stereotype they represent is that of a man hating feminists. The two women join together against the men, and begin making comments about how cowardly all men are. This makes it seem as though they think that they are better than men.

In “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” Giovanni sees and becomes interested in Beatrice who has a poisonous touch that prevents them from truly being together. Hawthorne creates similar characters in these two short stories to state that women are pure, flaws are human, and the flaws have motives of their own. A main theme in Hawthorne’s works is women are pure. This is the case for these two short stories as Georgiana and Beatrice both listen intently to their male counterparts and lack the flaws that the men in their stories contain. Georgiana is supportive of her husband’s decision to attempt to rid her of her birthmark and even as she questions it, she ponders the happiness it would bring

Cope she always changes the subject to something cheerful and is always proud of how she handles herself. This shows that she is impressed with herself and her abilities. Another character is Ms. May from the story “Greenleaf” is that she is envious of her sons because their productive and she has no satisfaction from them. She is described as someone who is selfish and bitter and who blames others for her problems. She shows arrogance by not taking responsibility for herself.

We’ve all been cocky about something in our lives at some point, but being arrogant is a different story. Being cocky is when you’re overconfident, but arrogance is when you see yourself superior to everyone. In the short stories Raymond’s Run and A&P the authors examine arrogance, cockiness and contempt and how the main characters resolve conflict. Squeaky, the main character in Raymond’s Run, shows cockiness rather than arrogancy. However, the main character of A&P, Sammy, is arrogant because he thinks that everyone is below him and has a bad thing to say about everyone.

Although the careless, suicidal Julian English inAppointment in Samarra and the careless, incurably dishonest Jordan Baker inThe Great Gatsby seem equally improbable candidates for self-respect, Jordan Baker had it, Julian English did not. With that genius for accommodation more often seen in women than in men, Jordan took her own measure, made her own peace, avoided threats to that peace: “I hate careless people,” she told Nick Carraway. “It takes two to make an accident.” Like Jordan Baker, people with self-respect have the courage of their mistakes. They know the price of things. If they choose to commit adultery, they do not then go running, in an access of bad conscience, to receive absolution from the wronged parties; nor do they complain unduly of the unfairness, the undeserved embarrassment, of being named corespondent.

In Sophocles’ Antigone, the antagonist, Creon is a foil to the protagonist, Antigone. Creon is also considered a flat character due to the fact we do not know much about said character. Antigone would be considered a round character because we know much about her ideals, personality, and defining traits. The contrast between these two characters is great, (and two masks will be used to compare them). Antigone is the perfect example of a protagonist, yet the opposite of ordinary in Roman society for she is loyal, headstrong, yet loving.

Finally, Trumbo belittles the reader by saying, “I know the truth and you don’t you fools. You fools you fools you fools...” (232). The repetition mixed in with the pronoun “you” ingrains the message that Trumbo is speaking to the reader and not in a positive way. No one wants to be called a fool, but people tend to believe things more easily if they are spoken directly to. In this case, both the second person and repetition cause the reader to feel at fault for their supposed stupidity and horrid actions.

Since George had so many handicaps and Hazel had none, the two were constantly jealous of each other. This jealousy created unhappiness to an extent that defeated the original purpose of attempting total equality, to make everyone happy. As well, the fact that certain people have to deal with the pain caused by the handicaps creates another type of inequality, where they live a much more strenuous life in order to be considered ‘equal.’ The society that has been designed to be completely and totally equal in “Harrison Bergeron,” proves that it is impossible for every single person to be equal in every possible

When Sarah’s suitcases are destroyed in a brawl, she becomes passive, while the men are cheering. Furthermore, the clothes Sarah is wearing are decorative and clean, which is a stereotypic belief of women’s attention to appearance as opposed to the men’s functional clothing, though this could be explained by the cultural differences exposed in the film. Over the course of the film, Sarah changes from a challenge-seeking aristocrat into a mother figure to Nullah. The generalization that women are better caretakers of children than men is presented by Drover after Nullah’s mother has died: “He needs motherin’ … and you're a woman, so, go on, get down there.“ Sarah Ashley states she is not good with children but follows Drover’s judgement, maintaining the gender order