Essays on Sisters

In her 2010 publication of Shanghai Girls, Lisa See provides her readers with a tale based on the perfect combination of two themes: immigration and culture. Pearl and May, two Chinese sisters residing in Shanghai, “the Paris of Asia,” create the center of the storyline that sees them move from China to the United States amidst a lot of political turmoil that wrecks havoc in both countries. Now, at the commencement of the novel, Pearl, the narrator, and her sister May enjoy the life of calendar models in Shanghai, but they lose their apparent autonomy when their father forces ...

Lady Macbeth is an interesting character, no matter how she is staged, or how she is read. The changes in the way she reacts – going from a seemingly confident woman who herself urges her husband to shore up his courage in the face of what he has to do, to someone who wavers more and more, until finally she kills herself – are a challenge to stage in a realistic manner. The weird sisters are said to be the three fates which appear in Greek and Roman mythology, though how much they are so is up for debate. There is ...

I have been given the task and privilege of directing the film Macbeth, (Macbeth) and the essay will examine many aspects of the play including the main characters, personalities, themes as well as the important incidents in the film and the historical background. I have chosen Lady Macbeth as the main character for discussion. The 2010 film, saw Macbeth as Stalin and the weird sisters or witches were portrayed as nurses and then cooks. It was filmed in an abbey which retained some of the original scenes of Shakespeare’s play. The 2010 film starred Patrick Steward as Macbeth ...

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Desirable Daughters is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee that seeks to illustrate the intricate relations that exist between the Indian caste system and the Western experiences of the immigrants in an effort towards reconciling the world views regarding the feminist gap between the two cultures. In a bid to reveal the intricacies of the caste system in India, Mukherjee delves deeper into the nature of three sisters in the novel and the circumstances they find themselves as they try to fit in different societies. From the outset, it is worth noting that the three sisters from Calcutta belong to ...

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A complete and thorough health assessment can help in the correct diagnosis (Dingman, 1941). According to a famous saying “A case well taken is half solved”. A well taken case should include complete description of the patient’s mental, physical and social well being. Mere jotting down of physical signs and symptoms may not give the true picture of a disease. As every patient is a different individual, thorough case taking is required in order to establish the individuality of the patient. Many features of the patients may have a role to play in his or her health, therefore, ...

1. The book begins with a historical portrait of Ruth McBride Jordan. The author reveals that Ruth has had some name changes. Explain each name change and its significance. The change of Ruth’s name indicates the changes that she has undergone since her birth. She was born in Poland as Rachel Dwanra Zylska and as the name indicates she was born into an orthodox Jewish family. The first name change happens in her second year when her family immigrates to America. It is here that she gets her second name Rachel Deborah Zylska, which was ‘an American version ...

The Japanese term ‘shojo’/‘shoujo’ is translated to English as ‘a girl’ or ‘a young girl’ (Anime-Planet, “Shoujo Anime”). The word is widely accepted in Japan in purpose of one anime genre’s description. This word is in use when we talk about Shojo culture – genre of Japanese art of animation with the young girls as the main characters in manga comics and anime movies. Shojo culture was created at the beginning of the previous century and it went through some changes from its beginning. Shojo art pieces might be based on the fantasy or reality; some are ...

Beth Helen's crime of the heart narrates the story of three Magrath girls, Babe, Meg, and Lenny. The story is surrounded by a sad aura, which forces the sisters to depict their complicated relationship of love and resentment. The plot is based on the sisters showing love, conflict, and reconciliation with each other given the circumstances each of them finds themselves. At the beginning of the play, Meg has just shot her husband, and Lenny celebrates her thirtieth birthday alone in the kitchen with a candle and a cookie. Meg is also seen making many wishes about her aspiration ...

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Racism refers to the act of distinguishing the superiority or otherwise of members belonging to a particular race and discriminating them based on their appearance and perceived characteristics. Depending on the language and the characters that writers choose to use while writing stories, a text may propagate racism by including characters that reflect certain races as inferior while also portraying other characters perceived as representing other races as superior. Accordingly, the manner in which scholars portray racism in their stories may differ from one’s personal prejudices to the period when the story was written. Ultimately, the extent of ...

Teenage boys may feel that girls are aliens, because they seem different, but in Neil Gaiman’s short Sci-Fi story, “How to talk to girls at parties”, the girls really are from another planet. The author humorously recounts the experience of two teenage boys, Vic and Enn, whose lack of experience around girls and nascent sexuality, cause them to ignore the visible signs that the girls they meet at a party are not from this world. Throughout the story, Enn, from whose perspective the story is told, is so focused on trying to talk to the girls he meets ...

Fairy tales lure children with their simple and easy to understand style and magic in the story.

The common character in any fairy tale is an imaginary being with magical powers. For Example, in “the Cinderella” story, the protagonist, Cinderella gets gold dress and jewelry out of the blue from the fairy godmother in one version or the tree near her mother’s grave in another version of the story. These supernatural powers do not represent the real world. Inculcating this false view of the world through fictional fantasy in children, who are very impressionable in the young ages, causes insidious harm to them. Instead of fostering spirit of scientific thinking, they are doing the exact ...

Food is one of the most important things that represent a culture. One can see how does one nation function through food, the way of their life and their variety in everything, not only in food preparation. A movie, “Babette`s Feast“explores the ways in which food brings people together and connects two different worlds: the cruel life of two sisters in the far North and Babette, a young French woman who fled Paris. In this way, food can be seen as the central media that connects two different cultures. Before Babette arrived in the remote and lonely ...

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Christina Rossetti’s poem, “Goblin Market,” is allegorical in the sense that it is an extended metaphor in which key social fears of the period are expressed. Rossetti sets her characters against the lures of the world, which in this case are represented by the goblin men and their fruit. Children are voyeurs who are always analyzing and watching. Rossetti features two main children characters and contrasts their response to the lures. Against these lures or temptations, Laura succumbs, while Lizzie is headstrong. One may argue that the poet uses character foils to contrast the characters, Lizzie and Laura. ...

Adolescent pregnancy is one family planning issue that is being addressed by initiatives under the Healthy People 2020. Adolescent or teen pregnancy is defined as pregnancy in females aged 19 years or younger (UMMC, 2011). Baseline figures show that in 2005, there were 40.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 15 and 17 years old and 116.2 pregnancies for every 1,000 girls between 18 and 19 years old (ODPHP, 2016). This issue needs to be addressed because of the physical, social, and economic consequences to young girls, their children, their families, and society. Teens have a higher ...

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Marie Curie: Being a physicist and a chemist, I discovered the elements polonium and radium. It brought me two Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry; thus, on my own example, I proved that women can be great scientists. I was born in Warsaw, Poland and was the youngest of three older sisters and a brother. Both of my parents were educators and insisted that my sisters and I, as well as my brothers, get a school education. I managed to graduate from high school first in my group at the age of 15. Even though, I intended to attend ...

In the English-speaking cinematography, 1995 was the year of Jane Austen. As if trying to celebrate the 220th anniversary of the writer, who since the 20th century became to some extent even a cult figure, the filmmakers created just three versions of her novels “Sense and Sensibility”, “Pride and Prejudice” and “Emma”. I like the Jane Austen’s creativity and read almost all her books. I saw a lot of different adaptations of the book “Pride and Prejudice”, and by and large I like all of them. After seeing the film adaptation of “Sense and Sensibility”, directed by Ang ...

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“Song of Solomon” is the third novel written by Toni Morrison and is a very remarkable and rich piece of fiction. Its power lies not only in the representation of African Americans century but also the author’s insistence on the necessity of healing the alienated and broken protagonist, Milkman Dead. His journey to the recognition of the cultural past can be viewed in the context of the mythic quest, as he follows it, first for gold, and then for knowledge about his ancestry. Significantly, in the novel, the writer employs classical myths, specifically that of Icarus and the ...

Fryderyk Chopin, also known as the poet of piano, was an amazing composer and virtuoso pianist. He played in various genres and his compositions were music to the ears in both meanings. Even the shortest compositions have people listening to them over and over again. Fryderyk Chopin was born on the 1st of March in 1810 in Warsaw. He mostly wrote for the solo piano and gained popularity throughout the whole world as a leading musician of the Romantic era. Chopin was born and raised in a family of four children, his mother was Polish and his father was ...

In the following work we are going to analyze two video clips representing child’s development in the symbolic social environment. The action in the first video clip, “Cats and Dogs,” takes place in the preschool classroom. There are three girls participating in the play. They use the classroom environment as the environment of their play. However, none of the furniture in the room is used for their actions, they imitate all the things that they are and they are going to use. The girls do not use any additional material for their play either, they just decide which ...

In King Lear Shakespeare demonstrates the consequences of our actions in the in a few ways. In the first act King Lear, who is old wants to divide his kingdom between his daughters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. He decides that he will give out portions of land according to who loves him the best “Which of you shall we say doth love us most?/ That we our largest bounty may extend? Where nature doth with merit challenge” (Shakespeare I.I. 50-52). Both Regan and Goneril are more than willing to profess their love for him even though they are lying. ...

Kim Kardashian in Public Eye

Celebrity has become a staple in households. The big growth in social media platforms, reality shows and mobile applications – all has made celebrity news and gossip more common at home, school and workplace. In sharing entertaining information (aka infotainment) users of social media and viewers of TV reality shows compete in sharing and spreading celebrity news and information. In recent years, Kim Kardashian – and her sisters – has emerged as power on social media platforms and TV among all age segments. This rise is partly justified by reasons related to rise of social media, partly by how Kardashian sells her ...

Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch is a delightful comedy based in the year of 1981. A play on words, not only is the character Courtney Coleman (Jenna Morris) getting hitched that day, her ex-boyfriend shows up causing a slight hitch in the day. The dynamic between her straight-laced fiancé Harper (Conor Farrell) and her free spirited, Jack Karouac loving ex-boyfriend Ryan (Brian Heaton) as well as her straight-laced parents creates a wonderful comedy. The play group was excellent, bringing together impeccable acting, fun scenic designs and appropriate costuming to produce a thoroughly entertaining two-act play. It is little ...

Until its cancellation on August 14, 2014, the filming of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo took place in McIntyre, Georgia. The reality show revolved around the life of Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, her parents, and three teenage sisters. Before cancellation, the show aired four seasons and for that reason, its popularity is evident. This post focuses on the fifth and sixth episode of the show’s third season. Foremost, there is an abundance of ignorant behavior in Here Comes Honey Bo Boo where the subjects struggle with the English language. Throughout the watched episodes, there were many subtitles ...

Book Review Pride and Prejudice

Historical and cultural context of Pride and Prejudice One of the cultural change that occurred during Jane Austen’s lifetime was the expanding of literacy and print culture in England. By the year 1800, most of the people either in the middle class or above could read. The novel Pride and prejudice by Jane Austen has been a very popular novel since its original publication. It has attracted wide coverage in reviews across different members of the society. From the literally reviews, academic, novelists and general public readers. The novel has sold more than 20 million copies since the ...

The speech was delivered by Martin Luther King Junior in 1967 at a meeting of the clergy, who had concerns about the Vietnam War. The speech by King was terse and with love. King and other members of the clergy had watched the Vietnam War for decades and had grown tired of it. As men of God, the members of the clergy felt it was their moral obligation to speak up. Admittedly, they felt that their silence towards was a form of betrayal to the human race and God Himself. To shun such a feeling, they decided to channel ...

Play Review

Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to take in a showing of the play, “In the Time of Butterflies. Written by talented playwright, Caridad Svich, the performers and all involved did a splendid job bring the ideas of the play to life. Though butterflies are not known for their ability to stay in one place for long, the memory of the play will live for a very long time in my mind’s eye. “In the Time of Butterflies,” is actually a stage translation of a novel written in 1994 by Julia Alvarez. The novel, sharing the same ...

Article Analysis

The cries of the goblin merchants give the story its haunting quality. Lizzie is more sensible than Laura, so she is more protective when it comes to heeding the cries, and she ends up protecting Laura.

Repeating Lizzie’s warnings over and over again provides an “aural lesson” for the reader, as well as for Laura.

There is some disagreement as to whether the nature of the cries is local in context or provides a larger comment about the class war. Rossetti’s poem is somewhere between the sounds of the streets around her and the literary evocations of that city that transform sounds into words. London had a reputation for being filled with a huge array of noises ...

“Macbeth” is one of the bloodiest tragedies by Shakespearean and has everything. The essay discusses the character of Lady Macbeth in the movie "Macbeth” which is a good adaptation of the play. In the movie, Lady Macbeth looks stately, elegant and poised. She speaks very softly and in a controlled manner. She is charming and completely devoted to her husband. She is shown to be innocent and victimized when she gets involved in the murder plot. The objectives the chosen character are to make sure Macbeth is king. Her obstacles are that in order to complete her ambition, she ...

Sexism in sports

Over the years, it has been observed that there is inequality in sports. This fact has prompted many people to research on the matter. The research shows that gender inequality began from the history of the universe. Gender inequality in sports has been depicted in several books and TV programs. An example is sexing the body written by Anne Fausto-Sterling. In the first chapter, the book discusses how people's notion of sexuality and gender is based on social construct (Fausto-Sterling). This fact can be observed from the way women are treated in the society. There are some cultures, which ...

Visual analysis

Work IdentificationTwo Princesses Reign: reign of Akhenaten Medium: Limestone, paint Geography: From Egypt (Two Princesses 2016).Introduction Pharaoh Akhenaten (1349-1332 BCE) ruled under the name Amenhotep IV and his entire reign is referred to as “the Amarna Period” as stated by Williamson (1). Amarna Tablets are significantly preserved documents that display the diplomatic relations between New Kingdom Egypt and the ancient Near East. The work selected for analysis in the essay, the relief of Two Princesses belongs to the Amarna Period. Thesis The aim of the essay is to depict the relief of “Two Princesses, New Kingdom. Amarna Period “, ...

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In the contemporary world the use of new media, and in particular social media, has become an essential need in the society. Social media include Web sites that allow social interaction such as social networking sites like MySpace, Twitter, Facebook; gaming sites such as Second Life and Club Penguin; video sites such as Vimeo and YouTube; and blogs. Such sites have provided a fertile ground for communication and entertainment especially for the teenagers and the young adults. According to the prevailing studies, 75 percent of the teenagers are in possession of cell phones, and 25 percent utilizes them on ...

In the case of López Ostra v. Spain (Council of Europe), Lopez lodged an application seeking protection of fundamental rights. Lopez had tried to engage the municipal authority in search of a solution to the nuisance and risks posed by the waste-treatment plant. However, the municipal authorities maintained a passive attitude. This prompted Lopez to seek the intervention of the court. In her application, Lopez complained that the industries operating within the vicinity of her residence were not only unlawfully interfering with her home but also her ability to enjoy peace of it. To her, this constituted a ...

The XIX century was a period when there were some profound societal, political and economic transformations in the USA. Some of the movements such as abolitionism or women’s suffrage would not have been successful, if there had not been strong advocates in the civil society. One of such figures was Angelina Grimke, who was White, but the racial issues did not stop her from participating in the public debate concerning slavery and women’s rights. Her activity was unconventional for the mid-XIX century and it is important to investigate why her name should be written in the U.S. ...

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This paper focuses on the teaching project that the writer conducted on some 5-7 year old kindergartens who are in their preoperational stage. It will go over the characteristics of preoperational stage, and some theories related to it. Lastly, it will compare and contrast the preoperational stage with the middle childhood or those in the fourth grade who are from 9 to 10 years of age, who were the center of the previous activity. In the end, it will be evident that the preoperational stage is a very significant stage when it comes to growth and development, as this ...

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Bella and Luke – Chapter 1: Bella p.5 Bella and Luke – Chapter 2: Luke p.6 Bella and Luke – Chapter 3: Bella and Luke pp.7-9 Explanation of plot summary and choices pp.10-12 Introduction For this assignment I have chosen topic number 2; “Write your own version of the Cinderella story, structuring your re-telling around the element(s) of the story that seem most significant or interesting to you. You can tell the story from the point of view of one of the characters or use third person narration. Think carefully about what specific aspects of the story you decide to emphasise ...

Two sisters is a debut novel by Mary Hogan. It narrates a story that centers on Muriel who always felt as an outsider in her own family. Her parents only want to have two children but, somehow, she is born as the third child in the family. However, Muriel learns to overcome the doubts and insecurities that exist in her family. The punishment was authored by Rabindranath Tagore. The setting is in India, and the story revolves around two hardworking brothers who both had wives. Giribala is a short story by an Indian prolific writer by the name Mahasweta ...

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Marine oil business involves transport of oil or using marine means, either oceanic or by sea for sale or purchase at their destination. Most of the marine vessels that transport oil move in large numbers called a fleet. Aristotle Onassis and Stavros Niarchos once owned the two largest fleets of oil tankers in private hands. The fleets transported over five billion full gallons of crude oil. Thereafter, both of them became almost immeasurably wealthy and powerful. Of course, they continued to reinvest and carried on with their brotherly rivalry. They raced to outdo each other both in real estate ...

One of the many Disney princess movies that I enjoyed while growing up was “Cinderella.” When watching the film again for the class assignment I observed the movie with a different perspective than I did as a child. This time, watching the movie I analyzed my response to the movie through what emotions and sensations it brought forth in me. There were definitely moments of the film that were inspiring as I watched Cinderella overcome her struggles. Aside from being inspired by Cinderella’s perseverance, I was deeply disturbed by the horrific manner in which the step-mother behaves and ...

Once upon a time, long ago, in a kingdom far and away, there lived a beautiful young maiden by the name of Anna. This is her remarkable story: Anna’s mother died when she was an infant. Her father, being nearly destitute at the time, married a wealthy widow, by the name of Hagatha. Hagatha had two daughters from a previous marriage. Their names were Dorcas and Hortense. When Anna was ten years old, her father passed away from a sudden illness. Having no other relatives to care for her, Anna was forced to live with her step-mother and ...

Question: Briefly describe the culture identified in the novel.

Julia Alvarez’s book, How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents, is story of four sisters growing up in two different cultures. The story depicts the Dominican Republic's culture that the four sisters were used to compared to the new American culture that they had to adopt when they went to the United States (Alvarez, 1991). In their motherland, the Garcia girls had a life of luxuries in the Dominican aristocracy based on the family structure, where social status was determined by family ties (Alvarez, 1991). Women preferred a life of leisure and refinement that was entitled to the ...

Domestic violence in extreme cases can lead to loss of life. In most cases, women suffer the most from abusive husbands and boyfriends. The film “Provoked” redefines provocation in domestic abuse. In the movie, the judiciary system is called upon to evaluate its judgement on provocation and murder. This paper seeks to critically reflect on the significance of the film “Provoked” as it relates to the treatment of women’s issues and the role of the justice system. It explores how the ultimate goal of seeking prosecution can in the long run deny individuals justice. At the center of “ ...

Final Assignment

Final Assignment

Question 1: 10 Tips for Changing Health Behavior in Older Adults (Haber, 2013)

One of the challenges regarding this tip is the lack of motivation by the older adult to adopt the new behavior. Overcoming this challenge will require enhanced understanding of the positive implications or outputs of the new behavior, thus, motivation to adopt the new behavior by the target audience. For example, in case of weight loss behavior, I would consider highlighting diseases, which associate with obesity to motivate the older adults on the need to overcome or prevent such diseases.

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One of the challenges regarding this tip is overstating ambitious goals, which might be beyond capabilities of ...

In the world of Jane Austen adaptations, Joe Wright’s 2005 film Pride and Prejudice proves itself incredibly innovative in its approach. Prior attempts at adapting Austen works, including Pride, focus on a clean-cut, ornate and incredibly stately world of Victorian England, with upper-class characters spending the entire film in eloquent settings and speaking in decidedly unapproachable manners. Wright, along with screenwriter Deborah Moggach, eschew this aesthetic in order to provide their adaptation of Pride and Prejudice with a more casual, approachable take on the classic Jane Austen romance, complete with a greater emphasis on naturalism, grit and approachability. ...

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This novel revolves around kitchen, and its contextual interpretation is in the Mexican society. The recipe was a major element to the Mexican kitchen, and it signified the life endeavors in this society. The thesis of this essay is a discussion on various attributes of the Mexican kitchen through the ailing Mama Elena, her three daughters and the surrounding love inferno between Tita and Pedro in the contextual ranch setup. 1. What was the general interpretation of this novel, and what impacts did it have? ( what conversations did it start or what understanding did the book generally bring to ...

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The Dubliner collection is an assortment of narratives by James Joyce, which he compiled at the tender age of only twenty-three years. The collection is composed of literary, influential and revolutionary stories covering different aspects of politics, and even social matters. The Dubliners is characterized by different themes. These issues revolve around terrorizing moments experienced by characters. The themes connected to death or mortality as referred in the text, includes suffering, isolation, and disappointments. These topics take on physical, mental, political and even spiritual anguish. The authors explain that the affected individuals are to some extent responsible for what ...