...Man vs. Woman? When poets decide how they want to express their ideas and opinions, they often use personas, which may or may not be themselves. The main persona in Christopher Marlowe’s poem, “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” makes promises to the intended audience to stay by his side. In contrast, the main persona in Sir Walter Raleigh’s poem, “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” appears to respond to that of Marlowe’s poem in a negative tone. Because of the nature of both poems, Marlowe’s poem has a masculine voice, whereas Raleigh’s poem has a feminine voice. The history of the poem and the way it was written can help decipher whether if the poem was a masculine tone or a feminine tone, or even the each way gender reacts to the idea of courting presently in comparison to how the poets interpreted courting. Both poems were published during the late 17th century and the early 18th century. A critical essay written by Sheri E. Metzger states that “the great Elizabethan lyric sequences typically begin by identifying the poet's mistress as the primary lyric audience” and this quote shows that during the Elizabethan time period many of the lyrics of poems written would refer their mistresses as the audience. Poems were a very popular way of courting members of the opposite sex. Both poems were a way for the poet to show their emotions to their lovers. Marlowe attempted to do this by expressing the many things he had to offer to his love in order for her to come by his side...
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...let’s see how Jehovah earns the title Father. Isaiah 64: 8. K: So Cecily, I’m sure that you have played with clay before right? C: Yep, you can make all kinds of things with clay. K: That’s right and so just like you can create anything out of clay by using your hands to mold and shape it; it’s the same way that Jehovah used his hands or “power” to create all humans. So, since he molded us or made us, he is called our father because he created us. C: Oh yeah, that’s right. I remember reading in the Bible story book about the first humans that Jehovah put on earth Adam and Eve and how he made them out of dust. K: Very good that’s right! So, would your Daddy be here on earth living today if Jehovah God had not created the first human man Adam? C: No, I guess he wouldn’t. K: That’s very good thinking Cecily. So, now let me just share one more scripture with you to help you see why it’s so important for your parents to teach you about Jehovah. Deut 6:6-7. So parents who know about Jehovah are responsible to teach their children about Jehovah also. C: Ohhh, ok. Well, I guess it’s not that much work; besides I like...
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...Walton’s use of Adam as an archetype is essential to his argument because he does not believe Adam and Eve were the first humans. Although I have long believed in Adam as a “representative head”, I find the archetype argument interesting. I think that Walton is correct with his belief that humans have been born sinful since the fall because all participated in sin with Adam. However, I do not believe Adam is an archetype simply because of that. I think that if Adam was not the first man then the discussion of archetype and “representative head” is irrelevant, but if Adam was the original human he is not merely an archetype. Overall, I think that the discussion of archetype vs. representative head has little more than a minimal impact on the argument of Genesis 1-3. In conclusion, Walton’s approach to Genesis 1-3 is “outside the box” and unorthodox. Although I do not agree with many of the things Walton writes, I think that it is good for Christians to try to further understand scripture. Walton’s proposition does not need to be scientific and may be accepted by more people. It is not a salvation issue if one would believe one argument or another, so it does not matter what people choose to believe. I believe that Walton’s book could bring more people to the Word and accepting Jesus which makes it a successful interpretation...
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...Eat Drink Man Woman Anthony Bourdain, an American chef and author of the book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, displays that food is a way of ceasing haggard and pessimistic feelings, and bringing forth true and real emotions through his following quote; “For a moment, or a second, the pinched expressions of the cynical, world-weary, throat-cutting, miserable bastards we've all had to become disappears, when we're confronted with something as simple as a plate of food” (Bourdain, A, 2000). From the viewpoint of communication studies, food has been, and remains to be, a significant representation in our foundation of meaning. Food, as an everyday necessity of social life, is an important aspect to study as it expresses current social studies through distinct relationships of class, education, gender, and sexuality. In addition, the customs of sharing foods and meals have been key in communicative practices in cultures all over the world. In the following paragraphs, the Taiwanese feature film Eat Drink Man Woman, managed and written by well-known director Ang Lee, who also successfully directed movies such as Brokeback Mountain and Hulk, will be analyzed to see how food is constructed and represented in the movie. In the film it is stated by character Jia-Chien that they “communicate by eating” (Lee, A, 1994). This is important because it displays that food is a form of expression and communication, a form that is commonly misunderstood or avoided...
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...someone exclaims, “I have an announcement to make”. With these words, the words that follow initially appear detrimental to the very fabric of the family. When Jia-Chen explains that she is moving out, or when Jia-Jen and Jia-Ning discuss their wishes to marry, Master Chu realizes that just like his sense of taste, his girls are leaving him in his old-age. However, the actions that push the family farther apart ultimately bring them closer together. Eat Drink Man Woman drives home the theme that father knows best. Throughout the film, Chu’s Confucian fatherly figure, for the most part, lacks fluent communication with his daughters; yet, in the end, he exploits the strength of family ties and the importance of verbalizing his love. Even though there may have been both a contrast between his and his children’s attitude towards the dynamics of the family and a distinct separation between their perceptions of being selfish and selfless, Chu elects to redefine himself and his relationship with his daughters. Perhaps Eat Drink Man Woman’s most intriguing attribute is...
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...Immanence vs. Transcendence De Beauvoir uses “immanence” to describe the historic domain assigned to women: a closed-off realm where women are interior, passive, static, and immersed in themselves. “Transcendence” designates the opposing male lot: active, creative, productive, powerful, extending outward into the external universe. Every human life should permit the interplay of these two forces, immanence and transcendence, but throughout history, man has denied woman the transcendent role. In her stage-by-stage description of woman’s “situation,” de Beauvoir shows how women are forced to relinquish their existential right to transcendence and accept a circumscribed, repetitive imprisonment. There is no escape for them except through man, and even this is a dead-end. Man has projects, activities, accomplishments; woman just has man. Nature vs. Nurture De Beauvoir believes that woman’s inferiority in society is a result not of natural differences but of differences in the upbringing of man and woman. Male domination is not inherent or fated but conditioned at every stage of development. De Beauvoir says that “Man learns his power.” By the same token, woman is not born passive, mediocre, or immanent. Rather, she is socialized to believe that proper women must embody these characteristics and, subtly and not subtly, she is conditioned to believe that denying her true self is the only way to achieve happiness and gain acceptance. To bring about substantial changes in...
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...Jim Crow Laws The Jim Crow Laws were based on a popular character who was dressed as an old, decrepit, black man. The laws were created to keep white and black people separated. In To Kill A Mockingbird, white and black people lived separately, but they still interacted with each other. Even though they weren’t exactly segregated, many people didn’t approve of the blacks interacting with them. In the 1870’s a law passed that required the segregation of black and white people in transportation (“J im Crow Law | United States [18771954]”). In 1892, Homer Plessy, a lightskinned creole of color was kicked off for sitting in the white section on a train. Homer had light skin, but in the eyes of the government he was black. He refused to get up and go to the black section on the train. The court ruled the law as constitutional, this opened up the way to even more segregation laws. These laws are known as the Jim Crow Laws. During the Jim Crow era, it was illegal for a white man to marry a black woman, or for a white woman to marry a black man (“Jim Crow Laws” To Kill a Mockingbird, ). In Adolphus Raymond is a drunk who is married to a black woman (Lee, 267). But it turns out that he doesn’t even drink (Lee, 267). He drinks so that people will think he married a black woman because he is a drunk and doesn’t know what he’s doing (Lee, 267). The Jim Crow Laws made it to where only white people could own public buildings and ...
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...to believe that God created man and woman. In evolutionary or ecology classes, we are introduced to the theory of where man came from amoeba-like organisms, or even that we evolved from apes. How did life of origin arise? The components of evolution might explain how, but Creation gives a reason to believe why. Origin of life’s existence, as well as age of the earth is a question that is looked under a microscope and probed through both biblical theories, as well as scientific. Looking at difference evidence, acceptance of creation is growing even in spite of scientists trying to prove evolution. Within this paper, there will be different pieces of evidence and facts supporting each theory and there will be an argument, within my conclusion, on which theory I support. The theory of creation can be explained through various books in the bible. Creationists use the Bible as the truth for which they believe the origin of life came into existence. In bible studies and bible school, we were taught that God took clay from the ground which he shaped to a man that he called Adam. A verse in the King James Version, of the Bible, mentions “and the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Then, the Lord made a garden as Adam’s place of residency. There are pictures of beautiful trees and animals that were created to accompany Adam, only one thing was missing, a woman. A woman was to provide and care for...
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...The play Antigone by Sophocles, still remains relevant today, even though it was written in 441 B.C. The issues that arise in the play are also seen now. This includes the conflict between faith and the law and sexism. This play is about a girl named Antigone who wants to bury her brother, because she felt that it was the right thing to do. Her belief of burial went against the law, causing conflict between Antigone and the king, Creon. Throughout the play, many remarks are made against Antigone about her gender. She was told various times that what she was doing was wrong because she was a woman, and that she couldn’t do bury her brother because she was a woman. Both issues are seen today because women are continuously being mistreated, and...
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...group, we point out their perceived weaknesses to make ourselves look stronger or better. It implies a hierarchy, and it serves to keep power where it already lies. Almost everything we say or do consists of othering in some way, whether we may realize it or not. The most commonly used form of this is to other by ones gender. (female vs. male). Simone de Beauvoir wrote a wonderful piece called The Second Sex and in it she states that “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” . What an orthodox one would imagine this to be. However, this quote alone summarizes human nature. Everything, how one must dress, walk, talk, and even breathe has been set to certain standards that are to be met regardless of what the individual may wish to be. Men have always had the upper hand in every subject. They have it all, it is always the woman competing against herself to please the desires of the men she is surrounded by. Everything comes down to what society perceives as perfection and we all can assume that these societal rules were made by man as well. After all no man has to worry about the shade of lipstick he wears in the summer vs the winter or if his eyebrows have the perfect arch. Everything has been made so...
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...In a Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Nora's mind is pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires, that of wanting to be free while still being morally obligated to her family. For Nora's entire life, society has forced her to succumb to its expectations of a woman's role as a mother and wife, rather than to her personal desires. These repressed desires then lead to her feeling trapped and confused, considering her responsibility to her family but also her own wish to be free of this life full of lies and deception. In society's point of view, at the time when this play was written, a husband and wife were expected to live happily ever after with their children, if any, and never leave each other's side. Because of this, Nora felt a sort of principled obligation set upon her by others to stay with her family. Nora was a victim of subjugation to Torvald. Whether it was his absurd command for her to not eat macaroons, or to not spend money, Torvald had complete control over her. This dominance only drives Nora further and further away from her family. Torvald's control doesn't stop at the macaroons and the setting of a budget. Towards the end of the play, we are made aware of a dance called the tarantella, here, Torvald makes Nora dress up and dance for him, as though she were a doll. After he teaches her the dance, he proclaims "When I saw you turn and sway in the tarantella-my blood was pounding till I couldn't stand it", showing how he is more interested in Nora...
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...from how it is portrayed and presented to the public. Advertisers use many techniques such as fashion and old vs. new to get customers to buy their product. Using fashion would get people to buy clothing because they think they will fit and look cute in the clothes. Old vs. new ads shows consumers how far the product has come so they would want to try it because it’s been around for so long. The Coca-Cola ad featuring Marc Jacob’s clothing is more up to date and it is selling fashion and how slim you can be when drinking Diet Coke. The background is all white and the ad is a can of Diet Coke with a man and woman and at the bottom it’s a red heart with the name Marc Jacobs next to it, who is a fashion designer. The can of coke is gray with red dots and has a skinny woman on the can itself. Her body is turned half way while she is looking towards the man. She has on yellow and white leggings that are stripped horizontally with black and white star panties over it. Her shoes are blue and brown high heels with her shirt being horizontally stripped long sleeve black and white. It looks as if the shirt has a red collar and a red heart at the top right corner. The woman has no face expression. The words Diet Coke is written side-ways on the can, diet is written in black and coke is written in red and above it, it says Marc Jacobs. On top of the can sits a skinny woman leaning back a little and she is smiling. The...
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...2/3 vote in house and senate. Even that most people would be okay with because at least the people they voted in will get to represent them. Next, if the state legislatures would’ve lad to legalized individually by state, that would be more fair for both gays and heterosexuals, because the majority of people in that state would determine if it was legalized or not. Lastly, if the courts were to legalize it, which the Supreme Court did through their ruling in the Obergefell vs. Hodges case, it would’ve caused a lot of debate. The reason this is a last resort option I feel of legalizing gay marriage is because first of all it has no involvement of the people into the nationwide decision to make it legal, which I think and most would agree seems to be overstepping the boundaries and power limit of the Judicial branch. Not only that ,but the Supreme Court doesn’t have the power to legalize it nationwide, that’s for Congress or States legislatures not the national government court systems. More on the Obergefell vs. Hodges case, I definitely saw the two...
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...Political Ideology Essay Outline I. Individual vs. group responsibility a. The government is taxing everyone a lot of money and it goes to those who can’t or won’t provide enough for themselves so in return the people are forced to pay. b. People are too dependent on the government for help (i.e. welfare/medicade) that there is less incentive for people to work c. Government should play a much smaller roll in American lives. Stop taking our money to fix what the government sees as “important”. Social security is supplemental income, not retirement. If people want to save up for retirement, then let them. Let people be in charge of their own money and abolish social security. Encourage private charities, discourage frivolous law suits, and take away eminent domain. People should not be forced from their houses just so that Wal-Mart can decrease the economy of another town. Leave it up to the businesses to make a deal with the homeowners. It is a free country and people should be free to keep their property if they so please. II. Roll of government vs. family and faith a. Some issues should be decided by the individual however there are some that are in need of control. Abortion affects more than just the woman. The baby is equally as much the father’s as the mother’s. It should be a joint decision if anything. The majority of abortions done are by unwed girls in their late teens and early to late twenties. If you don’t want to risk getting pregnant, don’t have sex...
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...Dutchman is a play written by Amiri Baraka formerly Leroi Jones. The story focuses on the two characters of the play, Clay, a young black man, and Lula, a older white woman. The story starts with Lula accusing Clay of staring at her. The play keeps developing into it finally reaches the climax of Lula actually murdering Clay. The events in the play are prime examples and showcases the relationship between blacks and whites during this time period along with showing the audience what black identity. There is clear contrast between the two characters. Lula is described as a beautiful woman with long red hair wearing obnoxious lipstick. Lula starts talking to Clay and to seduces him and gets very angry spontaneously for no apparent reason throughout the play. Clay, her opposite, is described as a young, educated black man (Maybe what Leroi pictured himself to be). In the play, Clay wears a nice suit and appears to be very interested in reading. Without looking at his skin color, one would easily think that Clay was a white man. When asked who he resembles, Clay compared himself to an old French poet. Throughout the whole play, Clays conversation and involvement with Lula is his own internal Man vs. Self struggle with his own racial identity. Lula starts harassing to a point where Clay breaks out of his White shell and tries to reclaim his black identity. During his long rant he terrorizes...
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