...THE THREE SISTERS A synopsis of the play by Anton Chekhov A year after the death of their father, an army officer, the Moscow-bred sisters Prosorov--Olga, Masha and Irina--are finding life drab and increasingly hopeless in a Russian provincial town. Only the proximity of a nearby artillery post and the company of its officers make their existence bearable. Olga, the eldest, twenty-eight, is a teacher at the high school; she finds her work hateful, and herself already aging and tired, her dream of a happy marriage fading; she is sustained solely by the hope of selling the house and returning to Moscow. Masha, little more than twenty, is married to Kuligan, a teacher of far more years who has not lived up to the stature her school-girl mind had given him. For her there is no hope of Moscow; she only whistles softly to herself as her sisters make their plans. Irina, at twenty, dreams of finding happiness and love in Moscow. A brother, Andrey, a scholar, is in love with Natasha, twenty-eight, an overdressed villager who affects shyness and humility; his sisters find it hard to believe that he will marry her. On Irina's birthday, the callers include Chebutikin, sixty, an army doctor who once loved the sisters' mother; Baron Tuzenbach, thirty, a lieutenant in love with Irina; brooding Captain Soleni, and a newcomer, Vershinin, forty-two, commander of the post. Vershinin has two daughters and a second wife who frequently threatens suicide to annoy him. A birthday cake is sent by...
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...detailed reference to the excerpt from The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.” • The except “The Three Sisters” is chapter 41 from the novel The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros published in 1984. • The chapter starts of by talking about three sisters, aunts, and they are las comadres and that is a Spanish term given to Godmother, ‘one with laughter like tin and on with eyes of a cat and one with hands like porcelain’. This gave a thought of maybe witches and further research of the novel/chapter reveals that they are representations of the “three fates” of ancient mythology and these are women who decide, death, birth and lengths of lives. • Lucy and Rachel’s baby sister died, and there was wake or a viewing that happened in their home, ‘anybody who had ever wondered what color the walls were came and came to look at that little thumb of a human in a box like candy’. • Esperanza then makes a wishes and the sister who had ‘marble hands’ called her over to tell her something. o “When you leave you must remember to come back for the others. A circle, understand? You will always be Esperanza. You will always be Mango Street. You can’t erase what you know. You can’t forget who you are. … You must remember to come back. For the ones who cannot leave as easily as you.” • “The story approaches the fantastical here (in Esperanza’s point of view), as the sisters seem to read Esperanza’s mind and predict her future. They recognize that Esperanza is already strong enough...
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...Weird sisters are seen in many novels, but two famous ones about three supernaturally evil sisters are Dracula and Macbeth. Bram Stoker’s Dracula is about an old vampire coming to London and some vampire hunters trying to track him down. After he kills someone they love, and turns her into a vampire, the hunters realize what is going on, and to try to save their precious woman, Mina, they go on a journey. Their journey is to rid the world of Count Dracula and his vampire girls. Dracula’s vampire girls are three sisters in the book seen in Dracula’s castle. Shakespeare’s Macbeth is about a Thane who gets greedy, and kills to get, and keep the throne. The play then shows and focuses on his guilt from those deeds. During the play, Macbeth becomes fascinated with three witch sisters seen in the beginning by him and Banquo. In...
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...The Mormons have a very complex system of leadership in their church. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is president who is the head of the church and two other “supporting” presidents. The man who has been an apostle the longest is the president of the Church, and by inspiration he selects two other apostles as counselors. These three function as the First Presidency, which is the highest governing body of the Church” (Mormon Newsroom). The current president of the Church of the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Thomas S. Monson. The two “supporting” presidents are Henry B. Eyring and Dieter F. Uchtdorf. After the presidents are the Quorum of the Twelve. The Quorum of Twelve are also called apostles. Next...
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...The Three Witches in the Tragedy of Macbeth "Be bloody, bold, and resolute! Laugh to scorn The pow'r of man, for none of woman born Shall harm Macbeth" (Act 4, Scene 1, Lines 79 - 81). This is a quote of three evil witches from the play The Tragedy of Macbeth. The plot of the play is about a loyal and honest man named Macbeth who takes the foretelling of the three sisters into his own hands. Macbeth murders many people whom he believes are in his way. The witches in The Tragedy of Macbeth are three of the most important characters of the entire play. It is because of them that there is a tragedy to begin with. Though the sisters do not appear in the play very often, their appearances are important due to their unexpected foretelling. Their characteristics lead Macbeth from a life of victory, to a terrible death. Shakespeare characterizes the witches as prophets, old, and manipulative. Also, the three evil sisters have significant themes. They are the face of greed, egocentrism, and destruction. One of the characteristics of the witches is their ability to foretell the future. In act one, scene three of the play, the witches make their first forecast. “All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Glamis! All hail, Macbeth! Hail to thee, Thane of Cawdor! All hail, Macbeth, that shalt be king hereafter!” (Act 1, Scene3, lines 49-50). The sisters tell Macbeth he will be Thane of Cawdor and that he would also be king. Later in the play, the predictions are proven to be true. When...
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...Sandy and her beautiful sisters * A modern fairy tale analysis Sandy and her beautiful sisters, is the title of an English short story by Antonia Fraser, which centres on the life of the protagonist sandy. Throughout the story we experience Sandy’s journey from a static character with a monotonous and unhappy life to a more dynamic and happy character. The story is a modern fairy tale with a lot of similarities with the classic fairytale Cinderella, but with a more different vision on gender roles. Some of the aspects of sandy and her beautiful sisters that characterizes it; Are for example the catch phrase - once upon a time... which often are to be find within fairy tales. Furthermore we can find several other indicators such as: the number three (a three point plan, three sisters, three kinds of cherry and three different kinds of flowers in a vast basket) and symbolic names (Mrs. Fairey and Sam Prince). The author deliberately uses those characteristics to make us think of fairy tales and thus Cinderella, because sandy and her beautiful sisters have a more modern theme and moral than the original. Cinderella’s (the Charles Perrault (and Disney) version) preaches the moral that beauty in a woman is a rare treasure that will always be admired. Graciousness, however, is priceless and of even greater value. Young women, in the winning of a heart, graciousness is more important than a beautiful hairdo. Without it nothing is possible; with it, one can do anything. ...
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...For the Love of a Sister Many of us have siblings. You want to care and love on them as much as possible. Saving Sourdi demonstrates the love one sibling can have for another sibling as well as the struggle it takes to care for a loved one. In Saving Sourdi, May-Lee Chai utilizes sibling love, family protection, and courage as the three themes that Nea demonstrates for her older sister. The first theme, sibling love, shows the relationship between Nea and her older sister. Their relationship goes back and forth between good and bad. “Uncle fired Duke… It was during the Saturday lunch rush when Sourdi and I were not working and could not witness what had happened” (May-Lee Chai 74). This is good because they get to see each other and spend time together. “Now when I crept into Sourdi’s bed at night, when she talked about running away, she meant Duke and her” (May-Lee Chai 74). This is not a good situation because her older sister talks about running away with Duke. If this happened, Nea would never get to see her sister anymore. Having sisterly love is important because you need that special connection if you have a problem. You may not want to talk with your parents right away about something but need someone to be there for you. A sister connection would be good in that situation. The next theme, family protection, shows what Nea would do to save her sister. “I grabbed the knife and ran back out to Sourdi” (May-Lee Chai 70). Nea grabs a knife and comes back...
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...is seeing her sisters for the first time ever, and she is nervous. Who wouldn’t be nervous seeing to daughters that you’ve never seen before in your life, and telling them that their mother is dead? Even though the plot seems really dark and it builds a lot of negative suspense, because of Jing Mei’s nervousness, this scene in the story is rather happy and forgiving in many ways. It offers many kinds of bright words and lines like “as my sisters look at me proudly,” “the three of us embracing,” and “bright colors of the three images.” At first I thought the sisters would have been crestfallen to hear of their mother’s fate, and ultimately blame the bad news on Jing Mei. Instead, they treat Jing Mei as if they’ve known her their entire life. The tone in this passage is extremely happy and reading it itself can easily bring tears to one’s face. Amy Tan structures this passage brilliantly, with the carefully chosen words and just how she makes everything bright...
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...O. The three claims I found most insightful were that “Throughout the narrative, Sister views her own efforts as undervalued”(115), “Like her furnishings, Sister appears incomplete” (Whitaker 115), and “ Why I Live at the P.O. also bottles up knowledge itself through its deliberate repression by various characters” (115). Each of these claims allows the reader to contemplate different aspects of the story so they can gain a better understanding of the characters. I will examine theses three claims and try to find evidence in the story to support or disprove them. When reading Why I Live at the P.O. it is easy to see why Whitaker would make the claim that “Throughout the narrative, Sister views her own efforts as undervalued” (115) From the very start of the story sister expresses a sense of feeling unappreciated with her comment “There I was over the hot stove, trying to stretch two chickens over five people and a completely unexpected child into the bargain without one moment’s notice” (Welty 415). This comment shows that Sister believes no body cared enough about the effort she puts into making dinner for the family to inform her that there would be more people to feed. As the family sits down to eat the dinner Sister has prepared no one thanks her or even acknowledges the fact that she alone made dinner for everyone. Sister later tells how she was making green-tomato pickle because “Somebody had to do it.” (Welty 418) This gives the reader a sense that Sister feels like...
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...them. This is the first time the reader gets a glimpse of Jing-mei being interested in her Chinese heritage. “The minute our train leaves the Hong Kong border and enters Shenzhen, China, I feel different. I can feel the skin on my forehead tingling, my blood rushing through a new course, my bones aching with a familiar old pain. And I think, my mother was right. I am becoming Chinese.” (Norton, 189.) They go to a grand hotel with some family members and decide to eat dinner together, which Jing-mei is excited about because it would be her first real Chinese dinner. Instead, the family wants to eat American food. They eat dinner together and Jing-mei’s father talks of her mother and her connection to China. Jing-mei’s mother, Suyuan, had three children. During the invasion of Japan into China, she...
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...the article “The Myth of Postfeminism”, the United States entered a postfeminist era around 1990. (Hall, J. E. (2003) p. 878) In America Charmed was television series which ran from 1998 up until 2006. Post-feminism, also known as third wave feminism emerged after second wave feminism and was a response to what second wave feminism excluded. The shows central characters are three sisters who are witches, the show is hailed as a feminist text because of its portrayal of strong female characters, and the fact the...
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...dealing with their hormones. This is apparent in "A&P" when Sammy sees the three girls walk into the grocery store in their bathing suits and reacts by doing the following, "[Sammy] stood here with my hand of HiHo crackers trying to remember if I rang it up or not" (Updike 1). The protagonist, Sammy, is being controlled by his urges to stare at the three girls and forgets about reality. Similarly, the protagonist of "Araby" develops an infatuation with Mangan's sister by displaying how he follows her and knows her schedule. His obsession originates from his ignorance...
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...Carly Seifrit Pamela Chambers Interrogation March 31, 2015 Big Brothers Big Sisters of America There are so many people in this country who do not grow up living “the American dream”. There are children that have to go through foster cares, child protective services and, unfortunately, then most of those children will end up wreaking havoc in their communities. Some fortunate ones to grow up with the white picket fence and the perfect childhood will grow up to be sponsors for some of the unfortunate children in America. Those sponsors will show children that they do have a purpose and they have the ability to live the American dream, if they so choose. Although the American dream has changed over the years these mentors are a saving grace for these adolescence to turn their lives around. For over 100 years there has been a very influential mentoring program. The Big Brothers Big Sisters of America has been helping change kids’ perspectives and giving them the opportunities to reach their potential. In 1904, a young New York City court clerk named Ernest Coulter was seeing an abundance of boys come through his courtroom. He recognized that caring adults could help many of these kids stay out of trouble, and he set out to find volunteers. That marked the beginning of the Big Brothers movement. Around the same time that Coulter was introducing the Big Brother movement, the members of a group called Ladies of Charity had the same concept only with young girls who had come...
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...this yummy treat, my family is ready for chocolate chip cookies anytime. Oftentimes, my sister and I make the cookies together to enjoy some conversation and time while making a delicious treat. Chocolate chip cookies not only bring my sister and me together, but they provide us with a delightful treat, and they allow us to share them with our entire family once we have our finished product. Usually my sister and I prepare in advance. We make sure we have enough ingredients between the two of us, and we make a list of missing ingredients to pick up from the grocery store. My sister usually comes to my house to bake. On her way, she stops to the store and brings the needed ingredients as well as the ingredients she had at her own house. For chocolate chip cookies, one of the many different types of cookies that we bake, we use the Pillsbury cookie recipe found on the back of the bag of chocolate chips. We have found through the years that this recipe is our family’s favorite. Therefore, the most important ingredient is the Pillsbury chocolate chips! This particular recipe is based on the eleven ounce packing that we often use. Depending on our final goal, we may use larger bags of chips, following the directions on the back, or we may double or triple the amount on the back of the eleven ounce bag. For this particular process, the eleven ounce bag is our guideline. When I know my sister is on the way, I preheat the oven to 350 degrees. The instructions say 375 degrees, but...
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...a leather three-piece suite with free footstool from DFS for all the resonance the word "clone" has for me. I don't feel like a clone. I don't think I look like a clone. And yet, strictly speaking, I am one. I am an identical twin. I am an exact genetic copy of someone else, or they are a copy of me, depending on your point of view. As the younger twin - my sister Catrin and I were born by 10 Caesarean, so it was more of a queueing system and I was at the back - I tend to accept that it is I who am the copy and my sister who is the original. But then, when you've spent your childhood being given a dead arm for daring to corral Sindy's pony for exclusive personal use, you tend to acquiesce easily to sibling bullying. When you are part of a multiple birth - I have another non-identical triplet sister to confuse 15 matters further - you are used to being a curiosity. As a child, people stared, teachers got confused and my identical sister and I were asked to be bridesmaids a lot. During the mid-70s, when big old-fashioned cinemas had a habit of converting to three smaller screens, my two sisters and I had a lucrative sideline touring north London posing on a three-wheeled bicycle for local papers. As an adult, twindom elicits more peculiar reactions. I have lost count of the number of 20 men who have asked, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, whether we ever go out with the same bloke. The answer, by the way, is no. Then there are those who enquire if my sister and I are...
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