bunk. Weary roads is right. Get you nowhere fast. That's where I've got-nowhere. Where everyone lands in the end, even if more of the suckers won't admit it." Act 4 Jamie finally confesses the truth about his own life. 10. "The Mad Scene. Enter Ophelia!" Act 4 Jamie's sardonic remark when his mother enters the room, apparently unaware of her
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Ophelia strikes a powerful image in the feminist imagination. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, Ophelia tries to be an obedient daughter to her over-bearing father, a loyal sister to her protective brother, an affectionate sweetheart to her mad Prince and a dutiful courtier to her scheming King. Her world is dominated by the men she tries hard to please—to be what they need her to be with little thought for what she wants or who she is. The result of her adherence to everything patriarchy tells
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Sometime in our lives we have to make momentous decisions. We either have made a propitious selection or regret our decisions. The poem, "The Road Not Taken" written by Robert Frost is how a road chosen by a traveler had an impact in his life. Through his poem, Frost have shown that the decisions we make should be chosen carefully because not only will it affect our choices in the future, but there is no going back.Throughout the poem, Frost has addressed the idea of making decisions in a melancholic
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Poor Ophelia! Shakespeare’s Ophelia was a benevolent and innocent young girl, who dutifully obeyed her father, Polonius. Ophelia did as she is told, even if in her heart she felt strongly against what she was being asked to do. It was obvious that she was behaving like well mannered, aristocratic, young ladies of the time were expected to behave. Obedience and compliance were desirable traits, and Ophelia assumed that and here love and devotion to Hamlet would secure a happily ever after. But
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the eye. Ophelia is one of the characters that had an impact on the action of the story. Even though Shakespeare's intention for Hamlet was not meant to be a woman-based play, the female roles are more significant than what the readers believe. Through closer investigation, the true purpose of these females such as Ophelia unfolds, and it becomes evident that these women were more significant to driving the action of the play, than they were at first glance. In Hamlet, the role of Ophelia is presented
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The book, Reviving Ophelia, is about the hardships girls go through when they are growing up and trudging through puberty. As the author Mary Pipher states it, adolescent girls tend to lose their “true selves” in order to fit in and comply with the standards that society sets for women. Pipher, a practicing therapist, uses her own case studies to show how pressures put on girls forces them to react in often damaging ways. In most case studies she tells the audience how she helped these girls heal
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Ophelia: A Daughter or a Yes Man? Ophelia is a beautiful and simple-minded girl who was Hamlet’s significant other. Ophelia the epitome of a flat character allows throughout her life the commands of Polonius and Laertes to shape her actions. Ophelia was incapable to neither live nor think for herself because of all the pressure from the men of her life to be something she was not. The weakness of her brain and will, which allowed her submission to the men in her life, consequently pulverized
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Laertes warns her to be wary of Hamlet’s urges and tricks when he is off to college. While she begins by telling Laertes that she will listen to his advice, she does so only to fulfill the submissive, powerless role that women were supposed to act out. Ophelia then quickly speaks her true opinion, by comparing her brother to a pastor that shows people the difficult way to heaven. His beliefs that
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The Mechanics of Music Taylor Ratliff AP English 12 Mrs.Paudel January 29th, 2013 The Mechanics of Music The volunteer project I chose to do was to help the choir teacher at Kenmore high school, Ms.Bellamy, with anything she needed. In my time volunteering I organized music, took extra time to learn new songs to perform at the concerts, make bell work for her classes, and perform at nursing homes and hospitals. I have been helping Ms.Bellamy with these things for 3 years, even though I haven’t
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function. Therefore, women will fall victim to discrimination, not for having their cycle, but for not having cycles entirely. Men have always found new excuses for how they are superior to women; menstruation is no different. The film, Reviving Ophelia, seems to me that it stresses the commonly seen and not so easily noticed factors facing young women these days with self-image. I do agree with the factors of isolation playing key roles in today’s social development within
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