Jasmine Richardson ENGL289P: Why Poetry Matters Weiner Exercise Two The Mother Gwendolyn Brooks Gwendolyn Brooks’ “The Mother” is a poem depicting the flow of heartache stemming from the regret of abortion. The speaker reflects on this emotional situation that has lived with her‚ haunting her thoughts even after the procedure. The conflict between the title of the poem and its content immediately confuses the reader‚ adding to the overall conflict between maternity
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Figure 1 – Shut Up and Dance‚ 2016 (screenshot taken by author) When it comes to colors‚ the opening scenes are dominated by grays – parking lot‚ kitchen appliances‚ the staff’s uniforms – which then transition to warmer tones and dim lighting once Kenny gets home. These grays at Kenny’s workplace are quite typical when it comes to colors associated with a place of work – a place that is dull and somber. Also‚ the tasks that the characters have to perform all take place over the course of one day
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Brunswick‚ New Jersey. There were four different parts that I saw that day. All of the dances were very interesting and very different from each other. All of the dances had its own unique key factor that separated it from each other. I enjoyed the entire show very well. Out of all the dances I had strong reaction to “Lapa’s Lament”. I believe this specific dance stood out to me compared to the other dances from the show. This show had many different factors that stood out from other shows in
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Jessica Hillsbery 12-2-12 Period 1 Candy Addiction. This is one of the problems most people in our world face today‚ whether it is to drugs or alcohol. The novel “Candy” written by Kevin Brooks had raised a few questions about addiction. What are the reasons people give in addiction and what kind of changes come with living in an addicted lifestyle. In the novel Candy is a 16 year old girl who started out living a normal life in London. She was pretty‚ popular‚ and had a family that was very
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Brooks’ Universal Issues and the Appeal to a Broad Audience Brooks’ poetry‚ so rich in personal detail and authenticity‚ often does not have to justify the moral side of issues like other poems usually do. Her work‚ for me‚ seems less confessional and more like realistic humanity‚ a difficult feat to accomplish when so much of the material speaks of inner turmoil‚ lost loves‚ and wistful sadness. Honest in tone and filled with common and often disturbing themes‚ the poems were ones I was able to
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In Gwendolyn Brooks “We Real Cool” we are given a four stanza couplet that shows the daily activities of seven young men that dropped out of school. What I found really fitting in this poem was how the rhythm of the poem related well to the lifestyle of these young men. Each line comes at the reader quickly. Much like the rapid fire delivery of the lines in the poem‚ these characters also live life quickly both literally and metaphorical. The poem is spontaneous as are the characters and each
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existence”. The “wide cultural perspective” mentioned refers to the fact that Soyinka’s writings‚ especially the dramas for which he is best known‚ are at once deeply rooted in traditional African expressive and performance forms like myths and rituals‚ dance and mime‚ music and masquerade and are also greatly influenced by such diverse Western dramatic and theatrical modes as classical Greek drama‚ Shakespearean and Jacobean theatre‚ and modern European and American antirealist and avant-garde forms and
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the upbeat Charleston Dance. Most people will associate this dance with the flappers and the speakeasy‚ despite its origins‚ because many young women used it as a way to mock the people who supported the Prohibition. As a result‚ the Charleston was considered to be a provocative and immoral dance during its time. In this paper‚ I want to briefly explore the dance’s history‚ its characteristics‚ how it reached popularity‚ how the social implications of the time affected the dance‚ and ultimately how
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David Brooks uses the tone of empowerment to show that women can surpass men in their intellect and education. Women mature way before men and even then they don’t have the rights as men do in society. Women tend to do better in education than men as in college they have a more successful record than men. At first men had the highest graduation rate in society in many of the top colleges but now women and men are head to head but they are still looked down upon. Women are still looked to be the everyday
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“The Mother” Gwendolyn Brooks In the poem “The Mother” by Gwendolyn Brooks‚ she touches on the controversial issues abortion; and the pain that every mother must face in case they choose to get their child aborted. The author gives a broad and general dramatic description on how mothers may feel after the whole situation. Throughout the poem the speaker show signs of grief‚ regret and pain. Also the speaker’s bring us to her emotional state of mind and expresses her point of view. “The Mother” can
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