Human consciousness in Isabel Archer Isabel Archer‚ the heroine of the novel ‘The Portrait of a lady’‚ is a young American woman who must choose between her independent spirit and the demands of mid-nineteenth century European social conventions. She unexpectedly inherits a fortune‚ which in the beginning of the novel‚ seems to have freed her from the need to marry. After propagating her quest for independence‚ she rejects two suitors‚ Casper Goodwood and Lord Warburton
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is not much fascinated by the notion of being a “lady or a gentleman”. According to Webster dictionary online‚ a gentleman is defined as a man of noble or gentle birth‚ or a man belonging to the landed gentry. To me‚ a gentleman is far more than that. A man can be of a noble birth but not a gentleman as a gentleman has certain qualities and characteristics that differentiate him for other men. The same is applicable to a woman being a lady; a lady is a woman who is virtuous‚ with a high level of
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Pair 2 The pairing that I have chosen for my comparison is A Lady with a Parrot and a Gentleman With a Monkey by Casper Netscher and The anointing of David by Samuel by Benouville. Netscher and Benouville both represents human forms and use animals to draw symbolic parallels‚ they greatly differ in their depiction of the human form‚ attention to detail‚ and use of shadows in a way that greatly exemplifies the ideals of art for their time period. The medium that was used in the two was similar
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The fairytale ‘The Lady or the Tiger’ is a fantasy story. Nevertheless‚ the story itself is examined to be more fanciful and unrestricted than other fantasy fairytales. The story comprises of a spiteful king‚ an envious princess and an ardent suitor-long the staple elements of fairy tales. Enclosed in this fairy-tale are three major factors that make the story so vital: the style‚ structure‚ use of language and the story’s ending; are all things that must be considered. At the end of the story
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Leonardo Da Vinci painted “The Lady With An Ermine” in 1490. “The Lady With An Ermine” is a portrait of Cecilia Gallerani. Cecilia Gallerani was the favourite and most celebrated mistresses of Ludovico Sforza‚ known as Ludovico Il Moro‚ Duke of Milan. She was the subject of Leonardo’s painting “The Lady With An Ermine”. While posing for this painting Cecilia invited Leonardo‚ who was working for Sforza as court artist‚ to meetings at which Milanese intellectuals discussed philosophy and other subjects
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Who would you choose‚ The Lady or the Tiger? In Frank Stockton’s short story‚ The Lady or the Tiger‚ the author leaves the ending in a very precarious way. The author‚ Frank‚ leaves the story ending up to the reader. The princess should have the most sympathy in this short story. She is the daughter of a barbaric king who has made his own justice system that he feels is fair. The king puts the accused into an arena where they decide their fate. The princess has to make a brutal decision of seeing
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Principles of Literary Criticism TERM PAPER The Lady or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton (1834 – 1902) This paper addresses the Psychoanalytic Approach of Sigmund Freud. In particular‚ the paper talks about the different basic concepts of Freud like human nature‚ instincts‚ Theory of personality‚ mind’s structure and anxiety that affects a human behavior. These basic concepts will be a great help to uncover the psychological makeup or hidden motives of the character‚ specifically the semibarbaric
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happiness or in most cases pleasure in other women other than their wives. Most of the time‚ these men will just use other women to fulfill their needs that they might not get from their wives‚ but what happens if they fall in love? In the short story “The Lady with the Dog” by Anton Chekhov‚ Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov finds himself falling in love with Anna Sergeyevna. He realizes that he has deceived himself for many years and finds that his desire for life is rekindled by Anna’s love‚ and everything compared
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The Impactful Setting of “The Lady with the Dog” Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Lady with the Dog” has a setting that is very impactful on the story. The setting of this story is in late nineteenth century Russia and takes place in three of its cities. Yalta‚ Moscow‚ and S- are influential parts of the setting that have affected the way the reader interprets the mood and tone of this short story. Yalta is a resort city by the Black Sea for the wealthy‚ elite russians. Yalta is very similar to
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The IT was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front: a lady with a little dog. Dmitri Dmitritch Gurov‚ who had by then been a fortnight at Yalta‚ and so was fairly at home there‚ had begun to take an interest in new arrivals. Sitting in Verney’s pavilion‚ he saw‚ walking on the sea-front‚ a fair-haired young lady of medium height‚ wearing a béret; a white Pomeranian dog was running behind her. And afterwards he met her in the public gardens and in the square several times a day
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