The first part of the poem "Seduction" is a story about a young girl who is seduced by a boy after the party‚ and consequently becomes pregnant. The second section describes how the girl then regrets her decision. In general the poet does intends her reader to feel sympathy for the girl. She does this by using many different poetic techniques. But while the majority of the poem instills a sense of compassion for the girl it can also be read critically of her. For example‚ as the poet writes that
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a Fallen City and The Golden Cangue For the bulk of the mid- to late-20th Century‚ Eileen Chang’s name and literary prowess fell into obscurity as a result of events related to the Cultural Revolution and her own reclusion. In C.T. Hsia’s A History of Modern Chinese Fiction‚ he praised Chang for her use of "rich imagery" and "profound exploration of human nature.” In his book‚ he also claimed Chang to be “the best and most important writer” of mid-twentieth century China. Hsia’s remarks and
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However‚ Eileen Chang portrays her antihero as being willing to get into the position of depending on men to reveal that women’s change in their attitudes towards the utilitarian aspect of marriage due to restraints of the patriarchal society. In “The Golden Cangue”‚ Chi-chiao was born in a poor family and the tough life of earning money drove her to take economic interests as the prerequisite of choosing husband. Despite the fact that her brother’s intention of having her married to the second master
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The story “Lust Caution” by Eileen Chang opens with an elaborate‚ extended description of the appearance of the protagonist‚ Chia-chih‚ which depicts her hair‚ face‚ makeup‚ and clothing in excruciating detail. Many of the phrases used reveal the intentional nature of how Chia-chih has dressed: “full advantage”‚ “understated”‚ “nonchalantly”‚ “allowed” (Chang 3). These phrases imply that Chia-chih has made deliberate choices to project an attitude in the way she dresses.The emphasis placed on Chia-chih’s
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and through a detailed analysis of the postmodernist styles of intertextuality‚ dissolving the history‚ parodic representation‚ and the body narrative in the filmic text‚ this article argues that Ang Lee’s film Lust/Caution (2007) adapted from Eileen Chang’s fiction Lust‚ caution is a re-creation embedded with subtle and significant cultural politics. It can be seen as an intellectual endeavour to problematise the ideological assumptions of Self and the Other‚ history‚ identity and nationalism‚
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(張愛玲著《金鎖記》Eileen Chang trans.‚ “The Golden Cangue”) Comparing Chinese and English versions in terms of Semiotics This essay is to analyze the semiotics used in Chinese and English versions of “The Golden Cangue” Semiotics is the study of signs‚ indication‚ metaphor‚ symbolism etc. “The Golden Cangue” is a story of the main character Tsao Chi Chiao as Second Mistress in the Chiangs. She was looked down upon because of her family background and being unhappy in Chiangs for thirty years.
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when she heard of Wickham’s indictments of Darcy (Austen‚ 1813). It also shows the flip side of Elizabeth’s characteristic that is prejudice. There was a famous Chinese women writer called Eileen Chang who was good at using exquisite writing technique to write with her keen feminism vision. “Ban Sheng Yuan" is Eileen
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In the novel Lust‚ Caution by Eileen Chang‚ there are debates of the reason why Wang Jiazhi made the decision to warn Yi and to let him go‚ which is not only a betrayal to her mission but also a suicidal action which eventually led to her death. This action of hers involves multiple psychological origins from Wang’s childhood memory and family structure through out her experience of being a student with her peers to her subtle relationship with Yi during her spying mission. Such experiences formed
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Eileen is a 45 year old woman who has three previous convictions involving alcohol and driving. Previously Eileen has received fines for consuming alcohol and driving in the past. On the 21/11/17 at approximately 6:00pm Eileen was involved in a collision with a child knocking a young boy off his bike which resulted in the young boy being currently hospitalised. Upon arrival of An Garda Síochána they breathalysed Eileen and reported that Eileen was twice the legal limit. This resulted in Eileen being
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sponsoring for. (Shakes hands with the sponsors) Eileen: How are you? I am Eileen Tan‚ the Manager of Fly high Company. Kayen: Hi‚ I’m Kayen Leong. The Manager of Nike. Yan Lin: Hi‚ I’m Tan Yan Lin. The Manager of Adidas Company. Ashley: Hi‚ I’m Ashley Yu. The Manager of First Win Company. Anson: Now that we are all here‚ shall we commence the meeting? (maintaining eye contact with the rest) Ashley: Sure. (smile) [Eileen‚ Yan Lin‚ and Kayen nods their heads) Body: Anson:
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