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    Lispector Response Clarice Lispector wrote a book called The Passion According to G.H. This book focused on main character named G.H; also G.H is a woman who grew up in rich background. Also‚ Lispector’s book focused a lot on what G.H was going through and her thoughts about the world. This book actually makes interesting comparison to Cixous’s work known as The Laugh of Medusa. Cixous wanted women to write for themselves. Also‚ Cixous wanted women to write the body as well. Lispector’s work satisfied

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    In this Close Reading I will be analyzing a passage from “Preciousness‚” by Clarice Lispector‚ in an attempt to argue that the protagonists idle classroom drawings are a metaphor for an internal struggle to reconcile “self” with normative contextual constraints that compel conformity. “Preciousness” centers on the internal life of an unnamed 15-year old girl‚ as she attempts to navigate questions of agency‚ meaning‚ identity and sexuality within larger cultural and social contexts. Bounded and constrained

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    Clarice Lispector was a Sagittarius. Zodiac horoscopes have been around for generations. There are persons who routinely check their respective horoscopes in order to find out what the universe has in store for them that day. They take these predictions of fate as complete facts. Each horoscope provides its reader with an event‚ whether beneficial or detrimental‚ that will definitely happen to him or her that day. Clarice Lispector was a true believer in the philosophy of death as the only thing

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    Kevin Kim AP/IB/GT English 2 Mrs. New 19 September 2012 Reflective Essay Through the presentations‚ I learned that people who were close to a person that was arrested were cut off from their families. In the novel‚ prisoners such as Tsaezar received gifts that came in the mail such as tobacco and food. Other prisoners looked at this with great envy‚ because this was not common. People such as the Estonians would even sell things that they received‚ such as tobacco‚ and sell or trade it. Another

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    Clarice Lispector was born as an attempt to cure her mother’s sexually transmitted disease. However‚ this did not work and her mother passed away‚ filling Lispector with guilt. There is evidence of this motif of guilt in several of Lispector’s stories‚ such as in “The Crime of the Mathematics Professor‚” which is from the collection Family Ties. In addition‚ since Lispector’s mother died when Lispector was still young‚ the disconnect between mother and daughter is reflected in the story‚ “Family

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    Clarice Lispector uses several existentialistic ideologies for her work in many different ways. She uses visual imagery‚ Logos and humor‚ to express many existentialistic views in stories such as “A Remarkable Love Story”‚ and “The Hen”. In the short story‚ “A Remarkable Love Story”‚ Clarice Lispector uses humor to end the story with‚ “eventually she became a young woman and men entered her life.” It seemed like she was really gullible and Lispector made her look foolish by using that

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    Clarice Starling‚ the lead female character‚ struggles to stay afloat as she is constantly overwhelmed with gender danger. The film focuses on Clarice from the start of the movie with the scene of her running through the woods by herself‚ implying the essence of danger‚ reinforced by fog and suspenseful music. To replay the running scene‚ imagine a large man jogging through the woods: the whole feeling of the scene will change completely; however‚ because the film meditates on a small bodied female

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    No right to narrate: powerless narration Narrators are gifted with great power. In Hour of the Star‚ Clarice Lispector gives Rodrigo a special power in the novel‚ a power to create his own characters. He mainly focuses on a northeastern girl called Macabéa. The relationship between Macabea and Rodrigo is a ‘god’ like‚ because Macabea is merely Rodrigo’s creation. However‚ Macabea even in her weaker position has the upper hand in the relationship. Rodrigo has a lot of authority over Macabea and

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    In this story‚ I think that the author‚ Clarice Lispector‚ is trying to show the readers that‚ although we are supposedly living in this modern civilized day of life‚ we really should be envious of the simplicity and sincerity that "Little Flower" has in her life. It is sick and disturbing how people live today and view people that are so very diverse and different. The first woman’s reaction that is described in the story is one that is disgusted by Little Flower’s picture. She explains that she

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    Personal: Clarice Precious Jones is a 16 year old‚ heterosexual‚ African American female. Precious was born and raised in a poverty stricken community in Harlem‚ New York where she resides with her mother Mary and father Carl. She is a single mother of two and is currently seeking assistance to better their lives. Psychological: Precious has a poor attitude towards herself and love. Precious has stated that her mother constantly insults and belittles her for no reason. She shows various signs

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