Preview

The Pregnancy Project And Lust: A Literary Analysis

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
617 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
The Pregnancy Project And Lust: A Literary Analysis
Ideas can be told in various forms. Artists usually express their idea through stories, plays, and poems. Different artists produce similar ideas in the play Legally Blonde, the book “The Pregnancy Project”, and the poem “Lust”. The play Legally Blonde is about a girl, Elle, who after a breakup creates a plan to get him back, but ends up finding herself along with a new love interest. “The Pregnancy Project” is based on a true story in which a girl pretends to be pregnant and discovers herself and how strong she is when everyone turns their backs on her. “Lust” is a poem by Susan Minot in which a girl goes through a sexual promiscuity to find herself. Despite being different genres, they each have a shared theme about how a young girl finds herself. …show more content…
When he broke up with Elle, Elle responded with “Harvard is the perfect setting you will see you’re getting all of those, plus a brain! I’ll meet you there at Harvard with a book in my hand. Big sturdy book, big wordy book. Full of words I’ll understand and right there is where you’ll see it true. Warner what you want is right in front of you!” (Legally Blonde: The Musical) When he got accepted into a prestige college, Elle did everything to get into the school. When got into the school, she later found out he was already engaged. That didn’t stop Elle from becoming a lawyer. She pushed herself despite, everyone being against her. Using her special quirks, she was able to a great lawyer. She developed into a great women who knew her

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    The ability of a text to be universally accepted in a range of contexts ultimately determines its textual integrity and appreciation. Gwen Harwood’s work draws from the inspiration of her context, her lifelong influences, primarily music, her childhood and religious beliefs. This can be identified through study of Gwen Harwood's poem, "Father and Child" that is able to be appreciated in a multitude of different contexts due to its universality and textual integrity.…

    • 831 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Susan Minot's Lust

    • 492 Words
    • 2 Pages

    In Susan Minot’s short story “Lust” the reader is taken through the journey of one girl’s various relationships, some better than others, watching the love fade away. The narrator talks about her first boyfriends, the first one she saw nude, the fast illegal car driving one, etc. She talks about college and the various experiences she had with guys there. She is starting to feel “watered down.” There is no more emotion in her relationships. She ends with a sad truthful ending about lust, how the love fades away.…

    • 492 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In the TV show Jane the Virgin, the protagonist Jane Villanueva was artificially inseminated with Rafael sperm and now on this episode Jane and her family learn the ugly side of motherhood. Mateo had been born and since Jane had been so focused on being the perfect mother she had forgotten to worry about herself. Meaning she had been skipping her shower days, not fixing her hair, brushing teeth, the normal disciplinary body practices that we women do. Jane later on is encountered with some loud next door neighbors who seem to be wannabe rockstars and struggles to keep Mateo asleep. Jane has stepped into the role of Motherhood and is having to give up her time, work, and study for her new baby Mateo all by her self.…

    • 296 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    A study group shamed Elle by prohibiting her from joining based on the assumption that she lacked intelligence. Warner also shamed Elle by speculating that she wouldn’t get Callahan’s internship because she’s not intelligent enough. The guidance counsellor even shames Elle by recommending that she apply to schools other than Harvard because she’s a fashion student and it’s a top three school.…

    • 854 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    A WOMAN DOING LIFE NOTES

    • 3069 Words
    • 10 Pages

    Her vision of women serving harsh sentences like her, women were actually dedicated to improve themselves…

    • 3069 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Becoming a parent is something most people see in their future, however it often comes at the wrong time for some people. In Ernest Hemingway’s, “Hills Like White Elephants”, we see a couple’s conversation as it leads up to the decision they are making on whether or not to have an abortion. With the white elephants representing a metaphor for the unborn child, we are able to see the struggle of a couple trying to make a decision on whether to keep the child or not, through which it is apparent that the two of them as a couple don’t communicate properly and the girl does not normally know how to make her own decisions.…

    • 941 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    was in which caused her to have many contributions and accomplishments for not only her and…

    • 617 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    A friend of hers recalled astutely, 'She was a woman of marvelous poise. She never seemed to be flustered, never off balance, even when angry - and she was capable of deep indignation in the presence of evil - she held herself under rigid control." (Robin Berson)…

    • 481 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    In society, lust is prevalent everywhere. Lust for glory, lust for money, lust for power, lust for another person. Lust has overpowered the media, the viewpoints of millions of people towards women, celebrities, literature, and the social expectations of a relationship. Female character, Gertrude, from Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet, is characterized with lust, as Gertrude marries her late husband’s brother a few months after his death to satisfy her sexual desires and crave for power. This theme of lust and desire is common in many of Tennessee Williams’ plays. The symbolic titles of A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire explore the themes of homosexuality, deception, lust, and how desire leaves one unable to overcome reality, in…

    • 1338 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Ronald Reagan Biography

    • 876 Words
    • 4 Pages

    She had a very strong influence in her husband’s decision making and also help him decide many of his personal and diplomatic decisions. Although there have been many scandals-- her being involved with astrologers-- who she consulted with on important matters such as the President’s schedule. (Talk about why this was a scandal and finish your thoughts.)…

    • 876 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Role And Conflict Paper

    • 1056 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The movie I chose was Legally Blonde. Just like anyone else Elle Woods wanted to be accepted or like by someone. Rather if that’s by their parent(s), friend, or boyfriend/girlfriend. Elle was a normal young lady, who is petite, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Not only did she have the looks, but she was also rich. But she portrayed as a dumb blonde. So once her boyfriend broke up with her, Elle went and join Harvard Law School, in order to get Warner back. Once into Law School, you can’t miss all the disputes, self-disclosure, and power amongst each characters. In my paper, I will share my opinion on what the movie is showing about communication, analyze the role of communication between each characters and their relationship, as well as power and conflict issues.…

    • 1056 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, he often used the theme of forbidden or impossible love to bring forth a physical change in his characters. The love could have been blocked by a physical hindrance, patriarchal denial, or familial ties. When the character or characters try to kindle their love, a metamorphosis takes place.…

    • 376 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Infanticide has been practiced on every continent and by every level of cultural complexity. It has been practiced from hunter gatherers to modern civilization, including our own ancestors. When pregnant it is understandable that couples wish for either a boy or a girl but, it is another thing if their wish of having either a boy or a girl is guaranteed to come true. Those couples who wish to have a son and has one child turns out to be a girl seem to be in a most painful dilemma. “Cultural norms dictate that daughters marry out and transfer their emotional and economic loyalties to their husband’s family (Jimmerson 1990).” In Chinese culture, son’s are known to support at old age while daughters are viewed as no source of future economic security. Although rural china has no system of old age support, farming couples without sons are faced with a great dilemma of destitution due to old age. Therefore, in certain cases, these rural couples have responded to the great dilemma of not having sons by practicing infanticide on their female neonates. “Female infanticide then became common in traditional china, through natural hardships such as famines, floods, widespread disease and overpopulation often converged with cultural norms that favored sons and encouraged hard pressed families to abandon or kill their infant daughters (Jimmerson 1990).” The costume of the traditional Chinese believes that family members should follow the ancestral tradition. If a living woman was not available, they would often go buy…

    • 902 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    Legally Blonde Analysis

    • 1500 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Directed by Robert Luketic, Legally Blonde is a film about a stereotypical valley girl, born into a rich family, used to getting everything she wants, and then breaking molds to prove she can rise above society's expectations of privileged kids. Elle Woods, the main character and heroine of the story, is a wealthy and beautiful young girl from Malibu. She is the president of her sorority and she adores all things pink and fashionable. Her boyfriend Warner is a type-cast pretty boy who happens to be the president of his fraternity, and they are seemingly the perfect match. Elle believes it's time for Warner to pop the question and she gets prepared for the big date. However, rather than proposing, Warner breaks up with her because he is going to law school and he needs a serious girlfriend. Heartbroken, Elle decides she is Harvard material and she sets out to be accepted to the Ivy League's law program in an effort to win Warner back and prove that she is good enough for his blue blood expectations (IMDb). In the process, Elle learns more about herself and her capabilities than she ever thought possible, all while staying true to her natural blonde roots.…

    • 1500 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) delivers the student address at Harvard Law School’s 2004 graduation ceremony in the movie Legally Blond. In the film Elle is a misguided student who gets accepted into law school upon false pretenses, merely to get back with her ex-boyfriend. He broke up with her because she was not suitable to be a future Senators wife, he claimed she lacked intelligence and only had her looks to depend on. Everyone’s doubt pushed her to stay determined, confident, and come to the conclusion that she does not need a man to justify her life. She also realizes that passion fuels the ability to become successful. This speech is very effective because of the rhetorical appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos used throughout.…

    • 721 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays