Jane Austen’s novels are recognized for their competent heroines. From Elizabeth of Pride and Prejudice to Anne Elliot of Persuasion‚ Austen’s heroines are independent‚ indomitable‚ and intellectual. Mansfield Park’s protagonist Fanny is viewed in the eyes of countless readers as weak‚ quiet‚ and even snobbish. Yet when her accomplishments in the Bertram household are taken into account‚ Fanny reappears as a deeper figure. Fanny Price‚ though reserved and sullen at times‚ aptly presents herself
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Casey Gonzalez Professor Paul Niemeyer English 2323 April 18‚ 2011 A life without Worries In “The Ruined Maid” a poem by Thomas Hardy‚ one may first portray it to be about two women who are contrasting and discussing Melia’s past and now ruined life. In the poem Thomas hardy examines the life of two women‚ one poor and one rich‚ debating which women’s life is harder. In the poem Hardy exemplifies melodramatic dialogue between two women revealing the insecurities and ethics of women in the
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listen closer‚ because it wasn’t perfectly clear what was going on you had to use the narrators’ words and tone of voice to get an emotional sense of what was happening. The stories the women in “They Call Us Maids‚” recalled were in all logistics‚ situations of modern slavery. These “maids” were isolated from the world outside the homes they worked in‚ as well as their selves. There was no time for likes and
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is exactly what Ted does‚ lying to both his customers and maids to put the money into his own pocket. At the first time the maids come to company‚ they will be asked to watch the video that teaches them how to do the job. As Ehrenerich watches the video‚ she realizes that make the house look good superficially is their only mission in The Maids‚ “Our antagonists exist entirely in the visible world…We scrub only to
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In Anayansi Prado’s Maid in America‚ viewers are able to see examples of the power differentials involved among caretakers in relationship with each other‚ their families‚ and their employers. The employers of all three women are shown discussing how they couldn’t have their lifestyle without the care provided by women; yet each of the women at some point discuss the limited pay they receive for the extensive hours of both physical and emotional labor. The women are also shown having to live under
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Katherine Mansfield’s story‚ "Bliss‚" is about sex. Yet‚ because Bertha’s sexuality does not manifest itself in an immediate desire for a heterosexual sexual encounter it is difficult to determine how sexuality figures in the story. The presentation of sexuality in Mansfield’s stories is so unique that most critics contributing to Jan Pilditch’s The Critical Response to Katherine Mansfield do not realize how deeply sexuality figures in the stories and do not refer to it in their analyses. Cherry
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THE GARDEN PARTY (1921) By Katherine Mansfield And after all the weather was ideal. They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden-party party if they had ordered it. Windless‚ warm‚ the sky without a cloud. Only the blue was veiled with a haze of light gold‚ as it is sometimes sometimes in early summer. The gardener had been up since dawn‚ mowing the lawns and sweeping them‚ until the grass and the dark flat rosettes where the daisy plants had been seemed to shine. As for the roses‚ you
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“The Ruined Maid” is a complex poem and can be interpreted in an array of ways. Written by Thomas Hardy in the late 1800’s‚ the poem displays both a conversation and fashion statements or expectations of the time. “The Ruined Maid” can be broken down into two theories: the woman works as a prostitute‚ or the woman was sold to a rich man. The first theory to explain the wonder that is “The Ruined Maid” is that the Ruined Woman was a prostitute. This would explain the influx of money the Ruined Woman
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‘’Surviving without a maid’’ is an article adopted from the Star newspaper under the StarMetro section by the author V.P.Sujata with her main argument presented on the topic life without a domestic helper is not all that bad‚ if you have the right help. In the beginning‚ the writer express a general view on having a maid would be great but literally ‘that’ disappointed the writer as in she was unhappy with the odd behaviour of her last maid and getting an appropriate new maid was a big hassle.
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The Hispanic Nannies of Beverly Hills In June 2013‚ The Huffington Post came out with the article‚ “Devious Maids is not as bad as we thought‚” in which the Latina community gave some positive feedback on the Lifetime remake of the Mexican novella “Devious Maids” (Erazo). The Hispanic community agreed that this show is highly important because it sets the stage for further discussion and critical thought on what it means to be a Hispanic‚ immigrant woman working as a domestic in the United States
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