Essays on Belles

It is no secret that there are many short stories and novels written about certain periods of the humankind development. All the works have something in common (for example, they all describe an epoch or only several years – some period of time). However, they are different. This essay is aimed at showing the differences and similarities of two essays that I have read. The first short story was written by Gilbert Highet, and the second story was written by Bruce Catton.

The first similarity of both short stories is that they describe only one episode. Some may say ...

Introduction

This essay has the objective of providing an argument that contemporary pop culture is composed of aspects of carnivalesque, which can establish a gap for social and cultural opposition and misdemeanor. Nevertheless, it is important to make a note of how it is limited to modernity. This essay will outline the confines as well as the elements of carnival Middles Ages from Bakhtin’s cultural theory view and the main transformations in society since Renaissance. Authors such as Francois Rabelais and Mary Russo will be used to expound on the theories of carnivalesque, celebration of the lower body, ‘grotesque body’ and ...

The book analyses the lives of white females with regard to the harsh conditions they encountered in the slave social order prior to the Civil War. The author focuses on the letters, diaries as well as memoirs of hundreds of planer women and daughters. The book provides dramatic details relating to the day to day life with reference to the mistress and the uncertainty of her liaison situation in the hierarchical setting between the master and slave. Further, the author brings to the fore the challenges stumbled upon by the plantation mistress and makes informing interpretations as regards the ...