Essays on Kate

Introduction

The movie; The Joneses introduces its audience with the Joneses moving into a new gated community in an Audi SUV where they hope to earn the admiration of everyone with their stylish lifestyle that has been supported by their employer. They move in as a family with Steve and Kate as the parents of two high schoolers, Jennifer (Jenn) and Mick with each of them with a specialty in which they should concentrate on. Their lifestyle is a marketing strategy that hopes to drive the neighborhood consumerism into the company’s products. They acquire numerous customers such that their ...

I have been given the task and privilege of directing the film Macbeth, (Macbeth) and the essay will examine many aspects of the play including the main characters, personalities, themes as well as the important incidents in the film and the historical background. I have chosen Lady Macbeth as the main character for discussion. The 2010 film, saw Macbeth as Stalin and the weird sisters or witches were portrayed as nurses and then cooks. It was filmed in an abbey which retained some of the original scenes of Shakespeare’s play. The 2010 film starred Patrick Steward as Macbeth ...

Payment methods and technologies have shifted a great deal over the years. Gone are the days where cash and check transactions make up the bulk of the give and take that occurs when people engage in commerce, travel and otherwise spend their money. Credit and debit cards have ruled the roost for a while but some new contenders are starting to emerge. The first major alternative to the conventional credit cards and other more traditional methods was PayPal (PayPal, 2017). However, smartphone-enabled technologies such as Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay are starting to dominate the commerce and ...

The WWI was perpetuated by several reasons especially one regarding the fallout of European imperialism. Moreover, there were increased social class conflicts around the western world especially that revolving around the social class conflicts when Marxism was rising, and the Russian Revolution took place as well, which established the Soviet Union. A rising sense of Nationalism in Europe also rose from Marxism and the conflict of social class. Changes in the governmental structures also sparked WWI, when fascist and authoritarian governments grew in number. The effects of WWI caused the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire (Burlingham). General disillusionment prevailed. ...

Abstract

In 2016, Britain voted to exit the European Union, now commonly referred to as Brexit. The European Union was a political as well as economic bloc. The citizens of Britain voted to leave the bloc for various reasons. However, it is certain that the move will have effects on the lives of people and companies both within Britain and in the rest of Europe. This study focuses on the impact of Brexit on British airways. This is the national carrier of the United Kingdom. The European Union allowed uninhibited travel of citizens of member countries between borders of the ...

The Early Modern Scientific Period started with the invention of the Portuguese caravel which paved the way for the rest of the inventions which came along with the concept of trading. The commercial revolution began from the 13th century, and the Middle Ages experienced an expansion of commerce and mercantile progress which was a by-product of the voyages of the Europeans into the Spanish countries of the time (Burlingham). The Industrial Revolution came as another significant change to the economic system whereby handicrafts and products were made at an astonishingly fast rate, which increased the monetary output of the ...

How the world shrinks

The primitive era saw the world coming together in the 15th and 16th century whereby there were a shift and movement of kingdoms all around the world. The example of Angola stands as an important one as it saw a movement of the Europeans into Angola and the surrounding areas. There was a better system of administration, judiciary, and management in the country after the Europeans entered the country, and it led to its betterment. To name the areas as primitive only means, there was a lack of available options for improving the societal conditions, and when the country ...

Autobiographical Essay

The most interesting and engaging stories in our life do not necessarily have to do with the principal milestones. One gets invaluable experience and life lessons in the course of daily life and sometimes a usual day can leave unforgettable impressions in mind forever. Growing-up and gradual moving into adulthood includes a lot of transformations and changes in our mindset, attitudes and way of thinking. Life lessons are quite bitter and in some situations I have felt really uncomfortable, ashamed, awkward and even miserable, but this is the way wisdom and endurance come into our life. Nobody is excellent ...

Discussion

Facts: Neil was a student in Medicine, who had serious shoe fetish, finding brown men’s shoes extremely exciting. One of his course mates, Thomas, bought designers loafers in Neil’s favorite brown color, and Neil was strongly attracted to them. Neil began to follow Thomas everywhere, wearing his new brown shoes in the university, taking photos of him, and often Neil made Thomas presents as brown shoe polish cream, new laces, or leaving pictures of him in his student pigeon-hole. As a result, Thomas became ill because of stress just before his exams and asked the doctor to ...

Criminal Liability

ISSUES According to the facts presented containing information on Neil, Thomas and Kate the following are some of the pressing issues; The first issue dwells on the fact that Neil is following Thomas everywhere in the university taking pictures of him and his brown loafers, Neil also places those pictures Thomas’ pigeon hole, he also leaves gifts of brown polish on Thomas’ door step all of these actions lead Thomas to suffer from depression. The second issue deals with Kate’s actions whereby Kate who is a sado-masochist uses her red patent stilettos to walk on Neil’s back ...

the Person Act of 1861, and the Common Law Facts: Neil, a student in medicine, a heavy shoe fetishist, who found men’s brown shoes a real turn on. His course mate Thomas bought a pair of designer’s brown loafers which attracted Neil very strongly. Neil started obsessively to follow him and to take pictures of him wearing the brown shoes. He even started to make him small presents as brown shoe polish, laces or even pictures, leaving them in his student pigeon-hole. Just before his exams, Thomas felt himself ill, through all this stress, and asked the ...

Literature

The story of an hour centers on a young woman who is married, and it is indicating her reaction to her husband’s death in a train accident (Chopin n.d). The cat in the rain is also a short story of an American wife who is suffering from the mistreatment she is receiving from her husband. She figures herself in the cat that she sees in the rain thus goes ahead to look for that Cat (Hemingway, n.d). This paper will discuss how the two authors use contrasting or similar elements of fiction, the impact of those items on ...

Literature has always worked as the quintessential reflection of life and existence in the mortal world. The authors find their liberty as they engage in the portrayal of the fictional character as expressions of their creative zeal. Fiction goes on to get meshed with the elements of reality, thereby portraying the true picture of life in the literary works by the stalwart authors. A close introspection of one such work, The Moviegoer, by the acclaimed writer, Walker Percy would let one develop a perfect understanding of how literature can explore the true meaning of life in this temporal world ...

Love and marriage have always been an inexhaustible topic in the literature of all nation and all times. Depiction of various shades of emotion in this context has offered the reader a great enjoyment as well as some food for thought. The short story The Story of an Hour by an American writer Kate Chopin is one of the examples of Considering the moral conventions of the her time, especially with regard to female rights and behavior, this story was definitely an unusual approach to interpreting the relationship between the sexes: the female protagonist hears about the abrupt death ...

Around the world, societies have placed immense responsibilities on women as the pillars of their families and it is sad that the responsibilities become oppressive. “The Story of an Hour” is Kate Chopin’s story about a woman who is told that her husband had died in an accident. The story was first published in 1894 in Vogue. In this story, Chopin shows great determination in her opposition to the oppression women face. At the time, Chopin wrote her story, women were undergoing great oppression especially from the domestic front. In the story, Chopin depicts marriage as taking away ...

The short story “The Storm” by Chopin describes the events that happen during a storm, and, consequently, brings out the characters of those involved in the story. Among the characters in the story is Calixta, who plays the role of a homemaker and has several character traits as shown in the story. Chopin describes the character of Calixta through her interactions with numerous other characters, some of whom belong to her family as well as others who are not part of her family. Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” is an interesting take as shown by the theme and the ...

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3. How is the setting in the stories listed below essential to our understanding of the events in these works? The setting of the story, The Lottery, stirs the readers to the very core as it helps in setting up the ambiance that leads to the climactic sequence in the course of the narrative. The description of the beautiful day and the open space in stark juxtaposition to the final barbaric act in the course of the story makes one understand the dichotomy between the societal norms and logical outlook. Right up to the very end, one is unable ...

The Story of an Hour

Kate Chopin’s The Story of An Hour is, on the surface, a romantic tale of a woman who wiles away the boring, husbandless hours she encounters alone in her room, waiting for her spouse to return. Through a strange mix-up concerning his death, and subsequent resurrection, she finds herself suffering from a life-ending heart attack herself. Those around her believe she has died from the sheer joy of find her husband has not died after all. Anybody who truly knew her would know she had actually died from a tragically broken heart, for she was a woman forlorn ...

It needs to be taken into account that literature goes on to reflect the true nature of the society of this world. The stalwart literary artists have for long engaged in portraying the dynamics of the interpersonal relationships in their works, and the theme of domination and its subsequent subversion has come to find commonality in the works of many literary artists of the world. If one closely introspects on some specific works, it would be easier to gauge how the thematic content of domination has been portrayed in the literary texts over the span of the history of ...

http://nypost.com/2016/02/19/are-we-finally-moving-beyond-the-hook-up-culture/ Chelsea Samelson writes for the New York Post in this article regarding how American’s views on sex have changed in the last decade. The article essentially summarizes a study conducted by OKCupid, where both men and women were asked “Would you consider sleeping with someone on the first date?” and “Would you date someone just for the sex?” The results of the questions revealed that in response to the first question, there was a 19% decline in participants answering yes. For the second question, there was a 10 percent decline. According to Samelson, this says a lot ...

Berlin and Germany has for the past few decades known as a center for the European art scene. The city itself is a historical site and one that is very much known for its architecture, history and culture. Berlin for the majority of the second half of the twentieth century was not the most attractive place in Europe for artist, art dealers, gallery owners, and brokers to do business. This was largely due to the effect of the Cold War, the construction of the Berlin Wall and the sensitive political landscape in which Berlin was located. With the end ...

Katherine O’Flaherty was born in Missouri in August 1904. Kate was a renowned novelist and short story writer whose works reflected the status of the society during her time (Chaeyoung, 59). In The Story of the Hour, Kate weaves a tale of a woman who is mistakenly told that her partner had perished in an accident. Interestingly, the woman is euphoric at the thought of her husband’s death and feels physically and psychologically free. However, her joy was curtailed when her husband comes home one hour later alive and well. In fact, he had not even heard ...

Kate Chopin’s novel, “The Awakening,” is a novel that entirely talks about the life of a newly married young woman. This woman unfortunately feels that her freedom is significantly curtailed. As for this reason, she goes about various errands in a bid to get her personal freedom since, in her view; this move will make her live a more reasonable and fulfilling life (Chopin 25). But the way to go about it presents her a major turmoil, how can she manage to get her personal freedom in a society that defines a woman not by her character, but ...

“The storm” by kate chopin

The character of Calixta is the protagonist or main character of the story although she appears to be visible only in a few of the pages in the novel. However, the main bulk of her character comes from her personal point of view about love and life. I have chosen the character of Calixta because of her mysterious character that was slowly revealed until the end of the story. Calixta’s character is interesting because there more to her than what meets the eye. In the beginning, the audience perceives Calixta’s character to be ordinary in the sense ...

  Fashion can carry significant meanings about culture, tradition and the outlook of people around the world. Fashion not only encompasses many social issues but also individual backgrounds of people, and it can be a very useful tool in expressing one’s personal identity. According to Barber, "Fashion has also been used in reference to language usages, literature, food, dance music, recreation, indeed the whole range of social and culture elements" (Barber, 1993). Throughout history it has been evident that, fashion has revealed itself during the evolution and revolution of many aspects of issues, including but not limited to class ...

Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour is a thrilling story about a woman called Mrs. Mallard, whose husband is suspected to be involved in an accident. One of her husband’s friends, Richard, receives the message that Mr. Mallard had died in the accident and tells it to a number of people. Some people close to the wife of Mr. Mallard wonder how they are going to break the news to Mrs. Mallard. When Mrs. Mallard is finally informed by her sister Josephine, she is so grief-stricken that she goes to sit alone in a room, contemplating how ...

Composed by Kate Chopin a short story Désirée’s Baby presents passage from life of a girl without a name who finds her love and her bitter end. Désirée was found by Valmondé a wealthy and aristocratic family from the antebellum South who adopts her despite that fact that Monsieur and Madame Valmondé do not know girl`s origin. She is loved and admired not only by her new parents but also by Armand Aubigny a representative of another influential and wealthy Creole family in Louisiana. It seems that Désirée is surrounded by ...

Kate Chopin’s late 19th-century novel The Awakening, and its protagonist Edna Pontellier, demonstrates a protagonist with a complex and layered inner life, pioneering the extent to which female lead characters in American fiction could be displayed. Throughout the novel, her sense of self as it is positioned within the societal expectations of wifehood and motherhood in the late 1800s is continually challenged, as she must weigh the pressures placed on her by her husband and community against her own individual wants and needs. In this respect, feminism and marriage play a significant role in Edna’s growth and ...

Introduction

Kate Stone is a known young southern woman who was involved in warfare during the civil war period. Women during the civil war witnessed a change in cultural and social structures. The civil war is viewed as an important turning point on the role of women in the society and the history of the United States. When women were left behind to take care of children while men went to war, a need emerged for women to quickly join the military. As a result, class lines and attitudes towards the war fell away. Women realized the need to take ...

Throughout the years, the world has advanced more through the usage of technology and the benefits it brings. In the beginning, there were only desktop computers that could do a limited amount of work, and now they have been transformed in portable tablets, laptops, and even phones. With this much portability on technology, it was certain that certain websites dedicated to keeping in touch with people were invented. The first successful social media website that was around during the early days of the internet was Myspace. Just like the social media websites today, a person could update their page ...

Feminism is defined as a particular movement that is organized to achieve the rights of women. The use of it is etched throughout literature. Two works where feminism is heavily illustrated are Henrik Ibsen's play, A Doll's House and Kate Chopin's The Awakening. Both works present prime examples of feminism in their display of breaking away from the traditional roles, and the consequences of moving away from masculine conventions. These works from the perspective of the writer, highlight the importance of women in society, and their respective roles and functions being different from the conventional viewpoints by the masculine ...

Final Project – The Removalists

David Williamson’s 1971 Australian play The Removalists revolves around the story of a pair of police officers, Constable Neville Ross and Sergeant Dan Simmonds, and their investigation of a domestic assault charge placed by Fiona and Kate against Fiona’s husband Kenny in a Melbourne suburb in the 1970s. Through a tremendously realistic style and deeply complex exploration of the themes of violence, treatment of women and police brutality, The Removalists manages to create a uniquely compelling portrait of 1970s Australian life and its changing social norms, as well as the universal capacity for human beings to inflict ...

Literary works have always been the mirrors of the society, and many of them have come to critique the subjugation of women. One can take into consideration the literary works, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin and Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House that delve into the influences of the society and the family in oppressing women. The respective narratives would lead to a better comprehension of the intricate influences and experiences that finally pave the way of the emancipation of the characters of Edna and Nora from the shackles of patriarchy and subjugation. A comparative analysis of the ...

Literature is the perfect mirror of the world society as the creative artists take resort to their works of art to portray the society and culture. A close scrutiny of the literary works of various authors ranging across time in the history of literature would be helpful in bringing an introspective perspective about the state of women in the society. For the purpose of the scrutiny, one can take into reckoning the short story The Story of an Hour penned by Kate Chopin, the short story, The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck, the seminal article by feminist film critic, Laura ...

Tragedy is the outcome of a story when the protagonist loses the battle against their opponents in the end. “Desiree’s Baby” is a short story written by Kate Chopin which deals with the theme of racial prejudice. Desiree is an adopted girl who marries Armand who is an aristocrat in Louisiana. They get married and she gives birth to a child who is a mulatto. Since her ancestry is unknown being adopted, Armand is convinced that the Desiree is of black heritage and he disowns both his wife and his son. The tragedy in this story is related ...

The story "The Story of the Hour" written by Kate Chopin presents new and revolutionary view of marriage near the end of the nineteenth century. Through the character of Mrs. Mallard, Kate Chopin presents the position of a married woman trapped into marriage and the possibility of different life when a husband is out of the picture. Symbols of heart and open windows and the use of irony as a powerful literary tool are dominant in this story and they give its readers an unexpected ending. The story is set in Mrs. Mallard's house. The writer explores reflections of ...

The short fiction work of turn-of-the-century author Kate Chopin regularly deals with the recurring themes of womanhood, agency and identity, usually telling stories of women trapped in stifling lives due to the patriarchal expectations placed on them to live a certain way. Through these explorations of gender roles, particularly through marriage and motherhood, Chopin uses these central themes to explore the imbalances found between men and women in terms of power and agency. At all turns, the protagonists of Chopin’s stories must make unconventional, taboo decisions to reject the white, male-dominated judgments and expectations placed on them. Two ...

One can take into consideration the famous song, “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga that can be related to the essence of the course of study. This song sung by the famous singer leaves a lasting impression with the lyrics and the video that can very well be understood as a powerful expression of female sexuality and desires. If one analyzes the content of this song with relation to the societal ideology of patriarchy, it can be found to be a subversion of the imposed passivity on the women folks. The song is an energetic expression of the desires and ...

12 Book Descriptors 12 Book Descriptors

Penned by the feminist author of America, Kate Chopin, the novel is one of the very first works of literature that points to the challenges faced by women in the American society. This naturalist work stirs readers with its narrative.

A Doll’s House, Henrik Isben (40 words)

Henrik Isben’s most famous play, A Doll’s house, leaves a mark on the audience or readers with the engaging narrative that shows the gradual transformation of Nora. The play reflects the oppressive nature of marriage and speaks for gender equality.

Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley. (40 words)

This sci-fi novel is immortalized in the pages of literary history ...

Musings and Longings

She sat quietly. She looked calm. She was all drenched. The park was empty. It was raining heavily. The leaves were all wet.

The sudden rain was livening after the long summer.

A bird had just flown back to the nest atop that big tree. She was happy that no one could see her tears. She wanted to look calm.

She was happy that no one could know she was broken from inside.

She thought of the baby. She thought of her life. She wanted to cry her heart out. But, that would make her look weak. Although alone, she wanted to look strong. She is now a killer. She didn’t want to. But she did. He wanted her to. ...

The Removalist was composed in 1971 by the Australian dramatist, David Williamson. At the end of 1960s-mid 1970s, Australia was bringing all the extra openly articulate, there were many ladies’ benefits, domestic benefits, and the challenging against the Vietnam War. The Removalist is an investigation of the Australian Society amid a to a great degree glamorous time. David Williamson's point when thinking of this play was to make and Australian character in a global show, and doing this he additionally utilized well-known issues as a part of his general public, for example, the debasement and viciousness. In The Removalist, ...

The proposed research will compare the women in Kate Chopin's The Awakening and A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen. Specifically, the research will explore the subject of feminism. Feminism is defined as the avocation for the rights of women. Both novels present prime examples of feminism in their display of the breaking away from tradition roles and the consequences of gravitating away from these conventions. In order to effectively assess the conventions of the women in both works, the research will necessitate examining the symbols and characteristics associated with the characters. Ibsen's main character, Nora, is on a quest ...

The technological progress of the last several decades enables the humanity not only increase comfort and efficiency, but also to identify and solve problems which come up in the process. Unfortunately, some problems like the cost-efficiency, global hunger, and air pollution do not go away easily. The articles Miles to Go: Why Automakers Don't Sell a Car that Gets 50 mpg by Keith Naughton, Attention Whole Foods Shoppers by Robert Paarlberg, and Lose 300 Million Tons of CO2 in Just Three Weeks by Kate Sheppard explore the aforementioned issues and offer viable solutions. The specified global problems demand a ...

Literary works have always been the mirrors of the society. In a society that is immensely patriarchal in its standards, many significant literary works have come to critique the subjugation of women. One can take into consideration the seminal literary works, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin and Henrik Isben’s A Doll’s House that delve into the influences of the society and the family in oppressing women. The female protagonists embody the inner spirit of female empowerment that is brought about by the surmounting effect of the patriarchal influences as Edna faces social pressure and Nora faces onus ...

General Purpose: To argue

Specific purpose: To argue that the government should stop direct help to the poor Thesis Statement: The government should stop giving direct help to the poor because (1) As opposed to giving help to the poor, the government is supposed to solve problems perceived as general in nature and not those that are at individual level, (2) poverty is a social construct which is relative and not an objective status, (3) helping the poor is likely to discourage hard work as the poor will always be looking up to the government for help, (4) such programs are unlikely to ...

Thesis statement: Edna achieves her awakening thanks to her social problems that push her to discover herself and her freedoms while Nora’s family life when she starts to question her morality courtesy of her familial obligations that pushed her to indebt secretly herself.

INTRODUCTION

Society and gender roles Introduction of the required texts Introduction of the two protagonists, Edna and Norah and their awakening Thesis statement NORAH HELMER AND HER AWAKENING TROUGH FAMILY PROBLEMS Treatment by her husband Her maturity as exhibited through borrowing of money Her acknowledgement as an unhappy woman Her disengagement from her “play- room” of ...

“The storm” by kate chopin

The character of Calixta is the protagonist or main character of the story although she appears to be visible only in a few of the pages in the novel. However, the main bulk of her character comes from her personal point of view about love and life. I have chosen the character of Calixta because of her mysterious character that was slowly revealed until the end of the story. Calixta’s character is interesting because there more to her than what meets the eye. In the beginning, the audience perceives Calixta’s character to be ordinary in the sense ...

There are many great people in the history of the United States who were working towards freedom and prosperity. There are people who did a little bit more than others and as a result they were awarded with Presidential Medal. Harvey Milk's historic race in 1977 as one of the world's first transparently gay chose authorities and its most unmistakable one-symbolized the flexibility to live with credibility to a large number of LGBT ladies and men around the globe. Harvey served not exactly a year in broad daylight office before his merciless death yet his life significantly changed a ...

Shakespeare has long been hailed as one of the greatest depicters of human nature. His works are still remade to this day, including 10 Things I Hate About You, a restyling of The Taming of the Shrew. This film attempts to take the Elizabethan comedy into contemporary times, using a cast of young starlets and hunks in order to portray the tribulations and follies of people falling in love in the modern era. Nevertheless, one of the greatest differences between the two is the depiction of women and their role in society, as it has obviously changed from the ...

Integrative Essay

This particular story is an interesting genre or case of passage where Holmes is pitted as a messenger informing Watson of the on-goings. The readers find an interesting bit of the character traits of Watson. That is, he is a married doctor who lives in his house with his family. The statement can be illustrated by this assertion, “"it was in June, `89 - there came a ring at my bell my wife laid her needlework down "A Patient!" being that his wife informed him of what had transpired, he says that he was coming from his errands having ...

Abortion

Lee is a female social worker who volunteered to work at a clinic near her home area in Oregon. She is twenty-five years old and not married. She has been a regular social service delivery attendant who aims at enhancing delivery of better services to her community. According to her, the work she does is her passion because she does not receive any salary. After engaging in a sexual affair with her male workmate, she got pregnant. However, she had not decided on the action to take because of various reasons. First, the man responsible for the pregnancy was ...

Abstract

This paper will analyse three of the literary elements – tone, point of view and symbolism - in Kate Chopin’s The Story of an Hour. Each of these elements will be analysed in turn so that their contribution to the overall meaning of the story can be assessed. These three elements have been chosen because they are crucial to a full understanding of the story and also because, as this paper will demonstrate, at certain points of the story they are closely interlinked: that the tone depends on the point of view, that the symbolism depends on the point of ...

Literary Comparison of The Story of an Hour and The Necklace

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant are both short stories associated with the trials and tribulations of marriage, as well as love. Both stories also deal with the emotional and physical changes that are attributed to personal life changing events. In The Story of an Hour, the plot revolves around a woman, Louise Mallard, and her reaction to her husband’s death. In The Necklace, the plot is based upon a married couple M. Loisel and his wife Mathilde, and the turmoil a necklace has caused them. Although there are similarities in the ...

Lowell Bray, The Plaintiff, filed an appeal in the Douglas County District Court asking for damages for injuries protracted when he skidded on ice on defendant's grounds. In its adjusted answer, the defendant, Kate Inc on behalf of Stockade Restaurant & Lounge, denied the petition's allegations and alleged that plaintiff was contributory negligent in failing to keep a proper lookout and in walking in such a manner that he lost his balance. It additionally claimed that plaintiff willingly presumed the risk of whatever hazardous condition existed.

Evidence presented by the plaintiff at trial illustrated that the Millard area in Douglas County, ...