Kind Fortune in Aphra Behn's The Rover
Fortune governs people's lives -- a reasonable conclusion considering the continuing presence of billboards advertising palm readers, colorful displays of horoscopes in magazines, and late night commercials marketing tarot card readings for only two dollars a minute. In her farcical comedy The Rover, Aphra Behn traces the fates of ladies of fortune, ladies of the night, men of honour, and men of disrepute as that sneaky rogue called Love entangles their lives. Throughout the play, Behn uses fortune in every sense of the word to guide people's actions until finally Fortune personified becomes an active character in the plot.
In the beginning scene, Florinda and Hellena discuss the former's impending marriage and her hope to marry a man "...due to my beauty, birth and fortune..." (Behn Act I, Scene I). Pedro argues for Don Vincentio as a "...man of so vast a fortune..." (Act I, Scene I) and attempts to dissuade his sister from marrying Belvile because he "...has no fortune to bring..." (Act I, Scene I)....
The starting of the story kept me in suspense: the starting sentence, “No one can accuse Philippa and me of having married in haste” (Fox 1). This clearly brought up the theme of love and marriage. The selection of words by the narrator told that the speaker did not regret his marriage. The defensive tone of the narrator made me to think that perhaps people had criticized his marriage.
At the beginning of the story, the protagonist, Cleofilas, had an illusion that all romances are like the ones she has seen on television. However, she soon realizes that her relationship with Juan Pedro was nothing like what she had dreamed it would be. Cisneros wants to emphasize the idea that when men bring home the primary source of income in the family, they feel they have power over their wives. Cisneros uses Juan Pedro in the story to portray this idea. For instance, Cleofilas often tells herself that if she had any brains in her, she would realize that Juan Pedro wakes up before the rooster to earn his living to pay for the food in her belly and a roof over her head (Cisneros, 1991, p.249). Cisneros wants to make a point that when men feel that they have power over their wives, women begin to feel a sense of low self-worth.
? . . . it made no difference if they studied medicine or had the right to vote, because they would not have the strength to do it, but she herself [Nivea] was not brave enough to be among the first to give up the fashion.? (6, Ch 1) The women in this society are dependant on the dominant male figure to handle political and economical duties. This point of view is intended to mimic the older generation of women ad present a foundation for the growth of an enlightened generation. Allende uses this excerpt to present a foundation of structure to the novel by beginning with the extremes of opinion, which are followed in the novel through different generations. Alba for example, become a very outspoken activist by trying to attend the student protests and follow Miguel on his demonstrations, a sharp contrast to the indifference or shallowness found in her great grandmother.
Shirley Jackson, an American writer who was born on December 14, 1916, in San Francisco, CA and died on August 8,1965 in North Bennington, VT, she may be mostly known for her commended short story such as Charles, The Lottery, The possibility of Evil, The Lovely House and Louisa, please. She attended the University of Rochester from 1932 to 1936 and she later joined at Syracuse University. “Janice” a story about a student who tried to commit suicide was her first publication. After graduation from Syracuse University with a bachelor 's degree in English in 1940, she moved to New York and continued her writing life. Jackson was a creative essayist and considerable lots of her stories have mysterious nature.
Grande introduces to the audience various characters that cross Juana 's path to either alter or assist her on her journey to find her father. Through those individuals, Grande offers a strong comparison of female characters who follow the norms, versus those that challenge gender roles that
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This misogynistic attitude is present in ‘Much Ado about Nothing’. In the play, Messina is presented as being a positive and cheerful community and the woman appear to have freedom, however those misogynistic attitudes of the time period are still demonstrated. When Leonato tells his daughter, Hero, “daughter, remember what I told you: if the prince do solicit you in that kind, you know your answer.” Don Pedro is b...
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