An initial trope revealed in this passage is the tension of intimacy versus isolation specifically through the relationship between the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler. For instance, although Sherlock refers to Irene as “the woman,” and this appears to exemplify a sort of intimacy or “closeness” by reflecting images of monogamy and “oneness,” the title also serves to demonstrate distance of character (OED). Principally, it stylistically reflects that of an archetype to perhaps signify that just like an archetype as a “projected image,” Sherlock’s understanding of Irene Adler throughout the text, is likewise manufactured (OED). Through her “assumed role” as “the woman,” she “eclipses […] the whole of her sex in Sherlock’s mind” …show more content…
Despite the focus of the passage on the character dynamics of Holes and Adler, it is John Watson, who narrates the story through an outside, third-party view in place of a first-person perspective. This literary choice could again, indicate Irene Adler’s “dubious” character and her actions at the end of the text. Notably, this narration illustrates how the idea that the remaining account of Adler left to the protagonists and readers, is only a “questionable memory” that is thus—as a memory is static--“detached and an impression” instead of something “concrete and present” (OED). Furthermore, John mentions “the woman” or “one woman” in both the opening line and closing line to produce a cyclical narrative effect that perhaps exhibits how Irene Adler can keep Sherlock from deriving any final or concise conclusions---effectively “running in circles” after her …show more content…
In this way, the passage also seems to evaluate inverted gender roles in which Irene Adler is in a position of dominance, and this renders Sherlock consequently into a more passive role as one who must simply observe her to formulate any response. Additionally, the descriptive language of both characters enhances this understanding of the reversal in that, where Sherlock has a “delicate […] temperament,” something soft and more stereotypically feminine, Adler is figuratively compared to the “grit” in Holmes’s sensitivities. Thereby, developing an image of her as being a “strong, determined” figure—qualities that, traditionally, the Eurocentric gender dichotomy associates with masculinity (OED). She “predominates” and so, by definition, the reader expects her to “be the strongest or main element,” throughout the story to follow
The author Ken Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado and went to Stanford University. He volunteered to be used for an experiment in the hospital because he would get paid. In the book “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, Kesey brings up the past memories to show how Bromden is trying to be more confident by using those thoughts to make him be himself. He uses Bromden’s hallucinations, Nurse Ratched’s authority, and symbolism to reveal how he’s weak, but he builds up more courage after each memory.
Distinctive voices may be created by the composer’s deliberate subversion of the reader’s expectations. Within the text ‘The Life and Crimes of Harry Lavender’, Day’s process in the subverting of the stereotypical hardboiled detective genre through her portrayal of her female protagonist, Claudia Valentine challenges the reader’s perceptions of modern world women in a late 20th century context. Claudia’s masculinised voice shows her choice to prevent her femininity, the use of masculine expressions and crude imagery comparing her finding to a “sh*t sandwich on three-day old bread” and describing Sally Villos as a “cold hard b...
In Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, the reader has the experience to understand what it was like to live in an insane asylum during the 1960’s. Kesey shows the reader the world within the asylum of Portland Oregon and all the relationships and social standings that happen within it. The three major characters’ groups, Nurse Ratched, the Black Boys, and McMurphy show how their level of power effects how they are treated in the asylum. Nurse Ratched is the head of the ward and controls everything that goes on in it, as she has the highest authority in the ward and sabotages the patients with her daily rules and rituals. These rituals include her servants, the Black Boys, doing anything she tells them to do with the patients.
Holmes and Holmes developed this typology based on various characteristics of the crime scenes and the victims themselves of 110 interviews of selected offenders and serial murders (Canter & Wentink, 2004). David Canter and Natalia Wentink conducted an empirical test of this typology and developed several criticisms to their work. Their empirical test concluded that the features described for each category tend to co-occur within each other. For example, the characteristics of a lust killer include a controlled crime scene, evidence of torture, the body being moved, a specific type of victim, no weapon left at the crime scene, and rape; all of these features are also included for the thrill killer. This makes it difficult to categorize these
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, as the name implies, centers on the character of Victor Frankenstein. Over the course of the novel, the point of view switches across a cast of several characters, all of which have interacted with Victor, some more than others. Victor’s pursuit to find the source of life, and the events thereafter, show him making countless questionable decisions, hurting the people close to him, and getting away wit hit all because of the society he lives in. These points unequivocally prove that Victor Frankenstein is a sociopath.
Clare’s identity is defined by her presentation, with the way she appears, how she dresses and her make-up and perfume she puts on. She is once again passing but this time pertaining to her gender. She appears to be playing up the role outwardly as the model woman. The metaphor of Clare’s face as a mask reveals that there is in fact something beneath the surface she is hiding, “Clare’s ivory face was what it always was, beautiful and caressing. Or maybe today a little masked” (220). Clare’s wearing of a mask allows her to be symbolized even more as a sort of heroine because a hero wears a mask but also relates to how she is hiding her true self by wearing a mask. She has masculine traits such as her not being afraid and being willing to do what ever it takes to get the things she wants (65). She has many more masculine traits then feminine. She is not like most women during the 1920’s whose occupation was to be a mother and wife. She does not really care to be a mother and even goes as far as to say, “being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world” (52). She overall is never worried about being a mother or a wife. We never really see Clare worrying about her daughter or husbands happiness only about her own. Irene on the other hand is depicted as a self-sacrificing
Chopin’s use of symbolism throughout the text establishes a method of conveying the opposition of structural gender roles in Victorian society to readers in a magnificent way.
...ng it through Grace’s mother and Mrs. Humphrey. The novel depicts this construct of gender identity through society by molding Grace to believe women are subordinate and need to get married and be good housewives to be successful. This construct is seen through emotion as women who are emotional are seen as “abnormal” and sent to asylums, while men had to power to do so. The societal construct of gender identity was seen as men were to bask in their sexuality and be assertive, while women were to be passive and suppress their sexuality. Mrs. Humphrey challenged this construct as she was assertive and the instigator. Lastly, the societal construct of gender identity was challenged through Grace’s mother as she took over the males position of being the provider. Overall, women were looked at as subordinate to men in the Victorian age and Atwood challenged this belief.
...e acts as a social construct since she details her own rise to riches as a result of marriage, but society ignores the larger significance of marriage: procreation. This major aspect never receives any attention from either Lady Bracknell or Victorian society due to a cultural taboo. Wilde uses her views on marriage to illustrate the fundamental perversion of the Victorian matrimonial ideal since it uses marriage as a social construct while ignoring the sexual construct.
I enjoyed this reading this play because the men in the play were typical men-folk. They put on this persona that they are the most important creatures on Earth. They act as if they were Sherlock Holmes himself when in actuality they are not nearly as vigilant as the female characters. Their high-mighty attitude made the women feel inferior and because of that common feeling they form a bond between the three of them. Through this bond they decided to keep the evidence they found and Mrs. Wright’s secret to themselves. Taking the box with the dead bird was them demonstrating gender loyalty and an act of rebelliousness against a the self-righteous male-dominate...
...Piercy badgers the reader with Comstock's view of women (mostly in the descriptions of his dutiful wife and obedient daughter) to illustrate his sexism, however, the belabored point begins to fall flat and instead leaves the character feeling one-dimensional. Likewise, even men initially introduced to the reader as pro-feminist, like Theodore Tilton, meet with a predictable sexist ending. These men were no doubt chosen to embody the patriarchal society of then and today, but the unyielding portrayal began to feel overwhelmingly oppressive (perhaps her intent) and a novel so based in realism, on that point, began to feel contrived, therefore unrealistic. Nevertheless, Piercy compares and contrasts the experiences of the characters', offering them up to the reader, perhaps in hope that similarities can be identified and a feminist dialogue can be started or continued.
Essay 2 Psychoanalysis is the method of psychological therapy originated by Sigmund Freud in which free association, dream interpretation, and analysis of resistance and transference are used to explore repressed or unconscious impulses, anxieties, and internal conflicts (“Psychoanalysis”). This transfers to analyzing writing in order to obtain a meaning behind the text. There are two types of people who read stories and articles. The first type attempts to understand the plot or topic while the second type reads to understand the meaning behind the text. Baldick is the second type who analyzes everything.
Although Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre are comparatively different, the characters are delicately crafted to unfold a captivating theme throughout each novel which embodies the idea of the social outcast. The Monster and Jane Eyre struggle through exile due to an inability to fit into the social norms presented by the era. The characters embark on a journey while coping with alienation and a longing for domesticity which proves to be intertwined with challenges. Character, developed as social outcasts are appealing and sympathized with by readers because of their determination to reach a level of happiness. The voyage toward domesticity, away from the exile of society which Jane Eyre and The Monster embark on
Close reading reveals more than one possible answer to this question, but the overriding theme seems sympathetic to the Lady. By applying "the feminist critique" (Peterson 333-334) to Tennyson's famous poem, one may begin to understand how "The Lady of Shalott" not only analyzes, but actually critiques the attitudes that held women back and, in the end, makes a hopeful, less patriarchal statement about the place of women in Victorian society. As noted in the Norton Anthology of English Literature, the Industrial Revolution provided women with opportunities to work outside the home, but it also "presented an increasing challenge to traditional ideas of woman's sphere" ("Role of Women" 902). The idea of "public and private life as two'separate spheres'. inextricably connected either with women or with men" (Gorham 4) had emerged as an upper-class Victorian ideal amongst the "strains of modernization" ("Role of Women" 902)....
Lady Bracknell represents the typical aristocrat who focuses the idea of marriage on social and economic status. She believes that if the men trying to marry these girls are not of proper background, there is no engagement. Through this major exaggeration, Wilde satirically reveals the irrational and insignificant matters that the upper class society uses to view marriage.