In the poem “My Ex-Husband” by Gabriel Spera the main character displays hate for her husband‚ which in time reveals her love for him. The hateful tone in the poem contributes to the fact that she dislikes her husband‚ but at the same time she is stuck in the past‚ which keeps her from moving on. The first two lines of the poem introduce us to the a picture of her ex husband: “Thats my ex-husband pictured on the self‚ smiling as if in love”. We begin to suspect that main character is no longer with
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“Wives as Deputy Husbands” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Article Review “Wives as Deputy Husbands” by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich was written to give the author’s opinion on the roles of women in the 17th and 18th century. Some historians thought women were merely there to do housework and take care of the children. They thought they were helpless. On the contrary other’s thought they were very involved in various affairs such as: blacksmiths‚ silversmiths‚ tinworkers‚ shoeworkers‚ tanners‚ etc. They thought
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They’re not your husband | Based upon the short story “They’re not your husband” written by Raymond Carver in the year of1973. They’re not your husband “They are not your husband” is a short story written by Raymond Carver. The story is written in the third person and is about a man called Earl Ober‚ who is an unemployed salesman‚ and his wife (Doreen) who works at a twenty-four-hour coffee shop. After a night out drinking (as usual) he decides to stop by the coffee shop to see his wife’s
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The Double Standards in An Ideal Husband Double standards are clearly represented in the novel by Oscar Wilde‚ An Ideal Husband‚ that talks about the position of women in the society. In this play‚ women are attributed to several things‚ for instance‚ an idea that women stand for the irrational‚ women have a wonderful natural feeling concerning a number of things. They are able to discover everything except the most obvious things in society. In addition to these‚ the play as well
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door. He would wave at them‚ but no one would wave back. They well knew that their father was not going to his office‚ but rather to another home‚ one where someone else would welcome him with that special warmth a wife reserves for greeting her husband. The car disappeared into the distance and still the children continued to stare up the road. They seemed mesmerized‚ waiting there on the chance that he might turn back. I wished there were some way to make them forget these scenes more quickly
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An Ideal Husband Themes by Oscar Wilde Major Themes Political Corruption Political corruption dominates the plot in An Ideal Husband. Sir Robert’s flawless career is threatened by the corruption of his youth. One of the play’s ironies is that the happy ending relies on Sir Robert’s corruption remaining hidden from public view. The offer of a cabinet seat would never stand if the public had knowledge of his past. Yet‚ because he successfully hides this past‚ he feels absolved of his crime. Even
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Summary of the play It all starts at a big‚ high-culture party. Sir Robert and Lady Gertrude Chiltern‚ rising star couple on the political scene‚ greet the Who’s Who of 1890s London as they mill about delivering bon mots. The surprise main event is the arrival of Mrs. Cheveley. She looks outrageous and radiates menacing charm. It turns out that both Lady Chiltern and Lord Goring‚ the dandified philosopher in the play‚ know this lady from days gone by. They’re not fans. But Mrs. Cheveley doesn’t
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My future husband | | | | |Along the road from cradle to grave many of us get married. This in itself can cause more emotional disturbance than all the | |other events of our lives combined. Many factors make the difference between marital bliss and having "an old ball-and-chain" | |but the most important factor is probably whom we choose to marry. That is why I
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Troy blames himself for not being able to teach his son on how to become a better adult. This is the reason for Troy giving Lyon anything that he ask for even though Troy wants him to earn it on his own. An example of this is when Lyon ask Troy for ten dollars at the beginning of the play. He wants Lyon to get himself a job that would help him out‚ so he do not have to keep coming to his father for money. On the other hand‚ Cory Maxson get the worst end of the stick. He does not get treated the same
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Male daughters‚ female husbands Ifi Amadiume Published by Zed Books Ltd in 1987 I chose the book Male daughters‚ female husbands by Ifi Amadiume. The reason I chose this book is because I have always been curious about the role of women in non western countries and why they were viewed as being subservient to men by their own as well as the western world. Ifi Amadiume‚ a Nigerian sociologist with a London University doctorate‚ conducted research in her own family area to study gender and sex
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