Topic: Hegemonic Masculinity in Khaled Hosseini's novel A Thousand Splendid Suns This study is carried out to find the causes and reasons of ‘hegemonic masculinity’ in Afghan society through Khaled Hosseini’s novel: A Thousand Splendid Suns. This term is not just restricted to masculine superiority but it is about gender relations. When we speak of masculinities it is not equivalent to male gender only, rather it is concerned with the position of men in gender order. The theoretical framework of
From Casting to Casting Away Gender: Cross-Gendering in Modern Shakespeare Performance The year 1660 marked an important juncture in the English theatre. Not only was monarchy restored in England but Charles II also allowed women to enter the stage. Thus, women replaced the young adolescent males who cross-dressed in order to portray the women characters in Shakespeare’s plays. Although, the cross-dressing motif might seem strange to some, this practice can be traced back to Ancient Greeks who did
Representation: Minorities or marginalised sections of society have been known to be misrepresented in the media. If we take the issue of gender equality under the heading of representation in media culture, we can see that there are several similarities with those issues outlined when discussing the production of media. This issue can be explored further and more in depth when discussing how these marginalised areas of society are portrayed on film. Raising the argument of accurate representation
The aim of the paper is to extract the perspective of gender difference at work place in regards of the movie The China syndrome 1979 which is a America origin film based on the role of a news reporter and her cameraman that fulfill their work at the most tense situation of nuclear meltdown at a nuclear power plant. The reason to extract the theme of gender at workplace is to determine that man or women, when it comes to fulfill their responsibility, they aim to accomplish it without any hesitation
In todays world, mass media plays an important role by distributing information rapidly and entertaining massive audiences. Mass Media contains all sorts of media such as television, radio, books and the internet. However, nowadays the internet is the most evolving channel, while the TV also has some sort of an effect, by producing a certain type of message, the media can have control on people’s attitudes and beliefs. Advertising is a form of communication for marketing which is used to persuade
Author of Confessions of a Sociopath, M. Thomas, states that “When you grow up as a girl, it is like there are faint chalk lines traced approximately three inches around your entire body at all times, drawn by society, particularly other women, who somehow feel invested in how you behave, as if your actions reflect directly on all womanhood” (Thomas 150). This statement exemplifies the influence and manifest of social construct in society. Construct is the basis for all social structures with gender
Staging Gender in Ramlila of Ramnagar Anita Singh Ramlila (literally “Rama’s play”) is a popular living traditional performance based on the epic Ramayana. The Ramayana (despite the definite article) is not a ‘single book but a story and a tradition of storytelling’ (Lutgendorf, The Oral Tradition and the Many ‘Ramayanas’). The Ramayaṇa and its performance practice Ramlila have been popular for almost two epochs and can be seen as elements in the continuing formation of cultures
DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE GRAMMAR TEACHING; According to Arnis Silvia (2013), grammar teaching is regarded to through two main dimensions; presentation and practice. Relatively, Ellis (2006) claims that grammar teaching contains some instructional techniques that pull and attract the learners to acquire some grammatical forms in a helpful manner that makes them understandable. Furthermore, Ellis (2006) has suggested some linguistic rules in teaching grammar. For the first time, some grammar
The short story “The Lesson” was first published in 1972. This story is in a collection called “Gorilla, My Love” with 14 other stories. Toni Bambara has also published two other novels which added to her collection. In 1977 she published “The Sea Birds Are Still Alive” as her second volume of stories. She also worked on a little bit of screenwriting. Bambara’s short fiction is notable for the creative language and her ability to capture the poetry of black speech. The author stresses the importance
A Deeper Look Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his numerous literature pieces. Edgar Allen Poe was an American writer born in Boston, MA on January 19, 1809. His writing styles of Horror and Romanticisms gave way to many detective storylines. Poe suffered from depression in his life, and can be seen through his work. One very world wide known poem is “The Raven”, it has been an incredibly popular choice among readers for many years and will still be studied and enjoyed for future years to come. Not
Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) pertains to the learning process by which people undergo. This theory focuses on how people learn, grow and develop. In addition, it gives emphasize on the importance of experience in learning process. According to Kolb D. A. (1984) cited by Kolb A. Y. and Kolb D. A. (2008), that ELT is the method by which knowledge where gathered through various experience. And knowledge came from the product of grasping and experiences. Figure 1: Experiential Learning Cycle
Prisoners of the past, doomed to repeat a mistake. Human nature tells us to rationalize or justify the means to which we procure the end result. For example, there are some lessons you learn. When being pulled over for speeding, the ticket reinforces the idea to pay mind to the speed limit. With the lesson in mind you will be less likely to repeat the same mistake in theory again after paying a fine. But how many still obey the speed limit despite some previously been caught and pay a fine? Human’s
The second rhetorical operation discussed in this study is reversal. It “combines elements that are mirror images of one another in an expression” (McQuarrie and Mick, 1996: 432). What means by mirror image here is that it repeats the original sentence but in reverse structure. The rhetorical operation of reversal can be either semantic (antithesis) or syntactic (antimetabole). Antithesis is “fundamentally, contrasting ideas sharpened by the use of opposite or noticeably different meanings” (Cuddon
Part I: Rhetorical Device - Identify a Rhetorical Device the author uses in his writing. Cite from the text (including paragraph #). The author of this piece, Jeremy Egner, voices his opinion countless times throughout the entirety of the article. Therefore, a rhetorical device noticeably evident is opinion. An opinion is a conclusion based on facts or judgements. An example of this device in the article is within paragraph 9 as Egner states, “I saw no compelling reason the cliffhanger device was
There’s this sense of isolated detachment present in the poem “Telephone Pole” amidst all this communication. By using the center source a telephone pole through which all communication flows Hadara Bar-Nadava creates a powerful message. There’s this contradictory theme running through this poem, the object the poems about has this indifferent air, but it shows bouts of awareness and emotion especially in lines thirty-four to thirty-eight. The word choice appears to have a simple meaning but has
Wilfred Owen was a soldier in World War 1 who wrote mostly poems related with war. One of his poems is “Disabled”. Disabled is an anti-war poem with the aim of showing young boys how war was really like. The poem talks about a young boy about 18 years old and his life after war,.The poem gives us a idea of how the boy is know and all his injuries. Through the poem the present life of an injured soldier is differentiated from his past hopes and accomplishments. Wilfred Owen starts the poem by creating
lives with her child and grandchild in Oregon. And Natalie character was inspired by her musician daughter According to the novel, social pressure of conformity is the result of the desire to connect with others, to maintain a place in the social class, to gain more self-esteem through being accepted by
Comma splices are also another form of common grammatical errors. Comma splices are also called run-on sentences; two main clauses are joined together and attempt to create one single sentence. One of the most common types of comma splice that is considered unacceptable is “a sentence of two independent clauses joined, or interrupted, by a conjunctive adverb preceded by one comma or enclosed by two” (A Few Good Words for the Comma Splice 185). In A&P, there are a few instances in which John Updike’s
In “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” a knight has been put under the spell of some woman that he met in the forest. In “A Mother in a Refugee Camp” there is a mother who cares for her child. In “Remember” it is about the last wish of a dying lover. In these three poems they all represent love and they can all represent the illusion of love. But they are all very different when you look at the reasons of love and the reasons for the illusion of love. But in “A Mother in a Refugee Camp” there is the maternal
Explore how the poets present the theme of isolation in Funeral Blues and Mid-Term Break. Isolation is the state of being in a place or situation that is separate from others. The theme of isolation, escapism, disconnection and connotation of death are extensively explored in the poem Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney and Funeral Blues by WH Auden. Mid-Term Break is written in a narrative style as Heaney writes about the death of his younger brother and captures the emotions of the event including