Woman

the sphinx's head and wings seemed to promise the ideal, but her body, being material and female was vile and a trap. The sphinx is thus a kind of femme fatale (fatal woman). Moreau wrote a commentary explaining the picture: "It is the earthly chimera, as base as matter and as alluring, represented by this charming head of a woman, with wings presaging the ideal, but the body of a monster, a flesh-eater that rends and annihilates." His Oedipus rises above such earthly temptations, and will destroy

de Suif, and two nuns. The first six are of a higher social class, either extremely wealthy or members of the government or both. The man traveling alone, Cornudet, is a democrat and a political leftist opposed to the aristocratic government. The woman traveling alone, Boule de Suif, is a fat, appealing prostitute. The two nuns are simple and spend most of the time praying. The passengers board a chilly train, the floor of which is covered with straw, and begin their long journey through the night

not very beautiful. We also saw bets but it was imposible to take a photo of them, they were scared by us! Next to the park, there was the house of the american ambassador in Ireland. It seemed to be a huge hotel but it wasn't. Once at Kilmainham, a woman showed us and presented a picture talking about the prisoner's imprisonment conditions. In my opinion, the most important thing to remember is the commitment of those persons to acquire the Irish independance, they risked the prison but they didn't

two women talking about the brother of one woman, who was in the singles scene. And this woman says, "My brother is having trouble getting dates, so he's trying speed dating." I don't know if you know speed dating? Women sit at tables and men go from table to table, and there's a clock and a bell, and at five minutes, bingo, the conversation ends and the woman can decide whether to give her card or her email address to the man for follow up. And this woman says, "My brother's never gotten a card, and

her. Dee was self confident, “hesitation was not part of her nature”, whereas her mother was the opposite of her, she “couldn’t even look a white man in the eyes.” She wanted nice things very young and soon became an independent and self confident woman: “ At sixteen she had a style of her own and knew what style was.” The mother hardly had a proper education. She didn’t go to college, and ended up taking care alone of her two daughters. As for Maggie, the younger one and obviously not the smartest

reminiscing about their childhood in Nebraska. It is hot and dusty on the train, and it reminds them of the weather growing up on the frontier. According to the speaker, Jim Burden now works for the railroad in New York and is unhappily married to a dull woman who is a patroness to a number of mediocre artists and writers. A quiet man, Jim loves the American West that he grew up in and is able to pursue his passion through his work with the railroad. That day on the train, they talk about a Bohemian girl

is still wounded inside. She is afraid of being loved, and getting attached to a man. These are the consequences of the violence she endured. She is a strong and independent woman, but inside she is afraid of committing to someone. Her mother’s behavior towards her made her someone she is not, changing her into a scared woman. Therefore, the violence of the language has an important impact on people’s personality. What is important and serious here are the consequences verbal violence can have on

looks like a ordinary man. He is an architect and he has been working in a dogged disciplined manner of ambitious man. David is a gray-blue eyed, soft brown haired man, however Harriet is a blue eyed, curly dark haired woman. She is a graphic designer. Harriet is a « healthy young woman » who is « solidly built » (line 37), but David is a « slight young man » (line 44). Their differences are only physical. David and Harriet are very similar. They are both « conservative, old fashions obsolescent, timid

études à l'université d'Oxford. Suite à sa rencontre avec John Ruskin, porte-parole du mouvement 'esthète', il adhère à ce courant artistique qui prône la recherche du 'beau', sans préoccupation morale ou sociale. Rédacteur en chef du magazine The Woman' s World, il prend fait et cause pour le féminisme. Installé à Londres, il choque la société mondaine par ses extravagances, son cynisme et ses pièces de théâtre sont souvent interdites de représentation. Esprit subtil et excentrique, dandy d'une rare

Prakash Rao ! He keeps repeating the same words “My brother … Oh my poor brother..” So Ram asks about his brother and then discovers an incredible story … His brother, Arvind Rao was manager of this industry and took him under his wing. One dayhe met a woman called Erzulie De Ronceray but he calls her Julie … and erm... that is were I stopped reading miss, I'm sorry … Mum wanted me to go to bed ! Claire: Hmmm, it's OK but it's the last time it happens Killian ! So, Prakash meets Julie in New York, she