Old New York was Wharton's term to describe this wealthy and elite class at the top of
the developing city's social hierarchy, a society which was utterly intent on maintaining its
own rigid stability. Even though, the roles of women in American society changed drastically
from 1820’s to 1860’s due to the civil war and such a progression was due in part to the
revolutionary thoughts. Women started taking their right to speak up openly and frankly and
become more like men. The role of many women had changed from being homemaker to
being able to provide for the family by either getting a job or start to be allowed to have a
voice. They had important roles not only in helping the family, but in sharing to rebuild the
nation. As a whole, they helped to clean up the process of urbanization and immigration,
helping literature grow and helping change the ongoing problem of woman’s suffrage. Old
New York society to which Edith Wharton belonged did not give equality to women in legal,
economic, and sexual matters. The society considered woman supremely satisfying object of
masculine possession. Old New York imposed on its members set rules and expectations for
practically everything; manners, fashions, behaviors, and even conversations.
Edith Wharton focuses on female’s characters more than men in her novels. She tries
to show the sufferings of women and her society attitudes towards them, especially the
divorced women. Countess Ellen Olenska represents the major female character in The Age of
Innocence .She is considered a perfect example of women’s agony. Wharton presents Ellen
Olenska as the sophisticate, a woman who has been lived amid the aristocracy of Europe and
has seen the different world. Her style of dress and her manners are exotic to New York eyes,
especially in her interactions with men. Everything about Olenska signaled her foreignness.
She is delineated as the victim of old New York society. New York is again the center of
bizarre traditions and customs.
The matter of Divorce and leaving a husband is unacceptable in New York society.
Ellen wants to go home, to people who would accept her but she finds the society she is
heading to be not easily accessible and also is not willing to receive anyone from the outside
world. Ellen feels alienated and trapped when she returns to New York society. She wishes to
reclaim her freedom by divorcing her husband, but she is discouraged from this action
because all the people around her especially her family fear unpleasant gossip.
Ellen is not a mere character. She is a new heroine and representative because she
stands for all female characters who try to make changes in Old New society.
Wielands Hauptwerk die Geschichte des Agathon (1766/73,1794) ist
der wichtigste Roman der Aufklärungsepoche (1720-1785). Die Verlegung der
Handlung in die Antike widerspiegelt die kulturelle Blüte der vorbildhaften Zeit
zwischen 5. und 4. Jhd. v. Chr.
Beim Lesen des Romans findet man unzählige (über 70) Namen aus der
Antike; von Herrschern, Strategen, Philosophen, Dichtern, Künstlern . . . etc,
woüber man unbedingt informiert werden muss, um deren Zusammenhang in der
Geschichte zu verstehen. Vorübergehend erwähnte Personennamen gibt Wieland
meistens als Beispiel für eine Situation oder ein Verhalten. Dies gab mir den
Anstoß, die wichtigsten Figuren
... Show Moreيعد الالف الأول قبل الميلاد هو عهد ازدهار عظيم للعصر الأشوري الحديث إذ يمتد هذا التاريخ من بداية حكم آدد نراري الثاني عام 911 قبل الميلاد وحتى نهاية حكم الاشوريين السياسي عام 612 قبل الميلاد عندما سقطت نينوى على ايدي المقاتلين الميديين والكلدانيين الذين تحالفوا ضد الاشوريين،و وصل الأشوريون في هذا العهد قمة مجدهم في جميع النواحي العسكرية والسياسية حتى أن سلطتهم وصلت الى معظم انحاء
... Show MoreIslam has paid great deal of attention to land issue where has been
considered most resources for providing Muslims with water and food and
building on that we notice that the Islamic government worked hardly to give
attention ton the land especially newly included under control of Muslims
especially that they had got with out fighting or bloodshed but had been
included via reconciliation with the landlords so the Muslims had share in that
would be taken either in cash or in materials in a value would be differentiated
following several issues like type of harvest and method of watering the land
and religion of the landlords.
So Muslims had listed laws and rules that enable them typical investment
for that l
The present study deals with the story of Epidemic in two literary works issued in the same year (1947). One of them is a novel titled "Plague" written by the French writer Alber Kamo, the second is a poem of the Iraqi poetess Nazik Al-Malaekah. The research reflects a contrastive study of the war vision in the two works as both writers used science to serve literature by using Epidemic as a metaphor to refer to the dangers that the societies faced.
The problem of the present research lies in answering the question about the reason that makes the two writers use metaphor while narrating the issues of the society instead of mentioning them directly and illuminate what implications do the narrative style of Epidemic story have and
... Show MoreWorld statistics proved that the most of work dangerous accidents, which causes death, are occurred in the construction works. These accidents related to many causes such as loss of workers experience and ignoring rules of safety requirements, especially young workers. Due to the risk of accidents that may occur in the site of work, the idea of this study crystallized to show the relationship between the age of worker and number of injuries and accidents, to identify the causes of these injuries, and to put the appropriate solutions to avoid or reduce the risk of work injuries. Also, the research shows the main principles of safety requirements to forming a clear picture about the subject of the study. A questioner form was prepared to c
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Toni Morrison (1931-), the first African-American winner of Noble Prize in literature (1993) and the winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, regards herself as the historian of African-American people. She does not think of her writings as literature but as a sacred book dedicated to explore the interior lives of blacks. She creates history by disregarding European standards and the white man's view of African- Americans. She adopts her people's point of view, invests their heritage, voices their pains and uses their vernacular. She even writes to a black audience. She establishes the black novel by depicting the blackness of American literature. In choos
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Mit dem Fall der Berliner Mauer am 9. November 1989 und dem damit
einhergehenden Verschwinden der DDR aus der politischen Bühne im Jahre 1990
„haben sich nicht nur politische Systeme umgewälzt, sondern auch die Menschen
in ihnen haben ihre Maßstäbe und Perspektiven geändert, unter ihnen Kunstrichter
und Leser.“1 Alles, was bis zum Tag der Wiedervereinigung im Bereich der Kultur
galt, fiel über den Haufen.2 Christa Wolf, die in der DDR eine Leitfigur des
öffentlichen und kulturellen Lebens war und an der Spitze der einflussreichen
Schriftsteller stand, landete im vereinigten Deutschland „immerhin noch auf Platz
25, ein erstaunliches Resultat nach all den Vorwürfen“3, die gegen ihr Werk und
ihre m