Kate The Great Literary Analysis

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Bullies are lurking everywhere - online, at school, perhaps, even at parks or shopping centres. Kate Miller-Heidke released the song “Caught In The Crowd”, on the 27th of February 2009. The author of the song, Kate, said that she wrote the song because she was bullied when she was at school, from pre-school all the way to year eleven. “Caught In The Crowd”, is about a boy named James. In the song, James was experiencing bulling, and Kate did nothing to help him, rather, she turned around and just walked away.

For instance, Kate makes the boy realize that stealing is not right. Hence, she

Sometimes over the course of friendships things in there can change in any kind of way. Throughout the story, Jenny and Kate’s friendship has been changing every time that they are with each other. Jenny states that “every time Kate saw me lately she called me a baby” (Cabot, 33). And she was also told that “sometimes people just grow apart…” (Cabot, 38). Hearing these two statements both Kate and Jenny have just now started to think differently of their friendship. Jenny is starting to believe that ever since Kate have gotten into high school they have started to not talk to each other as much as they did back then. And just

Catherine soon found out that a new girl named Kristi was moving into the house next door. She was excited about Kristi moving in because she didn’t have many friends. Catherine then started to get nervous because she feared that her brother David would do something to embarrass her, and the new girl would make fun of her and pick on her brother. David often has moments in which he throws temper tantrums for a number of unexplained reasons, or says things he shouldn’t say that can hurt other people’s feelings. This was not the case, as Kristi was very understanding about the situation.

In the short story “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there is a great deal of literary elements used to enhance the story. For example, imagery is used to draw the reader 's attention further into the story by having them see it happening in their head and allegory is used to pull the reader away from the story by referencing things that happened somewhere else. While these two literary elements are both used to magnify different parts of the story, as well as counterbalance each other, the literary device that this essay will be focused on is symbolism. While it appears in many parts of the story one of the most obvious uses of

Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger was an incredible documentary. As someone who has never heard of Kate Bornstein before in their life, I was truly in for a treat. I never expected such a wide array of topics to be covered-I certainly didn't expect to hear about Scientology, but Kate Bornstein and Sam Feder didn't seem to shy away from any aspect of the former's life. One of the most interesting parts of the film for me involved Bornstein's interactions with presentist queer activists through Twitter and her blog posts. She doesn't shy away from discussing how her use of the term "tranny" upsets a great majority of her younger audience.

Power and control plays a big role in the lives many. When power is used as a form of control, it leads to depression and misery in the relationship. This is proven through the themes and symbolism used in the stories Lesson before Dying, The fun they had, The strangers that came to town, and Dolls house through the median of three major unsuccessful relationship: racial tension between the African Americans and the caucasians in the novel Lesson before Dying, Doll’s House demonstrates a controlling relationship can be detrimental for both individuals and The Stranger That Came To Town along with The Fun They Had show that when an individual is suppressed by majority they become despondent.

Lastly, Mary Lawson corrects the misconception that isolation is always involuntary through Kate's isolation of her thoughts and feelings from others who surrounds her. Kate's tendency to restrict her feelings characterizes her preference to isolate her emotions from her external surroundings: "No, you swallow your feelings…" (36). Furthermore, although Kate's isolation is reflected upon Daniel as he feels, "That there was a barrier somewhere…" (36-37), Kate's detest for Daniel asking her about her life shows the fact that her isolation is by choice and not involuntary: "…sometimes he made me feel…like some poor hapless microbe, under his microscope, where he could study my very soul"

In addition, Kate’s final monologue, also in Act 5, scene 2, tells the audience a lot; about the play itself, as well as the society in Shakespeare’s era. On face value, Kate’s final monologue seems to be a long lecture about serving your husband, no questions asked. “Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot, / And place your hands below your husband’s foot” (v, ii, lines 92-3, page 221). However, Shakespeare gave Kate the last word in the play, a sign of her consistent power and control. As well, her monologue can be perceived as quite ironic. Kate is aware of the beliefs about how women in the household should act and, as clearly portrayed throughout the entire play, the role Petruchio has been trying to get her to fill. By playing along fullheartedly with society’s expectations, in front of the large audience of guests, Kate becomes “truly tamed” - or just incredibly

Firstly, Kate is noticeably affected almost immediately after the death of her mother and father. We see this by her descriptive quotes about how she was feeling and the observations she made about others in her life. Some instances include “I remember being rigid with fear, not daring to look at him” (19), “it was like being at the bottom of the sea” (53), and “...there was a whirlwind howling through me” (54). These quotes represent how Kate felt overwhelmed by unmanageable emotions; she felt almost numb and empty. She even ends up cutting her finger just to feel something and it hardly hurt at all. This is a confused, traumatized little girl. Next, Kate is affected by the basic principles her parents taught. The simple memory of her parents provoked thought of the Presbyterian Commandments they would follow. These principles shape who she is and represent a background where people do not talk about problems or share emotions. “No, you swallow your feelings, force them down inside yourself, where they feed and grow and swell and expand until you explode, unforgivably, to the utter bewilderment of whomever it was who upset you” (36). Lastly, the trauma she has endured has made her scared. Scared of sharing feelings, scared of commitment, scared of loving someone. Daniel, Kate’s boyfriend, feels he is in the dark when it comes to Kate’s past and her emotions. This is because Kate is simply scared to love him. She proves this and it’s connection to her past by saying, “people I love and need have a habit of disappearing from my life” (89). The death of her parents has definitely shaped who she is but some may say, it helped her show resilience and strength to embrace her past and move

The best stories focus on characters whose situation gets completely changed as the narrative progresses. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter,Arthur Dimmesdale is a character who fits this mold as he goes from a polished, respected minister to a sinner in the eyes of much of the community. Dimmesdale is a tragic, dynamic hero that shoulders the weight of his own inauspicious secrets, yet tries to save his soul’s plummeting value in order to receive not only God’s graces, but also the Puritan society’s confidence. Hawthorne argues that the extreme Puritan societal pressures, while seen as beneficial by most Puritans, create a society that requires rigid conformity and a fear of ostracization amongst its constituents.

The idea of the supernatural holds a lot of questioning because of its indistinguishable characteristics and lack of empirical evidence. However, the belief someone holds in the supernatural, or the belief that someone does not hold, does not mean it does not exist for another person. The personal connection to supernatural forces and the willingness to accept the unknown shows the power of the supernatural. The unknown or uncertainty of the supernatural is something that some people have recognized as something beyond their control, or “out of this world.” In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, Macbeth is confronted with the supernatural firsthand, however, it is viewed as a force of evil.

As a young adult Jenny went to an all girls’ college while Forrest played football at the University of Alabama. This was the beginning of Forrest’s success and Jenny’s bad decisions. Jenny started messing around with boys and getting in trouble. Forrest rescued her from being with a guy, but Jenny could not let herself be close to Forrest even though her cared for her deeply. Her bad behavior caused her to be kicked out of school. Jenny decided that she wanted to become a famous singer, but somewhere along the way she ended up singing naked in a strip club. Again Forrest rescued her and again she was ungrateful and ended up leaving behind the one person in her life that cared about her most. The next time Jenny is seen she had been spending time with hippies at anti-war protests. Forrest tries to get Jenny out of another abusive relationship, but she doesn’t want to be saved and leaves Forrest again.

As the play continues, we learn even more about Kate. For example, when Kate and Petruchio go back to Baptista’s, Kate begins to see how Petruchio operates. She learns that if she does what Petruchio says, even if she knows it is not true, she will get something she wants out of it, like going back to her father’s house. Petruchio test Kate when they meet the real Vincentio on the road and he asks Kate if she has ever seen a finer young women. Knowing what he is up to, Kate shows her amazing wit and decides to play his game. She has figured out that Petruchio has a method to his madness and if she plays her cards right, their relationship can be a partnership with a series of actions and rewards.