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This paper discusses the brevity of Adrienne Rich's poem, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," examining how this poetic device is used in the poem to shape the reader's understanding.

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"In Adrienne Rich's poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers", the brevity of the poem is a deliberate device used to shape the reader's understanding of it. Rather than telling the complete story of Aunt Jennifer and what happened to her, the poem in its brevity merely hints at her fate with allusions; "When Aunt is dead and terrified hands". (Rich) Although the poem does not make clear whether Uncle will actually kill Aunt Jennifer, it does indicate that she is terrified of him as..."

Tags:Aunt Jennifer's Tigers, poem, poetry, Adrienne Rich, brevity, brief, short

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This paper discusses how, in the poem "Aunt Imogen", Robinson delves into the psyche of a character who has not seen her dreams fulfilled. The paper attempts to discover just who is Aunt Imogen and what she means to little Jane, Sylvester, and Young George. The paper also analyzes the life of Robinson himself, who has likely spliced his own thoughts, emotions and life experiences into the character of Aunt Imogen.

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"Despite the way she was with the family, Imogen is perplexed by the love provided her by her family and riddled with self-doubt and regret. Without question, Imogen loved her sister and her sister's children. They, however, could not fill the void left by the fact that she had no children, no family of her own. The love of her children's sister only further tortured her soul. The life that Imogen's sister had, that she wanted, left her filled with "incompleteness and regret" (54)."

Tags:Jane, Sylvester, Young, George

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This paper discusses how in her short story "Aunt Moon's Young Man", Linda Hogan captures some of the deepest and most fascinating aspects of her Native American culture, which make up most of the symbolism of the text. In particular, it looks at how Hogan emphasizes the differences between the Indian and the white cultures, using the imagery of windows and mirrors.

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"First of all, the mirror and the window are symbols of the domination exercised by the white culture through reflection, that is, through the construction of identities for the other. Thus, the characters in the story seem to be separated in two sets as well, Bess and Isaac as the preservers of tradition, both through their gestures and through the ways in which they live their lives, and the other members of the community as representatives of the mixed culture which emerged under the influence of the white people. When the men and women in the tribe condemn the relationship between Aunt Moon and Isaac they become symbols of the white culture, which usually attributes fixed identities and codes for behavior for every member of society."

Tags:indian, white, culture, bess, isaac

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This paper explains that Linda Hogan draws on her Native American heritage as she tells a tale tinted by earthy memories of her youth in her short story "Aunt Moon's Young Man". The author points out that the plot itself is relatively simple: A dark, lean, full-blooded Indian, who comes to town on an autumn day just as the annual fair is about to begin excites the women with his exotic good looks as well as the fact that the man is "alive in his whole body." The paper relates that the cyclical character of nature brings reassurance that balance will prevail; this storyteller incorporates several cycles to represent this balance such as the story begins in the autumn and ends in the autumn - the annual fair anchors the narrative at both ends.

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"Though Aunt Moon is obviously the central study in this story, the character of the narrator contributes to the sense of hope and renewal as well. We are told that "good Indian women" should not "learn too much from books" or "laugh too loud" or "look into the faces of men." Yet the storyteller is hopeful that she can escape such oppressive expectations. Her mother shares these great aspirations for her daughter, and college plans are made. However, with the advent of war and all the changes that it brings, the girl's education is postponed, though not ceded. She will work for a year or so in the city before returning to school, and this, too, speaks of future and hope. The cycles of nature are again invoked when the narrator's mother assures her that she's "sure as the night's going to fall" that all will work out well for her and her daughter."

Tags:plot, characters, man, eye, autumn

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This paper examines the way in which Adrienne Rich's poem both exposes and attempts to overthrow the ideology of male patriarchy. The paper analyzes the tropes Rich uses, from needlework tigers to a wedding ring and assesses the value of each as weapons in the oppression of women. It offers opposing viewpoints as to just how much Rich succeeded in her attempt to lay claim to a freedom for women in one generation that was denied in another.

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"In her extraordinary poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," Adrienne Rich writes about the vicissitudes of women suffering under the heel of male patriarchy. She does so through a metaphorical look at the ordinary life of a single housewife, the "Aunt Jennifer" of the poem's title. The assumptions made by the male-dominated society that she inhabits would likely define her existence as a rather dull one, lacking the bold, adventurous lives that have always been the masculine ideal. In truth however, as Rich makes clear in her poem, the life of a woman like Aunt..."

Tags:patriarchy, chivalry, tigers

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This paper explores the hospital experience of an older woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer, which is concerned with needs at life stages. The participant was my aunt and will be referred to as Joanne. Joanne was hospitalized to undergo breast surgery and initial chemotherapy. Over the course of those treatments, she was inconstant touch with doctors and nurses and descried her experience with them. The client reflected on the care she received as well as her feelings and emotions linked to care. Her main hope was to clarify her own perspective regarding current continuing treatment. In general, she evaluated the care she received as positively impacting her wellbeing.

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Analysis of a Helping Experience This paper explores the hospital experience of an older woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer, which is concerned with needs at life stages. The participant was my aunt and will be referred to as Joanne. Joanne was hospitalized to undergo breast surgery and initial chemotherapy. Over the course of those treatments, she was inconstant touch with doctors and nurses and descried her experience with them. The client reflected on the care she received as well as her feelings and emotions linked to care. Her main hope was to clarify her own perspective regarding current continuing treatment. In general, she evaluated the care

Tags:communication, empathy, change

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The paper presents an analysis of Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" and Maya Angelou's "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" that supports the thesis that oppression diminishes individual expression and potential.

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"The state of all beings including humans in nature is free. When individuals join societies they often enter a social contract that robs them of unlimited freedom but offers them certain protections in return. In many cases the protection of ..."

Tags:oppression, racism, prejudice, freedom, nature, meaning, potential, expression, voice

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This paper discusses the central role played by aunts, the sisters of fathers or mothers who serve as surrogate female role models, in Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior". The paper describes the main characters, claiming that they are not warrior women but actually embody the antithesis of the woman warrior-heroine. The paper contends that the protagonist of the story, a woman warrior, taught Kingston how to navigate the tricky path of being Chinese-American.

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"No-Name Woman and Moon Orchid are not necessarily innately weak; in fact, Kingston attempts to imbue both aunts with symbolic power and therefore both women are catalysts for Kingston's growth and self-realization. Brave Orchid's talk-story of No-Name Woman stimulates Kingston's fertile imagination. Filling in the gaps of her mysterious aunt's life, Kingston imagines what went on in her aunt's psyche to lead her to her fate. As with many of the incidents and tales in The Woman Warrior, the story of No-Name Woman could indeed be a fiction, a tall tale her mother drew up for the sole purpose of frightening her daughter away from premarital sex. The No-Name Woman tale could have been a family myth, one passed on from mother to daughter for generations for that very purpose. Even if the aunt was real, Kingston has no way of discovering the truth and is thus forced to complete the picture of No-Name Woman herself."

Tags:orchid, no-name, aunts

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This paper examines the role of women in 19th century England as presented in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice." The paper defines these roles as mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, housekeepers, matchmakers, imperious controllers, and practical acceptors of their lot. These women fit into the picture Austen paints of middle class social life in England at the beginning of the 19th century. The paper further suggests that Austen is poking fun at and mildly criticizing some of the ideas expressed about what women are and should be.

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"The role of the economy and its effects on women's roles is introduced from the very first lines of the novel. Austen says, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife...[and]...he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other" (Austen 1) of the daughters of the neighborhood. Economy and financial matters is an appropriate way to begin the novel because it addresses a central problem for the main characters and for women in general in the early 19th century. Ownership at the beginning of the 19th century was denied to women. According to The Historical Context of Pride and Prejudice, "titles and property usually passed along a male line. Women were usually left something in securities, but such inheritances were often pittances that would not comfortably provide for a woman. While women of the highest classes managed to keep more control of their money and thus of their lives, women of the gentry, with few acceptable job options, had to secure their livelihood by marrying a man of means" (Shepherd xii). The five daughters of the Bennett household are of marriageable or near marriageable age and they are highly motivated to marry because of their financial condition. The fact that their father's estate is entailed away on their nearest male relative, Mr. Collins, will make their situation desperate upon the death of their father. Women could not own property, so they fell under the protection of a father and then a husband. Certainly, poverty and homelessness is not a romantic reason for matrimony, but it is a strong practical inducement to wed."

Tags:Jane, Austen, Pride and Prejudice, literature

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This paper explains that, although the definitions of incest vary among societies, sexual intercourse is almost universally prohibited between members of the nuclear family who are not spouses and, in most cultures, the prohibition is extend to include grandparents, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. The most prevalent type of incest is adult-male to child. The author points out that sexual intercourse between adults and their young appears to be rare across the entire zoological kingdom except for human beings. The paper relates that the incest taboo (1) is a mechanism for avoiding inbreeding and genetic abnormalities, (2) is a prevention of sexual rivalry within the family, (3) lessens role confusion within the family and, (4) most importantly, recognizes the complex emotional bonds and power relationships within a family.

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"One of the interesting characteristics of humankind is a prolonged childhood. The time span between birth and adolescence is well more than a decade. An explanation for the extended infertility is the complexity of the social environment that man builds for himself favors a slow development which allows for sufficient mastery of society's intricacies. Accordingly, the lack of early sexual experiences to which a developing child is exposed may generate reproductive problems when the child reaches adulthood."

Tags:adult-male, nuclear, inbreeding, rivalry, emotions