Self Perception and Otherness
The Monster #
Citizen
Prometheus Bound
Frankenstein
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Good Country People #
The Handmaid's Tale #
Diving into the Wreck
Power #
England in 1819
Doctor Frankenstein is the creator of this monster who is destroying the lives of the people around him. He is precived to be resposible for alll of the actions of the monster.
The Monster created by doctor Frankenstein is an extremely large figure and does not look like a real human. Becuase of these physical charactheristics he is immediatley seen as the problem in this story
In this poem the characters are all being judged by what they look like on the outside. Are they black or are they white? There is a very clear perception for both
This story is about how we precieve people in society and make decisions and comments about them before we know who they really are or even care to know who they are. It also shows that this is a societal issue and the preceptions are rooted deep within society.
In the Monster you see Henry go from being a well liked and even admired person in the town to hated. The perception people had of Henry is now completlely based on what he looks like and nothing to do with who Henry is as a person
In good country people we see preceptions made by both main parties in the story. Hulga had judged Manly and Decided he was not smart enough to hurt her. However Manly also made an assumption based on the fact that Hulga was a woman that he would be able to take advantage of her like he had done to others in the past.
In the Handmaid's Tale there is a very strict structure based on gender were there is a perception the females are less than men. #
In the Handmaid's Tale the societal structure has also placed a huge value on your position in society.There is a preception on how each person who is in a certain is supposed to act. #
In this poem Adrienne Rich tackles the challenge of being put into a certain role or not belonging somewhere because of her gender.
Those Winter Sundays
In life we often have specefic things that we think certain people should act like. In this poem it is the father figure that has apercieved role in his famly. The father is supposed to support his family through everything no matter the circumstances.
Diging
In this poem you see an author who is carving a new role for himslef in his family. Traditional the men of his family farm but for him his role is to write.
This poem offers a preception of this brutal government. Offering a view that says a governement who does this bears the responsibilty of how the people will respond to these actions
Prometheus was a god and as such there is a preception of how he will act. When he breaks this doing something that he believed was right, he is punished very harshly for breaking the preception of what the gods thought he should do.
In this story you see how a perception of someone can lead you to a very bad place. The perception that Samuel was strong and was ready to protect the park because of his war experience. However this experience only leads to worse things happening in the park.
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