Post 26

Mr. Brinkley, like myself sees the difference in women in the workplace between now and 100 years ago. ", I think the women in today's society are more capable of bringing home the bacon now than they were over a century ago when A Doll's House was written. Around that time, the husband always brings home the bacon and supports the wife by giving them money"

Mrs. Nesbit thinks that despite women's new role as workers, they are just ADDED too the same roles that were expected back in the day. "the expected role of women today are not much different from that of the nineteenth century. We are still expected to designate our main roles to that of wife and mother."

Post 25

The roles of women have changed a lot since the late 1800s. Women have gone from being basically being property (couldn't own property, couldn't inherit, couldn't have jobs mostly) of their husbands to now owning businesses.

In the setting of A Doll House, Nora's expect role is to be a mother and a wife, even if she doesn't want to be. Society will frown upon her if she does anything else. 

Currently, there is still some expectation for women to get married and have kids, but it isn't the kind of thing that makes people show up at your house calling you immoral. 

One of my cousins recently got married and has spent the last 3 years constantly telling people she doesn't want kids. So, there's still some leftovers of this belief that women should stay home and care for children, it just isn't as mandatory as it was 100 years ago.

Post 24

I've seen a lot of movies. I used to work at a movie theater, so I got tickets for free. In fact, I've probably seen every major movie released between 2011-2015.

The problem with movies as opposed to other mediums of storytelling is that there are so MANY people trying to tell various versions of the same story.

In the simplest form, you have the scriptwriter, who for all intents created the story. You have the director, who usually will veto parts of the script he or she doesn't like (and will ultimately get all the credit for the film). You have a team of editors, who take EVERY scene and cut it down to be an appropriate length and style.

Generally, this means that the end product only appears to be a single cohesive story if you don't examine the story closely. For example, Iron Man 3 (while it does a great job depicting Tony Stark suffering some severe PTSD) doesn't make a whole lot of sense, plotwise.

So I think I have to award the best movie plot to the 1977 Star Wars movie. The fact that it makes any sense at all is a remarkable feat, because George Lucas wrote and filmed a whole lot of nonsense that didn't make any sense, and it's only because of his wife, who was the head editor that it was salvaged, and the plot holds up extremely well (even if the graphics don't)

Post 23

I think my favorite show at the moment is Stranger Things (though my favorite show changes probably every week)

Stranger Things is set in a rural-ish suburb in the 1980s.

What this means is that communication is harder (no cell phones) fear is heightened (Cold War Era).

This makes the perfect backdrop for Project MKultra style government conspiracy stuff, as well as creating a heightened sense of drama, as no one can communicate newly discovered info easily.

Post 22

E.E Cumming's poem "next to of course god america i" is an indictment of the American political system, where politicians claim to love america (almost as much as god) and then send  Americans to their deaths in battle like "lions to the roaring slaughter". It mocks the idea that being a martyr is noble or worthy of pursuing.

Similarly, Green Day, in thier song "Holiday" points out this same farce of honesty and hypocrisy. "Can I get another Amen?
There's a flag wrapped around a score of menA gag, a plastic bag on a monument" 

To Cummings and Green Day, the idea that American politicans give slightest iota of a damn about the common citizen is laughable. The fact that they all CONSTANTLY say religious-patriotic jargon. Things haven't changed much since the 20's clearly.  

post 21

In Robert Frost's poem "Acquainted with the Night", night symbolizes a few things. Loneliness, sadness, depression, lack of connection. The speaker in the poem walks past people and doesn't feel connected with them. "I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. "

Will Varley's song "Seize the Night" walks in a similar street. He depicts a morose mood, "you tried to catch Sleep but she's run off to torment your mind
and you lie there awake and unnerved" Similarly, Varley's lyrics depict feeling disconnected from others "Well we got off the bus, a kiss on the cheek said maybe i'd give you a call next week but we both know those calls will never come"