Essays on A Wagner Matinee

The Delusions of Isolation This was...the place he had passed so many times, the destination he had longed for with such happiness. But now that he had found it, now that he was here, why... had the town, the road, the earth, the very entrance to this place he loved turned unfamiliar as the landscape of some ugly dream? — The Far and the Near, by Thomas Wolfe It is important for everyone to frequently interact with many different people;…

The late 18001s were a time of repression for women. A woman was expected to conform to her husbandis ideals and accept a life of his control. Even today, the relationship between men and women sometimes seems unequal. In her essay "Disappointment is the Lot of Women," Lucy Stone discusses the different treatment of men and women. "Whenl I reached forth after the sources of knowledge, I was reproved with Olt isnåt fit for you; it doesnt belong to women,"…