Following on from this, we then see Frau Brechenmacher banished to the dark, while the husband basks in the warm and light of the kitchen to get dressed, a visual indication of their relative importance, echoing sun/moon imagery. ... We could not help laughing as you walked up the room with the white tape of your petticoat showing!"... In this sentence, there is no hint that Theresa is being sensible by letting her opinions be known, but because she does not want to marry a man who does not change his clothes in two months, she is being merely "hysterical." ...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Comet and Aye and Gomorrah are two science fiction short stories that discuss racism and sexuality in post-apocalypses, respectively. ... The two authors share similarities and differences in their use of techniques to call attention to such segregation. ... The two occasions resemble each other in that both the gay man and the bisexual woman arbitrarily label other people as insiders or outsiders according to their sex and sexual orientations. ... For example, Delany refers to the Spacers as "making faces...making noise, making the Luxembourg Gardens roar at two in the morning"" (124). .....

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate