Analysis Of Lisa Eadicicco's Fragility, Thy Name Is Woman

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Author Lisa Eadicicco uses a play on words from early a Shakespearean quote, “Fragility, thy name is woman”, to name her picture for an article in Time. (Shakespeare p.146-149). The actual title, “Sleep, thy name is gadget” shows the correlation between sleep and things that get in the way of it, which in this case, is electronic gadgets (Eadicicco p.20). Electronic gadgets are rapidly ruining our sleep patterns by overstimulating our brains before bed. However, light, particularly of the blue variety, can keep the pineal gland from releasing melatonin, thus warding off sleepiness (Kim). Renewal and harmony, two key meanings to the green skin pigmentation of the woman, a direct contradiction to the entire meaning of the picture. At first glance,

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