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    In the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin‚ the gender role of Edna Pontellier who is portrayed as a wife and a mother is unacceptable in the nineteenth century. She played her role as a mother and wife in a negative image of the women in this century. The view towards women in the nineteenth century is viewed differently from today. Women in the nineteenth century basically perceived themselves as a property to their husbands. Women in this era had little to no rights and were merely seen nothing

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    You could have heard a pin drop in the silence of the delivery room. None of the nurses dared to make a sound as Megan cradled her lifeless baby in her limp arms. A stream of tears flowed from Megan’s large hazel eyes as she stared at her child. She thought about all the endless things she would have done with her daughter. She could have spoiled her by buying her pink‚ poufy outfits to dress her. The air felt thick and full of sadness. Ryan stood next to his despaired wife‚ looking over her slumped

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    A story about young girl who falls in love with her teacher while he teaches her how be a lady. Zita‚ the story’s namesake‚ comes home to tell her father‚ Don Eliodor about the new teacher who comes to her school. This event takes place after the speaker narrates the scene where Francisco B. Reteche‚ the teacher is taken to Anayat by a fisherman named Turong. Mr. Reteche is thought to be a strange person by the villagers who have becomeaware of his presence because of an aura of mystery that shrouds

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    What is hydrocarbon? A compound of hydrogen and carbon‚ such as any of those that are the chief components of petroleum and natural gas OR Organic compound (such as benzene‚ methane‚ paraffin) made of two elements carbon and hydrogen and found in coal‚ crude oil‚ natural gas‚ and plant life. Hydrocarbons are used as fuels solvents‚ and as raw materials for numerous products such as dyes‚ pesticides‚ and plastics; petroleum is a mixture of several hydrocarbons

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    you agree that we can both pity and condemn Lady Macbeth? Lady Macbeth’s character in the play ‘Macbeth’ has a view‚ which we can either pity her or condemn her. My view of Lady Macbeth is that she is only a woman and we must pity her. And also throughout the play she helps her husband and her relationship doesn’t even go well. She loves her husband but at the same time very ambitious‚ as shown by her immediate determination for Macbeth to be king. Lady Macbeth knows her husband well. She thinks

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    Physics CA – Young’s Modulus Planning P1/P13 – Equipment Boss (x2) Clamp (x2) Stand Counter Balance (1Kg) Fishing line (0.6m) Masses (50g x 10) 1m ruler Markers Digital calliper Goggles P2/3 – Measuring quantity 1 Measure the original length of the fishing line (approx. 0.6m) using

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    Love is a dangerous thing. In the story “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton‚ a princess must make a challenging decision that will determines her lover’s fate. When a man is put on trial for loving the princess‚ he relies on her to decide if he gets to live and get married‚ or get mauled by a tiger. The princess will choose the tiger. Within this story‚ the royal family is given distinguishing traits that explain why the princess would choose death upon her lover. Because she is the daughter of

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    play is about the downfall of a hero. In this play one of the main charactersLady Macbeth‚ is shown as a strong character. Some believe she is even a stronger character than her husband‚ Macbeth. However‚ I do not perceive the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in this way. I view Lady Macbeth as weaker than her husband due to her: lack to admit when she is wrong‚ inability to back up her words‚ and her cowardliness. Lady Macbeth does not easily back down when she believes she is right. She

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    Educational Series‚ 1993). At the time this letter was written Lawrence was fictionalizing his relationship with his mother‚ as well as the rest of his family‚ in the novel Sons and Lovers . In the novel the Lawrences would be named the Morels‚ but though the names are different there are many parallels between Sons and Lovers and Lawrence’s own life. These parallels are what make the novel truly autobiographical. However‚ the strongest evidence of the autobiographical nature of this novel exists in the

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    The Demon Lover and Other Stories by Elizabeth Bowen was first published in Britain in 1945. In 1946‚ the collection was published in the United States under the title Ivy Gripped the Steps and Other Stories. Without exception‚ reviewers greeted it enthusiastically‚ praising it for what was described in the New Yorker as ‘‘a completely successful explanation of what war did to the mind and spirit of the English people.’’ Today‚ ’’The Demon Lover’’ is probably the most anthologized of Bowen’s short

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