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    A Streetcar Named Desire conforms to the expectation that a major theme of Williams ’ plays is that of human sexuality. Various aspects of human sexuality are explored through the diversity and complexity of the characters. Whilst Stanley Kowalski epitomises masculinity through his primal strength and power‚ and the increasingly fragile Blanche DuBois attempts to cling to the feminine role of the Southern Belle‚ these are only aspects of their characters. The fact that their relationship is one of

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    Antigua Girl

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    Women have been oppressed by those of the opposite sex for years‚ which has led us to where we are today. “Girl” seems to have been written during a time period when women were looked down upon and had to act a certain way in order to maintain a good image. A little back story on the author allows you to see the point of view from which this short story was written. “Girl” was published to bring Antigua’s rich history to light where the author experienced what is was like to be a female in a poor

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    A Teenage Girl

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    I chose the scenario‚ A teenage girl is "in love" with her 17-year-old boyfriend. He is encouraging her to have sex with him saying that he will make sure they only have "protected" sex. This actually happens often these days with youth; they have the want to experiment a lot. There are five components in which wise judgments could be used. First‚ there is emotional intelligence which has four components; emotional perception and expression‚ emotional facilitation of thought‚ emotional understanding

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    Ranch Girl

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    Creative Writing Reader Response # 3 Ranch Girl by Maile Meloy from Contemporary American Short Fiction The story is told in second person‚ which gives the reader a sense of being in the story‚ at the same time being an observer. It begins with telling you where you stand in the socio-economics’ and in the eyes of your peers. “If you’re white‚ and you’re not rich or poor but somewhere in the middle‚ it’s hard to have worse luck than be born a girl on the Ranch. It doesn’t matter if your father

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    The Falling Girl

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    “The Falling Girl” is abstract and artistic depiction of young woman’s journey to the ground after releasing her grip from the railing of a skyscraper. She does not fall in traditional fashion but rather floats at a decided speed waving to the skyscrapers tenants as she passes. Her descent marked with quick verbal exchanges and internal musings of the ever-changing social classes gathered on the various floors. Although outwardly she is falling‚ during much of the prose there is a deeper theme akin

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    Dream Girls

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    Carla Frank April 29‚ 2010 Dreamgirls (2006) depicts the rise to stardom‚ and all joys‚ sacrifices‚ and heartbreaks associated with it. Effie White‚ Deena Jones‚ and Lorrell Robinson are the Dreamettes‚ beautiful girls with beautiful voices‚ looking to make it big. With help from their ambitious manager‚ Curtis Taylor‚ the Dreamettes thrive under the spotlight. However‚ the popular film also shows the hardships of the 1960’s. Through the manipulation of cinematography‚ Dreamgirls exposes‚ in

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    identity will be constructed and re-constructed as much by who she hangs out with as by what she does. Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey and is based in part on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman‚ which describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have on girls. The film stars Lindsay Lohan and features a supporting cast of Rachel McAdams‚ Lacey Chabert‚ Amanda Seyfried

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    the word girl

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    The word “GIRL” Have you ever tried to say the word girl in a different pronunciation? Did people understand when you said it? When I took my first step into the United States‚ my biggest worry was pronunciation. In my entire life‚ this was the first time I took a journey to a different country. Everything was so new to me; white and black faces‚ tall and muscular people. Most of all‚ their eyes attracted my attention. I came to the United States seven years ago. Back then‚ I didn’t fully understand

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    Colored Girls

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    For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange Table of Contents for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Study Guide consists of approx. 53 pages of summaries and analysis on for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange. Browse the literature study guide below:   Introduction [pic]   Author Biography [pic]   Plot Summary [pic]   Chapter Summaries & Analysis

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    My Girl

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    The 1991 movie My Girl tells the story of 11-year-old Vada Sultenfuss who‚ having lost her mother at birth ‚ lives with her dementia-ridden grandmother and her job-oriented father in the funeral parlour that he owns and operates. The story follows Vada‚ an extreme hypochondriac who has many strange misconceptions about death‚ through a variety of life-changing experiences‚ including the engagement of her father and the devastating loss of her best friend‚ Thomas Jay. Through these experiences

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