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    the Sioux‚ Sitting Bull‚ also spoke on behalf of his fellow Native Americans requesting that “the life my people want is freedom.” For Sitting Bull‚ the whole idea of the government-organized reservation system was a form of enslavement. Sitting Bull thought that the Great Spirits gave them their land‚ to roam freely‚ and that someone so different like the white men should not be able to force them to live accordingly to their ideas and lifestyle. As stated before by Crazy Horse‚ Sitting Bull’s idea

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    Remember and Crabbit old woman both portray a sense of persuasion to the reader as they both try and give out a clear and insisting message. They are both written in a first person perspectives which clears boundaries to make the poem more personal and affectionate. Remember is about a person who is dying and is pleading for remembrance. Crabbit old woman is about an old woman who is pleading for a fair judgment of who she really is and that she is not just an old woman but some one with a heart

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    In Chaucer’s House of Fame‚ the reader is privy to a momentous dream of Geoffrey’s‚ a poet protagonist dedicated to love. In this dream‚ he meets an eagle that promises to bear him to the House of Fame as a reward from Jupiter himself. Once there‚ Geoffrey is told that he will “here…mo wonder thynges…and of loves folk moo tydynges‚ both soothe sawes and lesinges‚ and moo loves new begonne‚ and longe yserved loves wonne‚ and moo loves casuelly (Chaucer‚ Lines 672-679).” This excerpt is meant to outline

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    an Old Woman caught my attention instantly. This Roman copy of a Greek work depicted an elder woman that is less popular to be portrayed compared to depictions of youths. This is most likely because artists wanted to capture an eternal youthfulness of portraits. According to the description tag‚ the sculpture was actually a Roman (14-68 AD) copy of a Greek sculpture‚ dated to around the second century BCE. Marble Statue of an Old Woman‚ was a pentelic marble sculpture. Marble Statue of an Old Woman

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    An Old Woman- Arun Kolatkar A modern Indian poet ‚ Arun Kolatkar comments on contemporary society through this poem. The poem is simple in language and theme. The poet uses a very simple common image-a beggar‚ in this case‚ an old woman‚ who is found begging outside the horseshoe shrine . In India this is a common sight as common as our reaction to a beggar besieging us pleading for alms. This sight is particularly common around holy places and pilgrim spots.hey can be extremely persistent

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    A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen The Subordinate Woman 4/2/2010 DePauw University Mira Yaseen Mira Yaseen Professor Anthony Comm 214 2 April 2010 A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen The Subordinate Woman In the wake of realism‚ Ibsen came upon us with an outspoken controversial play that encompassed many realities of the conservative Victorian era. Presenting a genuine image of the societal issues at the time‚ A Doll House gives us an insight to the world of women in the nineteenth century; it

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    The Grotesque Old Woman‚ by Renaissance painter‚ Quinten Metsys illustrates an old and unattractive woman of the 16th century. Her voluptuous‚ weathered breasts are on displayed and her headdress is one of astute fashion of an earlier German period and her eloquent dress and corset are fashionable to Italy in this time period. Her aged hands hold a small and delicate red bud‚ a symbol of engagement‚ and her slightly lifted chin is of poised position. All of this beauty and detailed is over shadowed

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    Explore the presentation of Nora Helmer as a deceitful female character in “A doll’s house.” Compare and contrast your findings with the way Wilde presents his female protagonist Mrs. Arbuthnot in “A woman of no importance.” By Gheirey Mulliken Both “A doll’s house” by Henrik Ibsen and “A woman of no importance” by Oscar Wilde were about Nora Helmer and Rachel Arbuthnot (protagonists) and their role as; mothers‚ wives‚ and new women. They were written and performed in Victorian times‚ for a Victorian

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    as she becomes obsessive over her engagements with the wallpaper in her room. Although this protagonist greatly desires to endow her role as the archetypal loving wife and mother‚ she is limited from successfully expressing her own beliefs and creativity. This confinement is a direct result of John‚ who is both her husband and physician. Contrary to the subservient and domestic standard that women were held to during the 19th century‚ the narrator rebels against her husband‚ John‚ by engaging in

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    “My Old House and My New House” My old house was my better than the new house that I live. The reason is because this house was quite different in comparison to living in the one I live now. Comparing the two houses is like comparing an apple to a pear‚ which is totally different in look‚ shape‚ and color. I have noticed the similarities between the two and how they differ from each other; the differences are: The old house was more bigger and the house that I live now is

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