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    Suffrage Analyze and compare the major points of view concerning suffrage and the ways in which individual commentators believed woman suffrage would affect the political and social order. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries women were being oppressed by not being allowed to vote‚ this made them less “value” as compared to the male gender. The point of view concerning woman suffrage was greatly affected by the gender role and the political standing of the person in question. The female point of

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    comparing and contrasting two poems from the Reconstruction Era and the Blacks Art Era. Both these poems are about the pain of being a woman. The Reconstruction Era was just after the Civil War and the country was struggling to find its way again and where everyone fit into society. The Black Arts Era was a time also dealing with social upheaval. There was a strong struggle for African Americans to gain their civil rights and to finally been seen as equal. Both of these poems show the sorrows and hardship

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    The poem Woman on a Beach written by Anne Michaels does an exquisite job at making an everyday event‚ seem so unique and unordinary. The author is really able to capture the reader’s attention by using exceptional adjectives to describe the setting and environment of the beach. This author is able to make the reader feel like they are actually there‚ through the use of their imagery. She is really able to describe the setting‚ so that the reader can almost feel the relaxation the women are feeling

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    lines were taken from a poem written by Sappho entitled "He Is More Than A Hero." For those who are not familiar with Sappho‚ she was a resident of a city names Lesbos. She lived from 630 B.C. - 570 B.C. In the city of LesbosSappho was a highly respected poet/teacher by many but mainly the females. It is said that she was constantly surrounded by a circle of women who studied poetry with her. I am using this background information and the quotation from one of her many poems "He Is More Than A Hero"

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    early 1800’s‚ the ideal woman was a sophisticated being. Intelligence‚ virtue and wittiness were all key character traits that every male would have fallen for in a female. However‚ this idea of the perfect woman has taken a huge leap backwards in modern society. Men have drastically changed their views on ‘what is hot and what is not’ in a female. Should men still be pursuing the ideal woman represented in the 1800’s? More importantly‚ does the contemporary mentality of the ideal woman yield an appropriate

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    Voice of Imprisoned Woman” in Girish Karnard’s “Nagmandala” Ms. Seema Sharma‚ Research Scholar Banasthali University Abstract Girish Karnad austmerely scrutinizes the unvoiced mental and physical pain of a woman whose conscious and unconscious mind is conditioned so completely that she sees herself and the world around her only in a way man would like her to see through the play “Nagmandala”. Starting from the ancient to the modern era‚ woman is just like clay in the hands of the patriarchal society

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    more tender and romantic and speaks of deeper feelings of the ones being written about. “Egyptian love poems idea of love is more about every form of love‚ whereas love for Sappho is based purely more on an emotional view of love.” (#3) With each one of the Egyptian and/or Sappho’s love poems‚ they express a similar idea but their manner and way they represent imagery is different. The Egyptian poem “I passed close by his house” contains the lines‚ “How joyfully does my heart rejoice‚ my beloved‚ since

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    believe that a woman should develop some professional skills and have a job. Anyway‚ the question ‘to work or not to work’ is quite often raised in many families because the issue is not so clear. In my presentation I’d like to dwell on the advantages and disadvantages of the situation in which a woman has to combine family and career. I will start with the drawbacks the family may suffer from. I’ve singled out 5 of them. 1. It’s very hard sometimes to juggle family and career. A woman experiences

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    Inside the Super-Fast‚ 100-Year Deal for the Waldorf By William D. Cohan October 08‚ 2014  The $1.95 billion sale of New York’s Waldorf Astoria hotel‚ announced on Oct. 6‚ is mostly framed as the 2014 analogue to Japan’s Mitsubishi Estate Co. buying Rockefeller Center—the moment that removes any doubt that China‚ and Chinese investors‚ are for real. Only a month ago‚ real estate investment bankers at Eastdil Secured were putting together a selling memorandum about the Waldorf for Hilton and Blackstone’s

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    THE VOICE

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    THE VOICE Themes- Explore how Hardy powerfully express loss of love in The Voice. The voice is a poem written by Thomas Hardy to remember his departed wife Emma‚ he is moarning her death in this poem. The voice portrays the theme of Nostalgia as Hardy is trying to cope with Emma’s loss. Hardy portrays feelings of misery and powerfully expresses loss of love in this poem through the use of literary devices and imagery. The poem consists of four stanzas which are constructed around

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