In Jane Austen’s novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Lady Catherine’s dialogue‚ appearance‚ and actions portray her as a supercilious and domineering person. Lady Catherine is described to be a “tall‚ large woman‚ with strongly features.” Her “strongly marked features” symbolize her high and superior social status in society. Her “tall” figure is representative of her high position in the hierarchy of social class as compared to other women in society. Furthermore‚ Lady Catherine’s supercilious personality
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one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy‚ would have supposed her born to be an heroine.” Catherine is seen as almost every young girl. Austen takes her normalcy and turns it around to make her a heroine. Catherine is a lot of things your typical heroine isn’t. She has her own heroic style and that’s what makes her different. Gothic heroines are generally portrayed as attractive and sensitive young women‚ but in this novel‚ Austen describes Catherine as the opposite of that
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Catherine Benincasa‚ born in Siena‚ Italy in 1347‚ was a great leader of a moral life. In her adolescence‚ she became attracted to prayer and solitude. Her mother considered Catherine a difficult daughter‚ in fact‚ a problematic teenager‚ who rebelled against her mother’s advice at any suggestion of marriage. At the age of sixteen‚ however‚ her sister died‚ leaving her husband a widower. Catherine’s parents proposed that he marry Catherine as a replacement‚ but she immediately showed her distaste
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Ethiopia. I will not achieve this in my lifetime but you might in yours.”- Dr Catherine Hamlin- Dr Catherine Hamlin‚ born on the 24 January 1924‚ is a heroic doctor who has dedicated her life to overcoming fistula in Ethiopia and restoring terrified women to their peaceful lives. As an Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist she has helped over more than 34‚000 women in Ethiopia. She has already had a large impact on society and continues to create a shift in people’s thinking. Dr Catherine Hamlin’s
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Assess the extent to which Catherine Booth has contributed to the development and expression of Christianity. Catherine Booth has strongly contributed to the expression and development of Christianity. Through developing the organisation The Salvation Army‚ Booth addressed discriminatory issues present in the Christian church such as the inequality of women and exclusion of the lower class. Booth has influenced‚ and still continues to influence Christian society by displaying female equality in
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For Catherine’s silhouette‚ I put many different things in her mind. An example of irony and symbolism was a bird in a cage labeled “trapped”. It is irony because Catherine wants to be free‚ but she keeps her birds in a cage. It affects the other literary elements of the book. One thing the irony and symbolism effects are the exaggeration. The symbolism and irony make Catherine say how she is trapped and lives with a beast. I included some conflict in her mind‚ like forced marriage. It affects the
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need when the king is unavailable. Catherine De Medici is the queen of france and she has been proven to show leadership when she has to. She turned out to be one of the most influential people involved in the Catholic–Huguenot wars. Catherine Di Medici was a dependable queen‚ who stood by her nation‚ had a peaceful policy and her political attitudes were changed‚ despite her harsh upbringing. Catherine Di Medici was born on April 13
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Katherine Mansfield close reading how to analyse prose fiction Close reading is the most important skill you need for any form of literary studies. It means paying especially close attention to what is printed on the page. It is a much more subtle and complex process than the term might suggest. Close reading means not only reading and understanding the meanings of the individual printed words; it also involves being sensitive to all the subtle uses of language in the hands of skilled writers.
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Izzy 7A St. Catherine of Bologna St. Catherine‚ virgin of the Church‚ was born as Catherine de’ Vigri on September 8‚ 1413 in Bologna‚ Italy. She grew up in a wealthy home and received a great education. Catherine loved and excelled at painting‚ Latin‚ and the viola. When Catherine was only 13 or 14 years old she had a calling for the religious life and joined the convent of Corpus Domini at Ferrara. These were devout women who followed the rule of the Third Order of St. Augustine. Four years
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Joe Bloe Professor I.B Smart BS 131 December XX‚ 2008 Alcohol Abuse in Russia Family Issues Russians drink more alcohol than any other nation in the world. (Halpin‚ 2007‚ p1) The Times of London reports that Russians are currently going on an alcoholic binge even by Russian standards. According to the country’s chief public health officer‚ Gennadi Onishenko‚ Russians are drinking nearly three times as much as they did sixteen years ago. Onishenko’s study was promulgated by the Russian
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