Patricia Bath‚ born in 1942‚ faced many problems dealing with discrimination as she climbed her way to the top in her profession. During her life time she had completed many accomplishments such as‚ making a safer and more efficient way to help cataract patients. Patricia at an early age had begun to love science because of her mother and her father‚ who was also the first African American in his profession. As she was pushed by her parents to pursue a successful career‚ she begun to strive for and
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The title of the text I chose is “The Bath”. This text is a short story written by Raymond Carver‚ a re-known short stories writer from 1962-1986 in Americas’ history. Concerning the author message about “The Bath”‚ we are reading a story of a young boy called Scotty who was about to turn eight year on Monday that he was hit by a car while walking with his friend to school. The story is dominated by mute communication between personalities; bath was used as the means of relieve for affected parents
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Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer was famous for his Canterbury Tales. I am selecting actors and actresses in which I believe would best fit four of Chaucer’s pilgrims’ personalities. Elizabeth Taylor‚ Gordon Ramsey‚ Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder‚ and Atticus Shaffer will be playing the roles of the Wife of Bath‚ the Cook‚ the Nun‚ and the Oxford Cleric Elizabeth Taylor will be playing the role of the wife of bath. She‚ like the wife of bath‚ has had many husbands‚ but she‚ unlike the wife of bath
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have no opinion. However‚ the characters Desdemona in William Shakespeare’s Othello and Dame Alison from The Wife of Bath’s Prologue in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales seemingly go against common conventions of women‚ as they are bold characters who have strong opinions and exert dominance. Dame Alison‚ the Wife of Bath‚ is a character created by Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. She is a merchant who has an interest in profit‚ and uses sex and her many husbands to gain that profit. Alison
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Lady in Her Bath “Lady in Her Bath” is a painting painted by a famous French Renaissance Artist known as Francois Clouet. He was an artist known for the detailed paintings of French royal families as the court painter. He also had other well-known paintings the “Portrait of Elisabeth of Austria‚ Queen of France‚” the “Portrait of Henry II” and more. The painting “Lady in Her Bath” is described as a lady nude in a bath posing for a portrait with a flower in her hand. And she is in the company of
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conditions does the wife accept marriage? The Wife of Bath has a very strict criteria when it comes to marriage. She has been married five times starting at the age of 12. Her first marriage most likely was an arranged one where she had no control over the situation which might have helped her in creating her philosophy on the subject/affair. The wife of bath marries on her terms which was the complete opposite of what was accepted and condoned in medieval times. When the Wife of Bath does marry she
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“I Love Lucy” was arguably the most popular TV show in the 1950’s. Aired between 1951-1957‚ the comedy filled millions of American homes with laughter. The plot of the story is simple and lighthearted: Lucy and husband‚ Ricky‚ go through everyday life. Ricky is the lead singer in a mariachi band and Lucy is a housewife. However‚ Lucy is always scheming plans with her best friend and landlord‚ Ethel‚ to become a star at the venues Ricky performs in. This usually results in Ricky and Ethel’s husband
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Chaucer’s Wife of Bath is one of the most amazing characters in English Literature. She is a strong‚ clever‚ independent woman who knows what she likes and usually gets it. She is lusty and not shy about it. She exposes and mocks misogyny in various ways‚ showing just how misogynistic medieval society was. However‚ although her strong willed nature and mockery of this patriarchy is apparent‚ as an audience we still remain confused‚ and discover aspects of her characteristics and journey‚ which show
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romantic. At first he is depressed about his one sided love towards Rosaline‚ his love is ‘brawling’ as if love were his enemy and his hate is ‘loving’ because he’s in love with Rosaline despite her indifference. This string of paradoxes shows that Romeo knows that love is both sweet and painful. He uses the ‘fire sparkling in lovers eyes’ to symbolize the passion you feel in love and the ‘loving tears’ to symbolize the pain. He also admits that love can make you mad‚ even if you are discreet about it
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Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer ’s Canterbury Tales have long been respected as the embodiment of popular sentiment toward love and marriage in the Middle Ages. In these tales‚ Chaucer repeatedly addresses two main issues concerning marriage: male vs. female sovereignty in marriage and the place of sex in marriage. Whether positive or negative‚ nearly all of the tales express some sort of sentiment toward marriage. One of the most blatantly expressive is that of the Wife of Bath
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