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    poetry of Bishop. These include nature‚ childhood‚ domesticity/motherhood‚ and the resilience of the human spirit. The two poems I will be discussing about in my answer related to the following themes are ‘Sestina’ and ‘The Filling Station’. The two themes I will be discussing about are domesticity and childhood. The first poem I will be discussing on is ‘Sestina’. The theme in ‘Sestina’‚ which I will be discussing‚ is childhood and domesticity. In ‘Sestina’ Bishop is looking back at her childhood

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    Shakespeare’s comedic play As You Like It‚ change has been a continuous positive force that affects the characters moral growth and development of relationships. Dissimilarly‚ Gwen Harwood’s haunting poem In The Park reflects upon the transition into motherhood and the negative toll the change can take on an individual. In As You Like It‚ moral development of a character occurs due to the inevitable changes of relationship dynamics between family‚ effecting their behaviour towards one another. This is

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    Good Luck everyone: ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrG0AwUJQDQ        1. Adams­Onís Treaty (1819)​  ­­ (Transcontinental Treaty) ­­  ​ The treaty between the  United States and Spain that gave Florida to the United States and set out a  boundary between the United States and New Spain (now Mexico) that settle  boundary disputes.  Treaty was negotiated by Secretary of State John Quincy  Adams and Don Luis de Onís.  John Quincy Adams was big into gaining territory.  The treaty was significant because it gave Florida to the United States and 

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    public office‚ or participate in legal matters on their own behalf. -Women were expected to defer to their husbands and be obedient to them without question. -Marriage was often isolating. -Domestic sphere: -Devoting themselves entirely to domesticity -Instill values into their home -True fulfillment would be gained only through their contributions domestically -Women maintain their relationship with each other through extended visits and correspondence through letters‚ etc. (Blake) -Women

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    she “must tarry at home‚ and keep watch over my little Pearl. Had they taken her away from me‚ I would willingly have gone with thee… ” (113). Pearl saves Hester from falling into “Satan’s snare” (114) by grounding her to society with duties of “motherhood… anchor[ing] her even more firmly to the home” (Welter 171). Without Pearl‚ Hester would have lacked a family member to serve and consequently ceased to exist in proper society. Going beyond familial duty‚ Hester returns to dwell in the community

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    This idea has come to be called “Cult of True Womanhood” or “Cult of Domesticity”. This idea‚ which many have thought derived from feminine literature‚ speeches‚ and legislature‚ was designed for the wives and daughters of white middle class men. Even though this idea that women had to mold into perfect homemakers

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    Sharon Wong Pd. 3 AP World 2/8/15 In the period of 1750-1900‚ the role of women in East Asia and Western Europe began to shift. Traditionally‚ women were kept domestic and were expected to keep quiet; away from the affairs of men. Influenced by the modernization processes during this time period‚ the fight for women’s rights was initiated which allowed women to play an increasingly greater role in shaping politics. In both regions‚ women were to look appealing for men‚ and were

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    valid is this label? Could the same radical and rebellious Americans of the 1960’s be submissive and compliant just one decade earlier? The answer (for the most part) is yes. The suburbanization‚ consumerism/materialism‚ second Red Scare‚ and "cult of domesticity"� of the 1950’s exemplify this accepting and submissive attitude of Americans. However‚ there are some exceptions. Women talking new jobs‚ the civil rights movement‚ and the popularity of the new type of music called rock and roll showed that

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    concept of “Republican Motherhood” impacted women like never before in history. Abigail Adams‚ Mercy Otis Warren‚ and Dolley Madison are examples of three women who made significant differences for the status of women in the 1700’s. On March 31‚ 1776‚ Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her husband John Adams telling him not to overlook women fighting for America’s

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    weak‚ inferior‚ and sexual objects because they were useless in contributing to the warfare. An example is the way Jewish women were treated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. As a result‚ the Nazis viewed Jewish women as an agent of fertility‚ motherhood‚ and homebuilders. During the Holocaust‚ women were considered useless‚ especially pregnant women and mothers of small children‚ due to the fact that they were unable to participate in tasks of the war. This counts for the fact as to why Jewish

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