Katherine Zoepf’s nonfiction work “Excellent Daughters: The Secret Lives of Young Women Who Are Transforming the Arab World” published by Penguin Books tells different stories of women throughout the Arab world. Zoepf takes readers on a journey beginning in Syria and ending in Egypt. Zoepf compares and contrasts the cultures‚ challenges and changes in women’s lives across five Arab countries. Zoepf’s interest in the Arab world began soon after the terror attacks in New York City on September 11
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Like Father Like Daughter? The statement “Like father‚ like son/daughter” is a statement which can often be difficult to prove. However in the case of several characters in Shakespeare’s “King Lear” the statement is especially evident. After examining the personalities and relationships of the main characters‚ one will discover how similar many of the characters are to each other‚ specifically comparisons between parents to their children. King Lear‚ with three diverse daughters surprisingly shares
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relationship between Baptista and his daughters‚ Katherina and Bianca. The reader first meets Baptista and his daughters (Katherina and Bianca) in Act one‚ Scene one. In this scene Baptista declares that he will not allow either Hortensio or Lucentio to marry Bianca‚ until Katherina is‚ herself‚ married. “That is not to bestow my youngest daughter before I have a husband for the elder”. This makes the reader think that perhaps he favours his youngest daughter as he delays Bianca’s marriage when usually
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A pray for my Daughter The summary of A prayer for My Daughter by William Butler Yeats opens up with an image of the poet’s daughter who is fast asleep in her cradle. The storm he talks about at the very onset of the poem is nothing but a contrast to the quiet sleep of the baby. The poet is worried about his child and his gloominess of mind is well portrayed through the first stanza itself. In the first stanza itself‚ the backdrop of the weather with the storm raging is nothing but a potent
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attempted to reconcile with their loss of the civil war economically‚ politically and socially. A new sense of “patriotism” to the Confederacy rose up from the end of the war and infiltrated its way into all aspects of people’s lives. The United Daughters of the Confederacy were and still are a group that promotes a revisionist version of the American Civil War. One of their main goals is to‚ “cultivate ties of friendship among our women‚ whose fathers‚ brothers‚ sons (and in numberless cases) mothers
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Describing Biblical Parallels in Hawthorne’s "Rappaccini’s Daughter" In Hawthorne’s "Rappaccini’s Daughter‚" many biblical parallels can be found. The story duplicates the chapter of genesis in the bible in many ways. Ranging from the characters‚ to the setting‚ and even the deadly plant in the story. The account of Adam and Eve in Genesis 1-3 is extremely similar to the situation of Giovanni and Beatrice in the story. In both "Rappaccini’s Daughter" and the Genesis chapters in the bible‚ lush‚ beautiful
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There are many characters in the story‚ Daughters of Eve. There are only five that stand out from the rest. These five are Laura Snow‚ Jane Rheardon‚ Fran Schneider‚ Tammy Carncross‚ and Irene Stark. These are the main characters in the story. They are all members of the club‚ "Daughters of Eve". Laura Snow was a junior in high school. She was a nice girl with glowing eyes. She also loved this boy in high school named Peter Grange. He went out with her for a while‚ but in pity. Her parents were
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In W. B. Yeats’ poem ’Father and Daughter’ the speaker is apparently the father of a young daughter who is in relations with a boy or man without her father’s blessing. The father is the kind of man who is generous with his love‚ especially with his daughter. He is also the kind of father who wants the best for his little girl‚ not being afraid of firm disciplinary actions to help his daughter grow in the right direction. The problem the father has with his daughter is her relations with someone who
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Objectively‚ I am a daughter‚ sister‚ granddaughter‚ niece‚ cousin‚ a friend‚ a cancer survivor‚ and a student. I am part of a large family‚ in which I am a daughter‚ a sister‚ a granddaughter‚ a niece‚ and a cousin. I am the daughter of Dan Reed and Lori Reinsel and step-daughter of Matt Reinsel and Patty Reed. My father‚ Dan Reed‚ is a high school math teacher and football coach at the school that I graduated from‚ thus a role I’ve always played was that of the teachers’ daughter‚ and the “coaches’
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matters in life with their heart and not their head making decisions emotional based especially when considering love. Both “Rappaccini’s Daughter” and “A Rose for Emily” demonstrates patriarchal dominance and different but similar restrictions placed on their lives. In the short stories “Rappaccini’s Daughter” and “A Rose for Emily” both Emily and Beatrice (daughters) are products of a single fathered
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