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    inferior to men. They were labeled delicate‚ dependent‚ ignorant‚ or weak. Their central aim was only marriage but most intriguingly‚ education was deprived from women because of their sex. Mary Wollstonecraft and Daniel Defoe‚ both renowned writers wrote essays that demand justice and fight for the education of women. They believed they were capable and as intelligent as men. Wollstonecraft and Defoe created outstanding pieces known for its strength and most importantly its effectiveness to deliver

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    The Tragedy of Roxana in The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson Mark Twain is a famous writer of the 19th century American literature. He is known by its complex stories; the same book contains more than one plot along it. Some of the characters he created are very elaborated; readers get their attention’s caught by characters in the novel due to their strong personalities and their ambiguity. Besides being a writer‚ Twain was also a humorist‚ and that may have influenced him because he used to add several

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    Of Discourse

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    OF DISCOURSE. Prof. S .Jayaraman. Email: jayaraman121@gmail.com ‘Of Discourse’ is one of the celebrated essays of Francis Bacon. Of discourse means of conversation. The precepts that Bacon convincingly writes about are brief and precise. Conversation is an art. Some people show off their ingenuity on many subjects in order show their power of judgement. Some others constantly repeat their pet themes and arguments and become tedious

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    Daniel Defoe used realism to enhance his novel‚ Robin Crusoe. Many critics agree with this statement‚ while some think that he should have been more accurate with his realism. Critics also found the book to be very enlightening and beneficial to read and they found that it appealed to a very wide variety of people including the rich and poor and the young and old. Last but not least‚ some critics found that it showed lack of ability to create characters and events. Daniel Defoe was born to James

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    1950's Marriage Decline

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    The average number of marriages has declined since the 1950’s for various reasons that scholars have tried to explain through their research (Vanorman & Scommegna‚ 2016). Even with the legalization of same sex marriage‚ there has been a decline in the number of married adults in the United States. In 1960‚ about three-quarters of all American adults were married‚ compared to 2014 where the number had decreased to about half of all American adults being married (Vanorman & Scommegna‚ 2016). The United

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    Ch-1-------------- -Robinson Crusoe‚ the narrator of the story‚ tells us that he was born in 1632 in the city of York‚ England. His father‚ a German immigrant‚ married a woman whose name was Robinson‚ and his real name was Robinson Kreutznaer‚ but due to the natural corruption of languages‚ the family now writes their name "Crusoe." He was the third son; his oldest brother was killed in a war‚ and the next son simply disappeared. When Robinson Crusoe first had an urge to go to sea‚ his father

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    importance of Discourse and discourse community The concept of Discourse and discourse community is very important in English reading and writing. Discourses are group members’ shared “ways of being in the world” (Gee 484). According to the authors we studied‚ Porter‚ Gee‚ Swales‚ Johns and Porter‚ we willingly or unwillingly are part of many different discourse communities or Discourses. Almost everything we do in our everyday life requires involvement in some discourse community. Discourse or discourse

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    person ’s everyday life‚ just as relationships were important in the past. Although types of companionships have somewhat changed over time‚ the presence and importance of them still remains. Viewing‚ analysing and comparing other individual ’s relationships to our own is something most people do‚ as a sort of assurance that things are natural. This is why many people are interested in novels about ways that other human beings interact with individuals and groups. Daniel Defoes character Roxana has

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    women was‚ “Will this person be beneficial to my social and/or financial status?” This is the one of the most significant differences between dating and marriage in the 1800s‚ and dating and marriage in our contemporary world. People today and in the 1800’s take into account the qualities that are incorporated in a person that make them fit for marriage. Financial stability is an essential element that determines whether that person is worthy to be one’s partner‚ or not. However‚ that is not the main

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    side. Roxana Robinson is a biographer and scholar of nineteenth and early twentieth century American art. She graduated from Buckingham Friends School‚ in Lahaska‚ and from The Shipley School‚ in Bryn Mawr. She attended Bennington College and studied

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