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    Monologue on Penelope

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    develop in this poem‚ was to describe in detail the loneliness and suffering of Penelope’s years away from Ulysses. The techniques used were really basic; I used lots of adjectives‚ and tried to use imagery words to give the reader the image of Penelope reaching out to her true love. Monologue: For so Long I have suffered inside these forlorn walls All happiness has been drained from the inside I am nothing… Too many days have gone by without a letter Travelling the seas to unknown lands

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    Penelope Vs Penny

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    movie “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” and the book “Odyssey”. Though their stories of struggles are similar‚ they overcome them in different ways. Penelope and Penny are both portrayed the same and have similarities‚ but there are differences between the two as well that make them different and unique‚ and that also ties them together in the end. Penny and Penelope both remain confident throughout their stories. Penny divorces her husband Everett‚ after he is put in jail. With a need to support her and

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    Dorothy Roberts

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    Dorothy Roberts in her books speaks directly on issue affecting African American women whether social or moral such as: gender segregation‚ mistreatment‚ oversexed all of these all in a negative way. Yes‚ many persons are of the view that the topic of Africans in general is one of pity‚ desperations‚ poverty and worthlessness. So much so‚ that when it involves African women the thoughts even goes much deeper to a great extent. Enslaved African women were dealt with like animals rather than children

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    majority of the greek population believed that the gods were superior to immortal being. However‚ Penelope disagrees against this belief. In fact‚ she argues that the popular view of the gods‚ or Olympians‚ is inappropriate. Penelope views the gods as malevolent beings that chose to cause pain and suffering for their own amusement. Penelope’s contempt towards the gods originates from her troubled life. Penelope blames her suffering on those who control everybody’s lives: the gods. She complains she was

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    Dorothy Day

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    teaching aspect‚ one that aims to teach the reader a lesson‚ usually about life or values. One of these great American writers was Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day was a journalist by trade‚ as well as a social activist and an upstanding Catholic. Day was raised an agnostic‚ meaning her family did not practice a religion. However‚ she attended church services with friends. Dorothy found a sense of passion in the congregational worship of the church‚ and those close to her said she could have been an excellent

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    Penelope establishes right away her clever nature and reveals other personality traits that begin to hinder our understanding of what really went on in The Penelopiad. However‚ focusing on a few key aspects of her account can help in understanding Penelope better as well as what she’s not revealing: the water motif introduced by her mother (43) and her feelings/relationship with her cousin Helen. Penelope presents her conflict with Helen early on. Helen had fame and beauty‚ she stole the limelight

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    Dorothy Hill

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    A Quick Summary Dorothy Hill was a Professor of Geology at the University of Queensland; she was a strong supporter of British scientific research and scientists and worked well with them. She is the only ever female President of the Australian Academy to this day. She also happened to be the first woman to graduate with a gold medal from her university‚ first woman to be admitted as a Doctor of Science at the University of Queensland‚ first woman professor at an Australian university and the

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    Dorothy Hodgkin

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    Chemistry 12 April 2014 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Crystallography is a combination of math‚ physics‚ and chemistry. It is a physical science of x-ray. Crystallography can help determine many different substance structures that can be beneficial to the world today. Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was a warm and caring woman who made many contributions to the world of chemistry‚ such as determining by X-ray crystallography the structures of penicillin‚ insulin‚ and vitamin B-12. Dorothy Hodgkin was born on

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    Dorothy Dandridge

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    Abstract This paper reflects Dorothy Dandridge the first African American actress to achieve a leading-role status. Mrs. Dandridge also had a deeply troubled life‚ marked by the scars of a miserable childhood‚ a string of failed personal relationships‚ numerous career setbacks‚ and ongoing struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. Racism was also one of the demons with which she had to deal with. The terms race‚ ethnicity and culture have no generally agreed upon definitions. There’s a growing

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    Dorothy Height

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    Dorothy Irene Height (March 24‚ 1912 – April 20‚ 2010)[1] was an American administrator‚ educator‚ and social activist. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years‚ and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994‚ and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. Height was born in Richmond‚ Virginia. At a very early age‚ she moved with her family to Rankin‚ Pennsylvania‚ a steel town in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. Height was admitted to Barnard College in 1929

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