with her strategies to stay married. While Odysseus was off at war and traveling home for over twenty years Penelope‚ his wife‚ was left to be alone. After his departure there was no news about him for a while‚ so everyone assumed that Penelope was a widow. More importantly‚ she was single and the kingdom was up for grabs. Suitors swarmed her house hoping to win her over. However‚ Penelope felt it in her gut that one day her love will return to her. She stayed loyal to Odysseus‚ even when he did
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Penelope as conveyed in The Odyssey is one of a quiet‚ submissive‚ faithful woman. The readers do not see much of Penelope’s actions throughout the epic and rather just hear of what she should be doing. Penelope’s story and relationship with Odysseus has remained a myth‚ until Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad. In the novel Penelope finally explains her story of what happened while Odysseus was on her journey away and back to her. The Penelopiad is praised as a feminist text and throughout the story
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section seven‚ Dorothy Day describes her experience with Ms. A and her family. Ms. A is a woman who has had four children and an unemployed husband. Dorothy describes how she tried to explain to a social worker why Ms. A and her husband chose not to practice contraception‚ which is something the Catholic Church is against. However‚ the social worker does not understand this reasoning‚ since Ms. A and her husband would not so many financial problems if they had less children. Dorothy day also talks
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Dorothy Edith Smith “Feminist Standpoint Theory and Institutional Ethnography” 1926- Dorothy E. Smith was born in North England in 1926. Dorothy E. Smith has lived a long life and commonly refers to it as “a long time ago and another world”. According to Smith‚ she has grown from the young woman to now due to several experiences. Smith has been employed in many different capacities such as a secretary and a clerk. In her Mid-twenties‚ she worked at a book publishing company. Smith attempted
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Not only was she a famous actress‚ but she also had other accomplishments. Dorothy Dandridge stared in many phenomenal films. She was and still is‚ most known for being the first black actress to be nominated for an academy award. She had many struggles on the road to getting there‚ and sadly her life was taken at a very young age before she could do more. Her family life was rough but she got through‚ and thanks to her mom‚ got a magnificent career that took off. She was born in Cleveland
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our heads when someone says Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz.” These are the lines that are related right away to the famous story. Dorothy’s long‚ adventurous trip down the Yellow Brick Road where she did make many specials friends and their find Esmerald city. Dorothy is a comun and adopted girl from Kansas she is adopted‚ Kansas is a desolated and too boring place‚ everywhere are gray and sad‚ she living with her aunt and uncle‚ and her dog toto‚ toto is an only Dorothy´s friends and she is worried
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Dorothea Dix In 1812 a 10 year old was given the responsibility of raising herself and her two younger brothers‚ this overwhelming task was in conjunction with the care-taking of her mentally ill mother and alcoholic father. Looking back on her life‚ the events of that fateful winter day visit in 1841‚ shaped her passion and future endeavours. The suffering of the insane inmates at the East Cambridge Jail‚ changed her forever. In retrospect‚ this sudden flash (heart wrenching visit) was
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PARKER PEN COMPANY Background George Safford Parker founded Parker Pen Company in 1892 in Janesville‚ Wisconsin. It began with the production of his first fountain pen. Afterwards in 1894‚ Parker had its first major innovation; “the lucky curve” which consisted on reducing the leak caused in fountain pens. Parker’s first marketing approach was to produce high quality pens and make them become status symbols; Parker pens were signer’s favorite‚ giving the company the first or second position
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In the vast tellings of Homer’s The Odyssey‚ many character comparisons can be made. Few are more pressing however‚ than the heroism of Odysseus and his wife‚ Penelope. Although both Penelope and Odysseus displayed heroic characteristics in The Odyssey‚ Odysseus was more of a hero than his wife was in the epic. Penelope‚ while somewhat of a heroine‚ simply was not depicted by Homer to be the hero that her husband was. To start‚ Odysseus was developed with standard Greek heroic traits. First‚ Odysseus
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Ma Parker is a strong woman who has suffered throughout her life. She is a woman who has a good nature. Ma Parker realises the sorrows of her life and tries to find a place to cry. That would be the very first time she was going to cry once she believed she only would be a strong woman if she had never cried. The Life of Ma Parker’s protagonist cannot stand all the pain she is feeling. As she cries‚ she leaves all her strength behind. It represents the moment she realises she must permit the overflow
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