Dorothy Sayers’ “Lord Peter Wimsey” series was crucial in her influencing career‚ a career that impacted other writers immensely. Dorothy Sayers was born on June 13th‚ 1893. Dorothy was an only child‚ at the age of four she and her family moved. She was religiously inclined as her father was a part of the church. Sayers took interest in writing‚ especially religious drama‚ theology and detective novels. Additionally‚ she aided in creating the detection club‚ a group of British mystery writers. This
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playwright‚ essayist‚ translator‚ and Christian humanist; Dorothy Leigh Sayers was born on June 13 1893 and died on December 17 1957. The Wikipedia article entitled “Dorothy L. Sayers” gives the impression that this Twentieth Century poet was a driven person when it came to her passion for writing‚ but also had troubles in her personal life. This interpretation can be substantiated through the following summary of the biographical essay. Dorothy was the only child of her mother‚ Helen Mary Leigh from
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Dorothy Sayers contributed a profound thought in which she had noticed that some individuals have etched in their minds the wrong idea of work. Sayers found that some individuals find that work is a means of simply generating an income or gaining a social status. She included in her thought that individuals who had fought in World War II were not just focused on money or on status. The warriors were more motivated to fight for our country (i.e. doing their job) rather than getting a check for their
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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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better without: Love‚ curiosity‚ freckles‚ and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy‚ content‚ and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.’ *** Dorothy Parker became popular shortly after the first world war with her light verse and short stories. Although her works may not seem harsh and unwomanly today‚ they were labeled in this manner at the height of her popularity. Her cynical verses developed
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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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Amanda Stenberg Chemistry 113 Lab Monday 3:15 Professor Sara Bowden 4-14-14 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was born on May 12‚ 1910 in Cairo‚ Egypt and died on July 29‚ 1994 in Shipston-on-Stour‚ England. Her parents were the archaeologist‚ John Winter Crowfoot‚ who was also a classical scholar‚ and his wife‚ her mother‚ was Grace Mary Crowfoot Hood. Up until the age of four‚ she and her parents lived in Egypt in the expatriate community. Then‚ they moved back to England. During
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A Certain Lady by: Dorothy Parker Analysis: A Certain Lady is a poem written by Dorothy Parker that explains the multiple emotions that a woman goes through while she listens to the man she loves talk about his exploits with other women. The poem begins with a woman listening attentively to a man speak. She’s trying to attract him with her body language. He laughs and talks about his quests as a man with other women. Although he can’t see the pain that she hides behind her laugh and smile as
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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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Sean Carrick Dr. List Strong Poison Essay 12/2/14 The Stealth of Arsenic (Introduction) Strong Poison written by Dorothy L. Sayers The role of the judge is to present the fact‚ formalize the event‚ and to organize the jury. “You may perhaps wish to hear from me exactly what is meant by those words ‘reasonable doubt’” (Sayers 3). At this point in the case‚ the judge is teaching the jury how to decide whether or not a person is innocent‚ guilty or proven not guilty. In my opinion I believe that
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