LAW‚ JUSTICE‚ AND FEMALE REVENGE IN "KERFOL"‚ BY EDITH WHARTON‚ AND TRIFLES AND "A JURY OF HER PEERS"‚ BY SUSAN GLASPELL Janet Stobbs Wright Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU (Elche) In 1916‚ Edith Wharton and Susan Glaspell coincided in each telling the story of a different fictional murderess. Although both works are written within different genres‚ there are striking similarities between the situations of these women who murdered their husbands. Even more arresting is the choice of the plot
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Hags The word Hag comes from the old English word for Haegtesse‚ meaning witch. Traditional Hags would live at the edge of a village and shunned all company. This is thought to have been partly because of their hideous appearance. A typical Hag will have the appearance of an old woman with dark eyes‚ filthy unkempt hair and be adorned in dirty rags. Hags live in isolation from other Hags. A village would never have had more than one Hag living there at any one time. A Hag is often called
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US Stories Answer Key The Gift of the Magi by O Henry Pre-reading exercises Key vocabulary Describing the flat 1 1i; 2d; 3h; 4a; 5f; 6b; 7e; 8g; 9j; 10c; 11k Talking about money and the lack of it 1 a‚ d 2 b‚ e 3 c‚ f Main themes 2‚ 3 Student’s own answers Post-reading exercises Understanding the story 1 By being very careful how much she spent on food. 2 To confirm the amount; perhaps she hoped she had made a mistake and there would be
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Influences on Literary Realism in America The realist literary movement in America began in 1865 and continued to gain momentum until about 1914‚ when the Great War began. It was a reaction to the idealized world of romanticism‚ in which the values of heroism‚ imagination‚ and emotion were highly treasured. Romantic literature emphasized the ideal by describing characters rising out of their situations to overcome ills of society or personal struggles‚ and these stories often had happy endings
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Elle Burbank Ms. Gilman En I Honors‚ period B November 4‚ 2011 The Folly of Hubris in Mythology In the book Mythology‚ by Edith Hamilton a common theme is the folly of hubris. The folly of hubris is when a mortal thinks they are just as good as‚ or better than‚ a deity. To prevent committing this unforgivable crime‚ the Greeks must be careful about what they say and do concerning the gods. The goddess‚ Minerva challenges a mortal named Arachne to a weaving contest‚ and Arachne accepts. Arachne does
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Pulitzer was a man of many accomplishments and few failures. However‚ there was one failure in particular that especially came to light during his life‚ and this was his founding of the practice of yellow journalism. In 1883 he purchased the New York World for $346‚000 from Jay Gould‚ and appointed himself the manager. With Pulitzer in charge‚ the World’s circulation grew from 15‚000 to 600‚000‚ making it the largest newspaper in the United States. Meanwhile Joseph’s brother‚ Albert Pulitzer‚ did
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A simple definition of sacrifice is to give up something for the sake of something else‚ whether it is for another human life‚ for an idea‚ or even for a belief. "She was 17 years old. He stood glaring at her‚ his weapon before her face. Do you believe in God?’ She paused. It was a life-or-death question. Yes‚ I believe in God.’ Why?’ asked her executioner. But he never gave her the chance to respond. The teenage girl lay dead at his feet." (DC Talk 17) This example of a sacrifice really
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Anne Frank. Anne Frank’s diary was begun on June 14th‚ 1942 and her last entry was on August 1st‚ 1944. Her diary was mostly about the Holocaust‚ when her family went into hiding. Anne’s family included herself‚ her sister (Margot Frank)‚ her mother (Edith Frank)‚ and her father (Otto Frank). This story was set in Prinsengracht‚ Amsterdam. I chose to read this book because stories that relate to war‚ really interest me. It all started on Anne’s thirteenth birth‚ when she received a diary from her
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Literature for children in the 19th century Since the view of childhood changes in the nineteenth century‚ the potential of children’s literature becomes evident. With the reference to the sources of children’s literature‚ they can be traced back to alterations in translation and in the literature for adults‚ where a child or childhood are essential concepts; moreover folk literature is concerned to be a wide source for this literary genre. According to Peter Hunt Children before
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English Law Society.It was taken for granted that Maugham and his brothers would follow in their footsteps. His elder brother Viscount Maugham enjoyed a distinguished legal career and served as Lord Chancellor from 1938 to 1939. Maugham’s mother‚ Edith Mary (née Snell)‚ had tuberculosis (TB)‚ a condition for which her doctor prescribed childbirth. She had Maugham several years after the last of his three older brothers; they were already enrolled in boarding school by the time he was three. Being
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