artists in this tour eloquently demonstrate Woolf’s classic thesis. The space‚ comfort‚ and privacy of many of these buildings reveal the class privilege that sustained the creative work of women such as Margaret Fuller‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ and Edith Wharton. Recently‚ other women writers and artists have come into view as cultural historians and feminist scholars have challenged the notion of universal quality in art that transcends time and place‚ and pointed to the arbitrary and shifting boundaries
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ourselves. Citizen involvement and volunteerism not can only influence you‚ but also those around you‚ because I believe it is our civic duty. It is our responsibility to give back to our community‚ whether you’re leading or following‚ because as Edith Wharton once said‚ “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” Volunteering starts with one person‚ a candle in the darkness‚ and eventually that light spreads until that once very small light‚ is being reflected
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“I have asked myself many times: Is the Filipino worth suffering‚ or even dying for? Is he not a coward who would readily yield to any colonizer‚ be he foreign or homegrown? Is a Filipino more comfortable under an authoritarian leader because he does not want to be burdened with the freedom of choice? Is he unprepared‚ or worse‚ ill-suited for presidential or parliamentary democracy? I have carefully weighed the virtues and the faults of the Filipino and I have come to the conclusion that he is
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the Book of Daniel‚ City of God‚ Welcome to Hard Times‚ Loon Lake‚ World’s Fair‚ The Waterworks‚ and All the Time in the World. Among his honors are the National Book Award‚ three National Book Critics Circle Awards‚ two PEN Faulkner Awards‚ The Edith Wharton Citation for Fiction and the presidentially-conferred National Humanities Medal. In 2009 he was short listed for the Man Booker International Prize honoring a writer’s lifetime achievement in fiction‚ and in 2012 he won the PEN Saul Bellow Award
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American literature and film. In addition‚ my favorite childhood book‚ Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. Milne‚ was published during this time period. Some profound writers who published hit novels during this decade include: Ernest Hemingway‚ Virginia Woolf‚ Edith Wharton‚ and T. S. Eliot. In continuation with American culture‚ the film industry underwent a massive transformation during the 1920s‚ with the emergence of the silent film. Warner Brothers Pictures was also incorporated in the early 1920s. Some prominent
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1 Kemp Bex Kemp English 12‚ 5th Pangle September 13‚ 2013 Passion and responsibility in Edith Warton’s _Ethan Frome_ Set in 1881 Starkfield‚ Massachusetts‚ Edith Warton’s _Ethan Frome_ reveals a recurring theme found in literature: "the classic war between a passion and responsibility." In the novel‚ published in 1911‚ protagonist Ethan Frome confronts his two private passions‚ his desire to become an engineer that conflicts with his moral responsibility to his family and his passion for Mattie
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Mencken “mocked everything he found distasteful in America” (Divine‚ et al 744)‚ and Sherwood Anderson and John Dos Passos illustrated the undermining of American values of craftsmanship by machines. Female authors also became more prevalent. Edith Wharton depicted the lives of early aristocrats‚ Willa Cather and Ellen Glasgow focused on the stories of the Midwest and South‚ and Zona Gale directed her attention to America’s unmarried women. Simultaneously‚ popularity in sports expanded. Both men
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Edith’s family was farmers and they lived in a tiny village with about 200 people. “Edith began to go to a Hebrew school at age 5‚ but she was only able to go 3 or 4 times because of the changes that were happening in Germany.” (www.holocaustlearning.org) “Edith said that plain clothed police came for her father and uncle in the middle of the night and took them away.” (www.holocaustlearning.org) Everything in the Synagogue
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Roman Fever Edith Wharton Meaning holding a grudge is bad jealousy Point of View third person omniscient Ms. Slade’s thoughts are jealous Characterization jealousy clouds judgement Plot reasons Slade does things is because of Jealousy and throughout the story this reason becomes more of a factor for each action. Setting Colosseum: Slade waging war with Ansley Steps: Show Ms. Ansley going higher/ahead Looking down on Rome’s past as they look down on their past. Symbolism Moon:
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9 April 1912 Papa‚ Madeleine‚ and I are going onto the Titanic tomorrow‚ and I am eager for this quite exciting journey to be. It is her maiden voyage across the Atlantic to New York. We have filled our bags full to the top‚ and are going down to Cherbourg‚ Normandy‚ France to board the breathtaking ship. I miss Mama and Alice dearly and I am anticipating seeing them again. I am hoping that I can find a chance to play my violin and maybe have someone take me into business with them‚ and we could
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