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    actions of those around her. Emma does not appear to have an especially caring father and years of marriage troubles have split her parents so they no longer work together effectively to help combat her emotional outbursts. Emma’s social circles include her school and her peers right now when she

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    affects an individual for their whole life. In Jane Austen ’s novel Emma‚ the realities of social hierarchy and social mobility are challenged through various forms of narrative. Austen creates a network of relationships throughout the community of Highbury through seemingly unimportant conversations to explicit declarations of feelings with her use of free indirect discourse. The novel revolves around the main character‚ Emma and her

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    Module A – Comparative Study of Texts Elective 2: Texts in Time (F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese) The two comparative texts‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese reflect changing values and perspectives of the modernistic 1920s and the Victorian Era of the mid 19th Century. Through the change in context and literary form‚ The Great Gatsby reshapes our understanding

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    thesis project of a Columbia University senior‚ Emma Sulkowicz. Her performance is a superb artifact because it displays colleges’ lack of protection for rape victims‚ the need for better laws against rape‚ and the detrimental effects of letting an accused walk free. Emma Sulkowicz was allegedly raped in 2012 and reported it in 2013. Her alleged rape has lead to national attention because of her thesis project “Carry That Weight”. In this project Emma Sulkowicz carries the mattress as symbolic to

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    largely on passion‚ while that of Emma and Mr Knightly is grounded on long standing regard‚ respect‚ and mutual affection. Love / Marriage Marriage is a central theme within the text‚ and shown through several different relationships. Austen uses them to demonstrate what various motivations exist in drawing couples together. Social custom and expectations play a major role in selecting a ‘suitable’ partner. Author and reader alike applaud the love between Emma and Mr Knightly‚ which is based

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    Emma Watson is a well-known actress that she gained her popularity as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film collections. She gave a thirteen minutes’ speech on gender inequality for the UN Women‚ or The United Nations Entity for gender equality and the Empowerment of Women‚ on September 2014. This speech uses emotions to connect with audiences‚ establishes her credibility‚ and lists out different facts and statistic that reignite the feminist movement successfully.  In this speech‚ Emma uses

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    Emma final commentary Jane Austen’s writing style includes short and sweet sentences however they are packed with a lot of information‚ including metaphors and motifs. Personally‚ I found it hard to follow Austen’s writing because in order to understand her subtle messages in between the lines‚ one would have to be super alert and read every word and the connotation that of every word. Also‚ one writing tool that Austen uses well is free-indirect discourse. Free indirect discourse is when the

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    is best for themselves and those who follow. When I’m not being a quirky goofball Emma Jean Bouie‚ I’m being sophisticated‚ empowered woman little miss Nadia Moffet. Ever since I met Nadia Moffet‚ C.E.O of The Queens Foundation and Miss North Carolina 2010‚ she has instilled something spiritually and mentally inside of me that has helped shape the young leader I am today. From the age of 13‚ I was no longer just Emma Jean Bouie‚ I slowly became‚ “a beautiful‚ powerful and strong beyond measure woman

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    Running head: ANALYSIS OF LITERARY CONTEXT Analysis of Literary Context James O. Montford‚ Jr. Grand Canyon University: (BIB 355) August 24‚ 2011 Analysis of Literary Context The intent of this paper is to analyze the literary context of the book of James‚ by giving an outline and summary of each chapter found in the book of The Epistle of James. This paper will give historical background and cultural information for the purpose that James the author wrote the book. This paper will attempt

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    The promise of America can be defined in many different ways. The picture from Frank Leslie’s illustrated newspaper suggests that the promise of America is about hope. Where Emma Lazura’s poem “ The New Colossus 1883” portrays the promise is that America will take the poor and give them a better life. President Franklin D. Roosevelt thinks the promise of America is about looking to build a better future for everyone. Although everyone sees America’s promise slightly different it is all about change

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