The Unconcernéd World: Public Conformity and the Private Grief of Katherine Philips In May of 1655 little Hector Philips was buried in London just days after his birth. Katherine Philips’ epitaph in his memory‚ On Her Son H.P. at St. Sith’s Church was published on his tombstone: a mother’s narrative of her son’s brief life‚ death‚ and resurrection in Heaven engraved in stone. Particularly striking are the following lines: Therefore‚ as fit in Heav’n to dwell‚ He quickly broke the prison shell
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Katherine Dunham was born in Chicago‚ Illinois on June 22‚ 1909 as the youngest child of Albert Millard Dunham and Fanny June (Guillaume)‚ with an older brother‚ Albert Jr.‚ as well as children from her mother’s first marriage. Her heritage included Indian‚ French Canadian‚ English‚ Malagasy (Madagascan) and African ancestry (Aschenbrenner 7). Dunham’s mother passed away when Katherine was only four and their father left the children with their aunt Lulu‚ where Katherine faced multiple instances
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The Value of Organizational Values What’s the value in values? Organizational values define the acceptable standards which govern the behaviour of individuals within the organization. Without such values‚ individuals will pursue behaviours that are in line with their own individual value systems‚ which may lead to behaviours that the organization doesn’t wish to encourage. In a smaller‚ co-located organization‚ the behaviour of individuals is much more visible than in larger‚ disparate ones
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Kelly Broussard Seay English III Honors February 19‚ 2010 Katherine Anne Porter Here is a woman who put things straight through the will of God. Katherine Anne Porter did it all‚ and chose perfection of life and of work. She worked as a critic‚ a singer‚ an actress‚ and most importantly of all a writer. Through numerous marriages‚ divorces‚ deaths‚ and personal crises‚ Porter established herself as accomplished author. Porter’s collection of
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English 1302.003 6 July 2010 “Miss Brill” Discuss In Katherine Mansfield’s “Miss Brill‚” a middle-aged woman is confronted with the reality of being old. The story details her usual Sunday afternoon in the park‚ which she spends walking and sitting in the park‚ wearing an old but beloved fur. She sees the world as if it were a stage‚ and enjoys watching the people around her‚ often judging them condescendingly. However‚ she then overhears a young couple’s cruel remark about herself‚ and the story
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My personal and professional values are congruent to social work and the NASW Code of Ethics. One of the values is my self-determination to promote social justice and social change on behalf of the clients. I would like to emphasize how significant this value is to me because this was one of the reasons that motivated me to pursue this career‚ which is not related to my B.A. in Art/Major in Graphic Design. Prior to starting the MSW program I was working as a tutor and did a bit of volunteering at
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In the short story ‘The Doll’s House’ by Katherine Mansfield‚ a main idea that was dealt with was the discrimination of the higher class citizens towards the less fortunate people in the society. This issue was mainly shown through two contrasting families: the Burnells and the Kelveys. By using Freudian analysis‚ we can closely examine the characters regarding this issue in the text. Sigmund Freud states that the human mind is made up of three parts: the id which represents our unconscious
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along with meaning. These key points are how the doll’s house is described‚ why none of the children or parents are kind to the Kelvey’s‚ and how Kezia is passionate about the lamp in the doll house. In the story‚ The Doll’s House‚ Katherine Mansfield described the doll house very thoroughly. “There stood the doll’s house‚ a dark‚ oily‚ spinach green‚ picked out with bright yellow. Its two solid little chimneys‚ glued on to the roof‚ were painted red and white‚ and the door‚ gleaming
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A dancer‚ choreographer‚ activist‚ and teacher; Katherine Dunham is by far a legendary woman. She was born on June 22‚ 1909 in Chicago to a French Canadian mother and an African American father. Unfortunately‚ when Dunham was around the age of four years old‚ her mother passed away. This caused her to have to live with other family members before permanently moving to Joliet‚ Illinois where her father worked at the dry cleaning business that he owned. As a child‚ Dunham always had a knack for
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FAMILY George Peter Murdock (Social Structure 250 societies) “A social group characterised by common residence‚ economic co-operation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes‚ at least two of whom maintain socially approved sexual relationship‚ and one or more children‚ own or adopted of the sexually co-habiting adults”. The family thus lives together‚ puts resources and produces offspring. Nuclear family is the smallest group. Extended family is Nuclear family plus vertical
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