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    Ariel C. Lorenzen Mr. Zirretta CP English 11-1 26 October 2011 TITLE “SO ROGER Chillingworth—a deformed old figure‚ with a face that haunted men’s memories longer than they liked—took leave of Hester Prynne‚ and went stooping away along the earth. He gathered here and there an herb‚ or grubbed up a root‚ and put it into the basket on his arm. His gray beard almost touched the ground‚ as he crept onward…Would not the earth‚ quickened to an evil purpose by the sympathy of his eye‚ greet him with

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    Article 1: Multiple Bodies ’Sportswomen‚ soccer and sexuality’ by Barbara Cox and Shona Thompson (The University of Auckland‚ New Zealand) In the text ’Multiple Bodies ’Sportswomen‚ Soccer and Sexuality’‚ Barbara Cox and Shona Thompson address how women face the pressure of biding by the rules of the ideal female body‚ and the social exclusions women face if they digress from the ’norms’ or struggle to achieve these optimal female traits. They explore how and why sportswomen are continuously being

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    The Feminist Movement (aka The Women’s Movement‚ Women’s Liberation) brief history Source: Wikipedia OUTLINE: (complete this as you read) 1. Define FEMINISM (as bell hooks’ defines it): Feminism is a collection o movements and ideologies aimed at defining‚ establishing‚ and defending a state of equal political‚ economic‚ cultural‚ and social rights for women. 2. the 1st Wave (19th-early 20th centuries) FOCUS: The 1st Wave focused on the efforts of many fighting for gender equality‚ race equality

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    The protagonist of The Scarlet Letter‚ Hester Prynne‚ struggles with the perceptions placed upon her by the society of Boston. Although Hester initially rebels openly‚ she is not egotistical like Abigail and she eventually abandons overt rebellion for peace of mind and understanding of the self. While it is true that her affair with another man constitutes a sin‚ she remains a woman of virtue. In the puritan society‚ relationships are not supposed to be broken unless by divorce‚ even if the husband

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    “Goodwives”‚ said a hard-featured dame of fifty‚ “I’ll tell ye a piece of my mind. It would be greatly for the public behoof‚ if we women‚ being of mature age and church-members in a good repute‚ should have the handling of such malfactresses as this Hester Prynne. What think ye‚ gossip? If the hussy stood up for judgement before us five‚ that are now here in a knot

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    Gabriela Rasuk English Composition II Melissa Juchniewicz Feminist Criticism 2/23/13 Hide the Hood Little Girl Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault is a story every child learns that is about a young girl with a red riding hood who goes into the woods to deliver some food to her very ill grandmother and in her journey she encounters a wolf who in the end wants to trick her into believing he is her grandmother. However children only enjoy a simple fairy tale for the fact of being

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    There are many different aspects of the novel that argue if Hester is the best citizen or the worst. The Novel‚ The scarlet Letter‚ written by Nathanial Hawthorne is very fluent and punctilious. Many people argue weather Hester‚ the main character‚ is a bad citizen or a good citizen. In my perspective‚ Hester is a very commendable and gentle young lady. In This essay I will discuss my interpretation of the reasons she is good and the reasons she is bad. Concluding this I will explain the crimes she

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    symbol of adultery¡ªthe scarlet letter. Apart from Hester Prynne‚ the woman who bears the shame of the Letter A‚ her daughter Pearl Prynne is also an important character closely connected with the symbol of sin in the book. From being a living letter ¡°A¡± to an elf rising above the vulgar crowd‚ Pearl‚ throughout the story‚ has developed into a dynamic symbol which brings us hope and strength. The most significant symbolic meaning of Pearl Prynne is that she is the living version of the scarlet

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    Joy Hester Joy St Clair Hester‚ or Joy Hester‚ was born 12th August in 1920 in Elsternick‚ Melbourne. Hester was an Australian artist during a time period where the work she produced was exceptionally unappreciated. After dying of cancer at age 40 (4th December 1960) she has become acknowledged. Hester’s work particularly is largely made up of human faces. Hester’s “Girl” and “Cancelled Sketch of Pauline McCarthy” display the use of human faces and her artistic style. Joy Hester’s father‚ Robert

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    cheat‚ to look into an eye that recognizes me for what I am!’” (148) Hester and Dimmesdale meet at the forest and have a conversation. Dimmesdale has been lying to the church officials and to the townspeople for the sin he has committed for seven years. To the townspeople‚ he is a respectable minister loved by everyone‚ but in reality‚ he is a sinner. Provided that‚ Dimmesdale feels relief speaking to Hester. “’We are not‚ Hester‚ the worst sinners in the world. There is one worse than even the polluted

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