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    Writer and women’s rights activist‚ Virginia Woolf‚ argues in‚ “if Shakespeare Had a Sister “(1929) that women are just as capable as men‚ had they been given the same circumstances. She conveys this message by her use of pathos‚ logos‚ and syntax. Woolf’s message that women could’ve been just as successful as men if they were treated the same is reinforced by her appealing to pathos.”She found herself with child by that gentleman and so-- who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet’s heart

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    The Woman Who Had Two Navels is an award-winning 1961 historical novel by Nick Joaquin‚ aNational Artist for Literature and leading English-language writer from the Philippines.[1] It is considered a classic in Philippine literature.[2] It was the recipient of the first Harry Stonehill award.[1] It tells the story of a Filipino elite woman who is hallucinating‚ and is preoccupied with the notion the she has two navels or belly buttons in order to be treated as an extraordinary person.[3] [edit]Thematic

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    The summary of the The woman who had two navels the Spanish colonial period and the diverse heritage of the Filipino people. Often he deals with the coexistence of ’primitive’ and ’civilized’ dimensions inside the human psyche. In his short story ’The Summer Solstice‚’ set in the 1850s‚ Joaquin portrayed the collision between instincts and refined culture. Doña Lupeng first rejects ancient beliefs‚ but under the spell of the moon‚ she becomes possessed by the spirit of the Tad tarin cult - she

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    clearly the "Gun" this is clear in the second stanza when the speaker says "And every time I speak for Him--/ The Mountains straight reply" "I" stands for the "Gun". This is also a personification because the "Gun" is being attributed human traits. The poem begins "My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun--" This line is a metaphor. Dickinson juxtapose her life to a "Loaded Gun" what gives the impression that the speaker had the power to control because guns are object used either to express authority or command

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    Mary had her Little Lamb This 1920’s advertisement is trying to sell a product called HP sauce. When you first see the ad‚ you most likely would immediately recognize the picture of Mary and her lamb from the nursery rhyme story “Mary had a Little Lamb”. In the paragraphs below the picture‚ in the beginning‚ the speaker talks about how everyone just loves Mary and her lamb‚ and by the second paragraph the speaker adds in how much Mary loves to eat HP sauce with her lamb. The overall effect and

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    JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (“Overcoat”) is a far more sophisticated text than the simple bouncing prose and deliberately “folksy” illustration might at first suggest. Good children’s literature is far more than simple entertainment or a resource for teaching very basic information. A good children’s book transcends these mundane uses‚ and is simultaneously an excellent pedagogical tool‚ a sophisticated medium for transmitting culture‚ a psychologically satisfying “hero’s

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    The Woman Who Had Two Navels Nick Joaquin’s "The Woman Who Had Two Navels" revolved around the upper middle class expatriates’ consciousness during the American period of colonization. It portrayed every character’s struggle to maintain their "selves" in a foreign setting like Hongkong. It can also be defined as coming to terms with the political consciousness during that period. The novel also contained mixtures of hatred‚ love‚ anger‚ insecurities‚ and sufferings that manifest in the realities

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    If the outcome of the Civil War was different and the South had won the war‚ there would be a countless number of changes in history. A few of the most significant effects would be the changes of Southern territory‚ changes economically‚ and the continuing dilemma with slavery. If the North were to lose the Civil War‚ the South would unquestionably conquer the Northern territories. With the South conquering Northern states‚ those states might also become slave states. The South may want the new

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    really had taken its toll in countries especially in a growing country like the Philippines therefore compromising the trend in playing traditional games. According to the article by Gerard Anthony Naval Philippines try to… (Naval‚ 2007). Instead of the typical “larong pinoy” games that children are expected to play children instead are seen in internet cafes or in their homes playing digital games. There is indeed a need for the Filipino children to engage in these games once again not only to remind

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    Ogden Nash’s poem‚ "I do‚ I will‚ I have" is about the formal union of a man and a women. It’s usually recognized by the law in which they become husband and wife. In other words‚ it’s a poem about a marriage. He’s describing the way a marriage works. I think many people could agree or disagree with his views‚ however‚ he outlines the basics to a marriage. Without describing his poem line from line‚ the overall purpose of this poem is to point out that marriages are always different. Typically

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