ballroom at the Beaufort House‚ solemnly. He was determined to announce during the ball his engagement to the beautiful‚ artless debutante May Welland‚ with the hope that the news would help her towards diverting gossip away from her cousin‚ Countess Ellen Olenska‚ whose returning from the Continent to escape from her marriage was sensational to the New York high society. Their engagement was a reunion of the two great clans of New York: the Archers‚ who simply hated unorthodoxy‚ and the Mingotts‚ who
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Vinegar Tom: More Than Just a History Play Oppression takes many forms in society; Capitalism over the working class‚ patriarchal communities over the women in them and in some cases even women over women. Caryl Churchill has explored such issues in her works mainly pertaining to the position of women in male-dominated societies. In fact‚ her works utilize various plot structures to harness support for the improvement of the position of women in society while some attempt to illustrate women’s
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Gerard Manley Hopkins capitalizes upon this worldview evolution and illustrates God’s unchanging attributes throughout the transition between the two opposing worldviews. Hopkins utilizes vivid imagery‚ alliteration‚ repetition‚ and Biblical allusions in his poem to convey the theme of God’s faithfulness and love‚ despite the ignorance and rejection of his abundant general revelation to mankind. Vivid and descriptive language permeates the entirety of the poem “God’s Grandeur.” Hopkins employs imagery
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The two poems "The Discovery" by Gwendolyn MacEwen and "Pied Beauty" by Gerard Manley Hopkins have many similarities and differences. "The Discovery" by MacEwen is a poem about constant exploration and how nothing can ever fully be understood. "Pied Beauty" by Hopkins is a God fearing that is concerned with the continuous appreciation of everything God has created. Both authors depict a main central theme of an unappreciated world. However‚ both authors describe their themes in contradicting ways
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“No!” I said‚ “You and Ann be the Red Coats and Gale and I will be the Americans!” Ellen responded‚ “Rose‚ I already told you‚ you and Gale were the Americans last time!” “Fine‚” I said disapprovingly. The war had been going on for at least a year now and we had only won once‚ the battle at Trenton and Princeton. But that was nine months ago. I didn’t believe in the war‚ but Ellen sure did! In fact‚ she wanted to join! And when she told us‚ we went nuts. “I’m going to join the war‚” she said
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is shown in “The Lamp at Noon.” Paul and his wife Ellen both have dreams that they wish to pursue. One dreams to live off the land‚ while the other wants to move into a city and work in a store. Since the story is taking place during The Great Depression and crops are growing scarcely‚ problems arise. The farm’s ground is overworked and neglected‚ and the couple’s child is having a difficult time living comfortably‚ let alone breathing at all. Ellen wishes for a better life for her child. She envisions
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S. Garp. When Irving refers to Garp’s mother Jenny‚ feminism is shown as a good thing that is for the benefit of all mankind. However‚ there are just as many times when Irving shows how feminism led to people acting as extremists‚ for example the "Ellen Jamesians". Also‚ the evolution of the feminist movement throughout Garp’s life compares other movements in history that eventually went wrong. The story presents a fairly true picture of feminism.
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Lois Lowry’s 1989 novel Number the Stars tells the story of a ten-year-old Christian girl named Annemarie Johansen. Annemarie is living in Copenhagen‚ Denmark in 1943 when the story begins. Annemarie‚ her little sister Kirsti‚ and her best friend Ellen Rosen‚ a Jew‚ are walking home from school when the story begins. They decide to race but are stopped by two stern looking German soldiers. The soldiers question them‚ but let them go. When the girls reach their apartment home‚ they inform their mothers
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Innocence by Edith Wharton‚ the subject of divorce is looked as a scandal‚ sometimes even as a crime. In this novel‚ divorce can bring a huge stigma not only to the person going through the divorce‚ but also to his or her family. In the novel‚ Countess Ellen Olenska is wanting to divorce her husband who treated her cruelly. Yet because it is divorce‚ she has brought a stigma and a personal conflict to Newland Archer‚ who is marrying her cousin May Welland and representing her in the divorce. Since she
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hospital ’s community in the form of additional services (Consumers Union‚ 1998). Johns Hopkins Hospital is non-profit healthcare organization that provides many service to the Baltimore community as well as worldwide. They are infamous for their patient care and excellent providers; Johns Hopkins has the best of the best providers employed with their organization. For 21 consecutive years‚ Johns Hopkins has been number one in patient care. Their services include ENT‚ OB/GYN‚ Cardiology‚ radiology
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