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    Queen Elizabeth I

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    Queen Elizabeth I six - 1547 - illegitimate - 1533 - Jane Seymour Protestantism - Thomas Seymour - 1558 - 2 and half - imprisoned - Anne Boleyn Elizabeth was born in ___1___ . Her parents were Henry VIII and ___2___. Her mother was beheaded when she was ___3___ years old and she was declared ___4___. Henry’s new queen ___5___ was kind to her but she died when Elizabeth was ___6___ years old. After Henry VIII’s death in __7____ he was taken in by Henry’s sixth and surviving wife‚ Katherine Parr

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    “For You O Democracy” Walt Whitman Imagery‚ Diction‚ and Tone In “For You O Democracy‚” Walt Whitman uses imagery of paradise and words of emotion to evoke a strong message: to struggle for what one believes in therefore create an ideal world‚ a paradise. Whitman on a personal level uses literary devices like imagery and diction to illustrate his struggle‚ motivated by his love for democracy. Throughout the poem‚ Whitman creates an idea of unity‚ a feeling of peace‚ as well as dreams of an ideal

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    Jane in the Wallpaper

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    Jane in the Wallpaper In reading Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story‚ “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” I found the perspective of the woman’s mind-set towards the wallpaper to be out of the ordinary. At first the room and wallpaper were viewed to be “repellent‚ almost revolting” by the woman but later she grows “fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper”(Gilman 222). The woman goes back and forth from hating the paper to then becoming intrigued with it when she sees another woman within it. Her

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    Jane Addams

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    Jane Addams at Hull house I. A Biographical Sketch A. Life a. Childhood b. Education c. As a Sociologist II. Her Legacy and Influences A. At Hull House a. Ideas of a settlement House b. Hull House was born c. Activities at Hull House B. The Chicago Women a. Social Amelioration b. Social Ethics and Social Claims c. Her sociological articles and publications Critiques References JANE ADDAMS: A Biographical Sketch Life Childhood Jane Addams

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    elizabeth 1 speech

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    Elizabeth I employed various effective rhetorical devices in addition to utilizing a strong‚ reassuring tone and a simple yet convincing structure in the speech she delivered to her troops in the field in order to win their affection‚ respect and make them believe that she indeed cares for some other than herself. An example of the rhetorical devices she used is compassionate word diction. She describes her people as “loving” and “faithful” in order to prove she sees her people’s kind nature at

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    Jane Goodall

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    Who would have ever known that Jane Goodall‚ an ordinary girl born in London‚ England would grow up to be one of the world’s most talented primatologists. It seemed as if Jane was destined to be a primatologist after much of her adore with the stories of Tarzan. It can only be so much of a coincidence that Jane Goodall and the Jane from Tarzan are so much alike when it comes to their love of animals‚ like primates. Because of her passion for animals‚ Goodall was driven to live a life in Africa where

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    Jane Eyre

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    Survey of British Literature II Veronica Schanoes December 13‚ 2012 Hidden Meanings in Jane Eyre Jane Eyre is the story of an underprivileged‚ orphaned girl ’s pursue for love. However‚ the plot of Jane Eyre is very obscured. Suspense plays a great role in the story. In each chapter‚ Jane discovers an answer to one question only to be perplexed with another mystery or dilemma. Through the use of similes‚ metaphors‚ and other literary devices‚ Charlotte Bronte conveys many hidden meanings

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    Jane Eyre

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    Jane Eyre is a gothic novel. A gothic novel contains an atmosphere of gloom‚ terror‚ or mystery. Jane Eyre is a gothic novel because it contains elements of gloom and horror. One element of a gothic novel is that the uncanny challenges reality‚ and causes the character to believe in supernatural beings. The first example of this is when Jane is at Thornfield. Jane has left to mail a letter and is returning to Thornfield when she sees something. She believes it to be a gytrash‚ which is a spirit

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    bristle‚" suggesting something naturally intimidating is inherent to the male gender. This is followed by the description of the girl‚ who is "smooth and sleek‚" an alliteration that denotes the use of diction‚ for the contrasted descriptions also have a set syllable pattern: the description of the boys uses two syllables per word in order to create a harsh‚ rough connotation‚ and the girl’s description flows smoothly in each of the single syllable words. The next description incorporates the first

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    Jane Eyre

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    In the book Jane Eyre‚ Charlotte Bronte models the male protagonist‚ Edward Rochester‚ as a Byronic hero. A Byronic hero is an idealised‚ but flawed character exemplified in the life and writings of Lord Byron. Edward rochester is portrayed as a Byronic hero bases on appearance‚ background‚ and personality. Mr. Rochester can be seen as a Byronic hero from his appearance. Although Mr. Rochester is masculine‚ he is not handsome. When Jane Eyre first sees Mr. Rochester she thinks‚ “He had a dark face

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