Reviving Ophelia Dr. Pipher remembers her cousin Polly as a young girl. She describes her as energy in motion. A tomboy‚ Polly dances‚ plays sports with the neighborhood boys‚ and rides horses. Once Polly enters adolescence‚ however‚ other children begin teasing her about her tomboyish ways and insist that she be more ladylike. The boys exclude her from their activities‚ and the girls isolate her because she is different. Polly becomes confused and withdrawn. Later‚ Polly begins wearing
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Linda bell in her article titled ‘Song Without Words’ talked about the differences between the American and Japanese culture regarding family and society. This article helped me look at my culture in a more constructive way‚ and from an educational perspective. I learned from this article that my culture is the type that also emphasizes community and the idea that a person is always a part of something usually bigger. I am from the Yoruba speaking tribe from Southwestern Nigeria‚ and we do share
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In this article‚ solving the “children’s border crisis” by Linda Kelly‚ the author discusses the reasons on why children are trying to come across the border. Many children are coming to the border to try and get away from the dangers that are happening around where they live. Children have left their homes due to violence in their homes‚ gangs and drugs. Other kids left from being sexually abused and being mistreated in the U.S. holding center. The only thing that is letting certain kids stay is
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The Case Against College On June twelfth of 2001‚ Linda Lee wrote an article for the Family Circle stating a case against college. Lee attempted using pathos‚ ethos‚ and logos to persuade her readers that college is not a necessity in a child’s future. However‚ numerous of these appeals can easily be contradicted by somebody as simple minded as a high schooler. Lee complained about college costs‚ and how much of it was being spent on a “pleasure ride” (par. 6). Upon observing any college site‚
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In the Introduction of Linda Zagzebski’s essay titled Exemplarist Virtue Theory‚ she describes exemplarism as a “radical kind of virtue theory that is foundational in structure but which is grounded in exemplars or moral goodness” (41). In addition to this‚ she proposes that the concepts of the good‚ right to act and virtue are “defined by reference to such exemplars which are directly identified through the emotion of admiration. Finally‚ in the introduction she explains that what makes a good person
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2015 I went to an art presentation at “Artists’ Showplace” on Coit Rd. The presentation featured many splendid works of art made by some of Dallas’s finest‚ but the one which will be discussed in this paper is a painting called “Autumn Light” by Linda Clary. Her painting had no shortage of detail‚ and was vibrant with shades of green and yellow. Clary’s painting was able to evoke a pleasant response from the audience through her use of light shimmering down a single tree‚ contrasting colors‚ patterns
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Hamlet and Merchant of Venice are two of most well-known plays of Shakespeare. Among the shinning characters of the plays‚ two most attractive women characters are most popular‚ Ophelia and Portia. For a long time‚ people consider the tragedy of Ophelia is because the “crulty” of Hamlet(Schlegel‚ 1973) and the happy ending of Portia is due to her intelligence. While no matter it’s the crulty of Hamlet or it’s the intelligence of Portia‚ the results of the two fair ladies come up with a premise:
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Act 1 Scene 3 Summary Laertes meets Ophelia to say his farewells before returning to France. He warns her to beware of Hamlet’s trifling with her‚ and urges her to remain chaste. Ophelia agrees to heed his advice‚ while urging him to obey it as well. Polonius enters and counsels Laertes‚ who departs. Polonius also warns Ophelia of Hamlet’s amorous intentions‚ and finally instructs her to avoid him altogether. She assents. For he himself is subject to his birth He may not‚ as unvalued persons do
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Nik Weber EN140 5 September‚ 2012 Summary “Marriage Advocate” In Linda J. Waite’s pro-marriage article “Marriage Matters‚” she sheds statistical light on the outweighing positive‚ as well as the negative‚ aspects of marriage. From her view‚ there are four outcomes which are directly affected from marriage opposing including: health‚ wealth‚ intimacy with your spouse‚ and‚ of course‚ the children. These four topics are the areas most affected (positive or negatively) by living single
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In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Prince Hamlet and Ophelia have a very intricate and often confusing relationship with each other. While Hamlet has written Ophelia love letters‚ claimed that he loves her‚ and flirts with her‚ he also insults her‚ shows no remorse over killing her father‚ and claims that “I loved you not” (3.1.119). Hamlet’s behavior throughout the play poses question as to whether Hamlet ever loved Ophelia. While Hamlet’s behavior is questionable and his motives are often unclear‚ I believe
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