The poem‚ “Ethics”‚ by Linda Pastan is about age‚ regret and the old woman’s thoughts about her teacher and the ethical question from so long ago. The same question was asked in Ethics class every fall‚ ”If there were a fire in a museum‚ which would you save‚ a Rembrandt paintings or an old woman who hadn’t many years left anyhow?” The author or main character in the poem probably grappled with this annual question for years. The question brings up the value of any life‚ both youthful and old
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played a major role in organizing new members and establishing many benefits‚ including the largest union-based adult education program in the U.S. During her 17-year tenure with DC 37‚ the union’s ranks skyrocketed from 30‚000 to 120‚000. In 1995‚ Linda Chavez-Thompson of AFL-CIO was elected executive vice president. She was the first person of color to be elected to one of the federation’s three highest offices. She is of Mexican descent and was one of the highest ranking elected woman officers’
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“Fireflies” “Fireflies” is a short story‚ written by Linda Cookson. The short story includes four small stories; these are interrelated in one story. The main character meets a man on a train‚ where we hear the first story. The man tells about his daughter who had jumped out from a tall building in Japan with a roman candle in her hand‚ and committed suicide. Then there is the strange dream happening on the beach‚ where Annie reads Robinson Crusoe aloud for Sophie‚ and the cave‚ the monster and
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Linda Zagzebski‚ Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics at the University of Oklahoma‚ defined virtue as “an excellence that has never been questioned… a state of the soul.” [2]. Zagzebski communicated in her definition that virtues transcend cultures
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Matthew Sandoval Sandoval 1 Professor: Jamie F. Wheeler ENGL 1302.S17 Date 2/4/12 Did Hamlet Love Ophelia? Although some scholars argue that Hamlet has a concise story‚ it is filled with many uncertainties relating to Hamlet. One of which is Hamlet love for Ophelia‚ despite some argue otherwise‚ the evidence provides that the Prince truly did love Ophelia. The word “love” is a powerful one‚ both in real life‚ and in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. It is often a confusing concept
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how well they accomplish their daily chores‚ especially if it is coming from their family members. People should recognize how grateful they are to have a family in the first place‚ and they should appreciate what’s done for them‚ not how it’s done. Linda Pastan’s poem Marks contains irony‚ metaphors‚ and appropriate diction throughout the text to
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portrayal in Hamlet: Ophelia and Gertrude are described as manipulative‚ destructive‚ and sinful. Through gender roles‚ literature has altered the portrayal of women from its intended purpose to show their vulnerability to men because of gender stereotypes‚ gender oppression‚ and gender inequality. To commence‚ both Hamlet and Polonius demonstrate their own interpretation of the women in their lives: Gertrude and Ophelia‚ therefore‚ emphasizing the gender
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Queen Jocasta is one of Greek mythology’s most ill fated characters. In the beginning of the play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ she and her husband learn that their child is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. So‚in order to save avoid this catastrophe ‚they leave the child out in the wilderness to die. Little does Jocasta know that a kindly herdsman has rescued the child and Baby Oedipus has been adopted by a King and Queen from another state. Years later‚ when Oedipus finally hears the
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connects a lot with the relations between Ophelia and Hamlet who shares a relationship full of confusion‚ ambivalence‚ and apathy. In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ various questions and disputes have been raised as to whether or not Hamlet is really in love with Ophelia. Although there are scenes where Hamlet has shown his love for Ophelia is not real‚ there is so much more evidence that invalidates this argument. In the beginning of Act 2‚ Scene 1‚ Ophelia stumbles across her father‚ Polonius‚ frighten
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noblewoman Ophelia. Often overlooked whilst residing in Hamlet’s shadow‚ Ophelia and her eventual madness is a tragedy in itself. Although‚ this unhealthy balance is perhaps only one of the many circumstances that lead to her demise. Ophelia is the subject of much more than just an unstable relationship‚ which makes her death the
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