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    Arthur Miller’s dramatisation The Crucible (TC) depicts the chaos and hysteria in 17th century Salem‚ created from a series of accusations. Kate Chopin’s short story The Awakening (TA) addresses a similar sense of chaos through the eyes of a Creole woman restricted by the harsh conducts that the patriarchal society she is in has set. Both Miller and Chopin provide an insight to the audience of societies’ morals‚ beliefs and expectations; and the actions of characters as they try to fit into this

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    History of the Architecture The Magistrates Court (Fig.1) is located on the corner of Russell St. and La Trobe St.‚ Melbourne‚ Victoria. It is designed by George B.H. Austin and constructed by the Swanston Brothers around 1911-1913[1] and is refurbished in 2002 by the architect Peter Elliott to be used for RMIT University’s purposes[2]. In Fig. 2‚ the plan of the design is shown. The spaces are rectangular and overall it forms an L-shape. Its original function is a Court of Petty Sessions. The Court

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    Jorge Pasada Desiree’s Baby In Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin the author uses situational irony to convey the deformed consciences of the time period. In the story the reader believes Desiree leaves L’Abri plantation because she is part African American and therefore cannot be married to Armand. Even though Armand dearly loves Desiree‚ “The passion that awoke in him that day…swept…like anything that drives headlong over all obstacles” he forces her to leave anyway. This action shows the strength

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    The short story “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin connects to the short story “My Mother Rachel West” by Dorothy West in the use of situational irony because both main characters are relieved mentally because of the death of a loved one. “The Story of an Hour” is a short story about a woman named Mrs. Mallard‚ who has a minor heart condition‚ and her reaction and reflection after she hears the news about her husband’s death. After hearing the news about her husband’s death from an unknown railroad

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    Response to Kate Chopin “The sort of an hour “ In “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin begins her short story from the terrifying experience in which the bearer of bad news weighs between outcomes of relaying bad news to the intended recipient – Mrs. Mallard. Louise Mallard is reported to be a highly vulnerable human being. This forces her sister Josephine to take great precaution in relaying the news of her husband’s death. In the true spirit of good winning against evil‚ Chopin‚ although a feminist

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    "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ and "The Story of An Hour" by Kate Chopin presents two women‚ Louise and Charlotte‚ who tries to overcome their controlling husbands to achieve individual freedom. The stories were both feminist. Webster’s dictionary defines feminism as the belief that women should have economic‚ political‚ and social equality with men. In these two stories‚ the women fight for social equality with men as they struggle to have the freedom to do what they want.

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    of A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin will give information about the stories and their backgrounds. A Rose for Emily by Faulkner is based in the post-civil war about the Grierson family. When Emily Grierson’s father dies she is left alone and unmarried only with her servant Tobe. She meets Homer Barron and after he enters her home he is never seen again. The Story of an Hour by Chopin is based in industrial times and Louise Mallard finds out that her

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    Frederic Chopin was a composer of polish decent‚ from the romantic era Chopin composed mostly on a solo piano. He was born on March 1st‚ 1810 in what used to be Duchy of Warsaw and was raised in Warsaw. It later on in 1815 came to be a part of Poland. Many people considered him to be a child prodigy as his family didn’t have money‚ yet he grew up motived to love music by his mom was and because his father worked for a noble family he had access to instruments from an early age and was exposed to

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    Bailey Weber Todoran Period-8 3/4/12 Kate Chopin Many people look at Kate Chopin’s writing as all one sided for womens’ rights. The idea of her being a woman and wanting gender equality blinds people about a more important message. This message is that all people have faults about them and that some men can be strong and some can be weak‚ and the same goes for women. Humans‚ more or less human nature itself‚ have many flaws about them. Kate Chopin uses figurative language to create a main character

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    Fryderyk Chopin

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    CHOPIN‚FRYDERYK FRANCISZEK (1810 ¡V1849) Was a very famous composer that lived on romantic era‚ he was a friend of Franz liszt ¡V also a composer. He composed lots of compositions‚ many of them are very famous and priceless for classical music. Almost Chopin¡¦s compositions are for piano and voices‚ but he also composed for orchestra and cello concertos. BIRTH: „³ MANY DATES HAVE BEEN GIVEN AS THE EXACT DATE‚ THAT ARE MARCH 1ST‚ MARCH 3RD MARCH 5TH (ST. FREDERIC ’S DAY)‚ AND FEBRUARY 22ND

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