Katherine (Kate the shrew): Katherine (Kate the shrew) is the central character of the play. As the older and shrewish sister‚ Kate must wed a man before her sister Bianca‚ so that the sought-after Bianca is allowed to do so. Their father Baptista’s decree states that she must find a suitor or else her sister may not marry. She is loud‚ harsh and violent. Petruchio (of Verona): Petruchio is the man who agreed to woo Kate so that he may gain her large dowry and help his friend‚ Hortensio‚ marry
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factions (led by the Soviet Union). It started ever since the Second World War was over and Truman entered into the White House. From the reason analysis‚ the reasons caused to the cold war can be divided the short-term and long-term. According to Katherine A S Sibley (1998)‚ author of The Cold War. “The short-term causes of the Cold War basically relate to the ways in which the Soviet Union and the United States wished to shape the post-war world. Although the Yalta and the Potsdam Conferences had
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Emma Katherine Gibson: Gender‚ polite questions and the fast‐food industry 1 Would you like manners with that? A study of gender‚ polite questions and the fast‐food industry EMMA KATHERINE GIBSON* Abstract The purpose of this research project was to examine the effect that gender has on polite questioning techniques used in mixed‐gender interaction. While theorists such as Lakoff (2004) and Montgomery (1998) claim that women question in a more polite
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A Northern Territory motorist is lucky to be alive after his 4WD was crushed by a fully-laden freight train early this morning. Police said the north-bound freight train struck the Toyota Hilux near Katherine about 1am. Katherine Police Commander Bruce Porter said the driver was forced to abandon his vehicle when it became stuck as he tried to cross the railway track just north of town. “There is no rail crossing at this location and the vehicle has become stuck on the lines‚” he said.
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As state by an article by Katherine Lee‚ “those who support spanking children and other forms of corporal punishment argue that kids who are disciplined physically turn out just fine. But a child who is exposed to secondhand smoke may not get cancer right away‚ and a child who isn’t secured with a seat belt isn’t guaranteed to be injured or worse in a car accident‚ says Deborah Sendek‚ director for the Center for Effective Discipline‚” (Katherine Lee). The argument that someone was spanked
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into the 18th century‚ as exemplified by the use of witch pots in Holmdel New Jersey and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Also‚ social ostracism being associated with witchcraft was not unique to Salem‚ for it was present at the execution of the elderly Katherine Grady in Virginia. Therefore‚ perhaps the history of colonial witchcraft needs to be examined from an English colonial experience and not just a Puritan experience in Salem Village. It has been this essays fundamental goal to pursue this aim and
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Text Title: The Dolls House Author: Katherine Mansfield In the short story "The Dolls House"‚ Katherine Mansfield expresses the theme of discrimination through the characteristics of both the Burnell family and the Kelvey’s. When the three Burnell daughters (Isabel‚ Kezia‚ and Lottie) are given a dolls house by "dear
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LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING The novel takes place at a boys’ juvenile detention center situated in the dried up bed of a fictional lake in Texas. Most of the story is set in contemporary time‚ around the end of the 1990s. There are flashbacks to the town of Green Lake‚ which existed one hundred ten years earlier before the lake dried up. (Note: There is an actual Green Lake‚ one of the largest lakes in Texas‚ southwest of Port Lavaca‚ but the real town of Green Lake was all but abandoned after
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The time has arisen; racism‚ sexism‚ ageism‚ heterosexism will end‚ equal opportunities will bloom and equal rights will be acknowledged‚ but sometimes social injustice seeps through the cracks. In the passage “It’s Not Just a Phase” by Katherine E. Zondlo when seen through the lens of social injustice the author notes that age shouldn’t be confined to a trap of judgment. In addition‚ she suggests adults view younger kids at a moderate standard because they are youthful. Social Inequality is an
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WHO WAS KING HENRY VIII? King Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 until 1547. He was born in Greenwich Palace on June 28‚ 1491. He ruled England for 38 years‚ until he died in 1547 (Kerkhof). There are texts and stories known about what happened while Henry was dying‚ and he has medical records kept and recorded‚ but none of them say exactly how he died. However‚ there are many theories and conspiracies as to how he died (Historic Royal Palaces). DEATH SPECULATIONS As I said previously‚
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