Charles II* (94) Ellen Goodman‚ “Company Man” (95) Mary Oliver‚ Owls (01) Richard Rodriguez‚ “Days of Obligation‚” explore conflicting feelings (04) **Jennifer Price‚ “Pink Flamingo” (06) William Hazlitt‚ “On the Want of Money” “how he develops his position about money (06) Scott Russell Sanders‚ Staying Put: Making a Home in a Restless World‚ “perspective about moving” (07) John Barry‚ The Great Influenza‚ characterization of scientific research (08) Lady Montagu’s letter to her daughter (96)* Charles
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Liz Jansen From Dryden to Blake British English 10-01-2013 1415 words Hidden Messages of the Dressing Room Satires On Jonathan Swift and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Jonathan Swift is one of the most famous poets from the eighteenth century. He has written many satires including “The Lady’s Dressing Room”. This poem is about a man named Strephon and a woman named Celia. In the poem‚ Celia tries to make herself presentable to society while Strephon sneaks in her dressing room and there discovers
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still practice‚ there were many other forms of treating and curing medicine. English aristocrat Lady Wortley Montagu described the vaccinators of the Ottoman Empire to her close friend Sarah Chiswell. Montagu came across the variolation process while visiting Istanbul‚ and was so impressed at the results‚ that she attempted to introduce the practice in England. In her letters to Chiswell‚ Lady Montagu describes how “ set of old Women‚ who make it their business to perform the Operation.” These women
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A major element of both the female and male high society garments illustrated in the portraits of Mary Lady Scudamore and Dudley North is the meticulous embroidery. The black embroidery of Mary Lady Scudamore’s skirt is accentuated against the bright red cloth‚ while the silver accents glisten against the deep black foundation of Dudley’s jacket. The skill and time needed to stitch such detailed designs meant that these garments were most likely made in professional workshops where it took several
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Lady Mary Wroth Possible Lines of Approach Gender and women’s writing Form and genre Historical and political contexts Notes on Approaching Particular Works The Countess of Montgomery’s Urania Pamphilia and Amphilanthus Questions for Discussion Critical Viewpoints/Reception History Appendices Appendix 1: Sidney–Herbert Family Tree Appendix 2: Correspondence between Lady Mary Wroth and Lord Denny Possible Lines of Approach Gender and women’s writing • This approach emphasizes Wroth’s position as
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The poem “Song (Love‚ a child‚ is ever crying)” was written by Lady Mary Wroth in London of 1620. Wroth has made this poem into a comparison of her love to a child throwing a tantrum. Throughout the poem she has made claims for a man natural greed to take from a woman. “Give him more‚ he the more is craving”. During Wroth’s time it was not common for a man to romanticize like a woman normally would. A man during that time had more freedom at the cost of a woman’s social requirement to always be mature
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Mary Astell’s From A Serious Proposal to the Ladies Discussion Question: Why did Mary Astell suggest such extreme solutions as a learning environment for woman‚ and is it necessary? In Mary Astell’s From A Serious Proposal to the Ladies is a plea for intellectual equality among the sexes. The author was tired of the oppressive nature of man‚ which kept her and her sisters from developing their minds. She felt that females back then should have the same rights as women have achieved through
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Ashley Montagu contributed many works involving anthropological concepts‚ however two of his major works involved changing the mentality of how race is approached. The first piece that Montagu was known for was Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race‚ which was written during a time that race ws a determinant of one’s intelligence and self-character. He states that within the study of biology‚ “-race is defined as a subdivision of species … In this sense‚ there are many human ’races.’ But
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structuring an image schema by structurally personifying women as commodities that satisfy the want and needs of the market. Lady Montagu illustrated in these lines her perceptions of the treatment of women by comparing women´s status to those of slaves through figurative speech. To be exact‚ how slaves receive freedom from their contractor if the latter either
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Mary Astell Born November 12‚ 1666 in England‚ Mary Astell was the first British feminist writer‚ nonfiction writer‚ essayist‚ and poet. Her published work consisted of argumentative issues about women’s education‚ marriage‚ and political and religious philosophy. Specifically relating to the status of women‚ Astell thought about numerous controversial concerns of the era in her essays and pamphlets which were distributed anonymously to keep her identity a secret. Astell stood for her belief that
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