The Ruined Maid Summary: In this poem the speaker recgonizes an olf frind named Melia who is now a wealthy woman and has turned very beautiful. However‚ Melia declares that she is ruined now‚ but the speaker still has an ultimate desire to be just like Melia. The speaker then talks about if this is ruined then I wish to be a ruined woman. Melia then proclaims how the speaker does not have what it takes to be ruined. Speaker: The speaker of the poem is an old maid who is in awe over Melia. Main
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Honors English Write a 300-450 word persuasive speech on a topic of your choice Did you know that suicide is the third leading cause of death in teens? Roughly 900‚000 teens plan their suicides during major depression‚ 60% of high school students have thought about suicide‚ and 9% have attempted at least once. Suicide is a serious thing that needs to be prevented and the only way to do that is taking action. Your words can either save or end a life‚ and today I’m going to teach you what
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The Lady’s Maid" by Katherine Mansfield (1920‚ four pages) The Reading Life Katherine Mansfield Project "The Lady’s Maid" by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) was first published in 1920. It is the final story in the 1922 collection of her work‚ The Garden Party and Other Stories. The story is told in the first person by Ellen‚ who has worked as a lady’s maid for the same family for many years. Unlike many of her contemporary writers from very comfortable family backgrounds
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LOVE By Jesse Stuart The short story Love written by Jesse Stuart tells us about a minor happening somewhere on a corn farm from the point of view of one of the character – a boy or a young man‚ whose name isn’t given to us. The story starts with the exposition. We get acquainted with the protagonist‚ his father and their dog‚ Bob‚ who go to the edge of a new corn ground to plan a fence. The setting of the story is established in the exposition. It isn’t profound. We simply find
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Abusing Babies by their Personal Maids Maids are authorized to take good care of our properties. But are they also authorized of hurting our young brothers and sisters or even the acquitted babies? Why they are doing this? And why this incident happens? Wide range of harmful actions which generally affects with the age of babies can be progressed if they don’t handle with good discipline. Abusing a baby is when wrath surrounds a person leads to violence and lack of self-control. Most of the
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Victorian times‚ a woman’s role was to be pure‚ innocent‚ and clean‚ and anyone who didn’t fit that mold was considered damaged goods. A woman who lost her virginity outside of marriage (no matter the circumstances) was damaged and Hardy’s “The Ruined Maid‚" mocks society’s idea that a woman who lost her virginity before marriage is "ruined". This story is comprised of a discussion between a farm girl turned prostitute named Melia‚ and an unnamed friend from the farmyard. The two girls run into each
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In “The Lady’s Maid‚” by Katherine Mansfield‚ the narrator and maid is named Ellen. (Name similarity?) She‚ much like Cinderella‚ is loyal and quiet in performing her daily duties. Ellen is also searching for something to complete her life. But several incidents in Ellen’s life contribute to her un-Cinderella-like ending‚ including the fact that she does not have a mythical figure to help her out. These scenes‚ which are shown through Ellen’s responses to interactions with characters around her‚
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listen closer‚ because it wasn’t perfectly clear what was going on you had to use the narrators’ words and tone of voice to get an emotional sense of what was happening. The stories the women in “They Call Us Maids‚” recalled were in all logistics‚ situations of modern slavery. These “maids” were isolated from the world outside the homes they worked in‚ as well as their selves. There was no time for likes and
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Topic: Maid Abuse In Malaysia Thesis Statement: Maid abuse‚ which is caused by many factors brings negative effects to the victims‚ countries involved and communities‚ thus it must be curbed. Maid abuse is no longer a new issue in Malaysia. What is maid abuse? It is known as an assault and coercive behaviour‚ which mainly includes physical‚ psychological and at times sexual too‚ by employer or household members of employer against a person hired as a domestic help. Malaysia is one of wealthiest
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The Maid “Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.” -Sophocles. Up to chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ there are recurring rumors about Gatsby’s background including that he had killed a man‚ is of German descent‚ and is a bootlegger. These rumors portray Gatsby as a man other than himself‚ but whether this is true is still uncertain. However‚ Nick’s keen awareness of Gatsby’s servants raises suspicion and allows readers to attain evidence that reveals Gatsby’s
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