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    relationship with her father is stressful because she fears she won’t live up to her father’s expectations. Soon after Kambili got her report card and saw that she took second in her class “written in figures: 2/25”. She knew that “Papa would not be proud” despite all the nice things her teachers had to say about her. But not only did she feel upset by letting her father down‚ but also the fear of what was to come from letting him down. Later that night‚ after dinner was finished‚ Papa instructed her‚ “‘Kambili

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    between men and women. She was the wife of the second President of the United States and the mother of the sixth. Because of her position in life and American History her correspondence between her husband and many others has been preserved and gives readers a glimpse into American society during some of the most crucial events that shaped America as we know it. Though her words did not start a revolution of women rising up against men to claim equal rights‚ they did serve as inspiration and helped

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    A Rose for Emily and Her Conflicts In this story‚ the narrator is the townspeople of Jefferson. Emily Grierson was sort of like a mystery to the townspeople throughout the story. She was sort of a secluded kind of person. She lived in a decaying house that used to be white‚ but now has a sort of off color. Emily in her early childhood struggled with the approval from her father. Her father every time would force every man who was interested in her or possibly loved her away for what seems in most

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    Antoinette: Letter to Her Mother 1773 Author: Marie Antoinette Date Written: September 10‚ 2012 Location: Paris 1.    How would you describe what this document is?   What was its purpose?  What function did it serve? Marie Antoinette‚ as a letter‚ wrote this piece of literature to her mother. It was written in 1773‚ and since Marie was born in 1755‚ this would make her the age of 18‚ or the prime of her youth. The letter shows the excitement of a young queen-to-be showing her appreciation…first

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    The Effects of Slavery on Linda Brent and her Family The story “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” expresses the horrible events that took place in Linda’s journey to freedom. Even though she may have wanted to keep her painful story secretive‚ she believed that making it public could possibly help the movement of antislavery. Linda describes the effects of slavery that not only affected herself but also her family. The stories she illustrated showed the demeaning power over slavery‚ the

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    than a housewife. Anne Bradstreet‚ the first woman to have her poetry published as a resident of America was under public scrutiny at the time of her first publication. In her poem‚ “The Author of Her Book‚” Anne defended the quality of her works by acknowledging that they were published without consent and we also we get a glimpse into how the Puritans believed that women were not meant to be in the spotlight.

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    of a woman murdering her husband. “A Jury of her Peers” is another edition of this story. During the 1830’s‚ the “Temperance Movement” which was the very first American reform campaign to emphasize the brutality of domestic violence. Insisting that domestic violence was the direct influence of alcohol the reformers believed that survival of the alcoholic’s wife was dependent on her rights to control her own earnings‚ gain custody of her children‚ and to seek a divorce on her own and none of these

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    of Her Peers” Many great authors have written stories about the oppression women faced in the past and one was Charlotte Perkins Gilman‚ the author of the late 19th century short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” She portrays the struggles and hardships that women of that period experienced through brilliant uses of theme‚ mood‚ tone‚ and imagery. Another equally great author that used imagery and events that happened in real life to describe the struggles women faced was Susan Glaspell. Her short

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    tear anybody that isn’t ready apart. Through Jackson’s “The Residue Years” and Diaz’s “This Is How You Lose Her”‚ they were able to show how difficult it is to achieve the “dream” and how the journey

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    2013 Married With Anger In “My Problem with Her Anger”‚ Eric Bartels monologues about his wife’s anger that is constantly being directed at him for seemingly no reason at all. Bartels refers to his own problems in many comparisons with her own problems in an attempt to show that she is not the only one suffering. Bartels thinks that she should not be angry with him about her own suffering. Bartels does want to help alleviate her suffering and to make her happy. Bartels expresses frustration when she

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