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    Martha Rinaldi Case Analysis

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    Martha Rinaldi Case Analysis BACKGROUND Martha Rinaldi‚ a twenty seven year old aspiring business woman who has recently completed her MBA. Originally from Iowa‚ she completed her undergraduate degree in Computer Science in 2006 from the University of Iowa. From there‚ Rinaldi began her MBA at a top notch business school in Chicago‚ with her focus on marketing. After completing her first year in the MBA program‚ Rinaldi took a summer internship as assistant to the Director of Promotions

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    the trial of Martha Carrier‚ the witnesses use confessions of other witches incriminating the accused‚ physical evidence‚ anger resulting in mischief done to the person‚ and spectral evidence. Increase Mather would not have convicted Martha Carrier‚ he would have judged the presented evidence as unreliable because the majority of it was based heavily on witnesses’ testimonies‚ which Increase Mather did not consider as a valid source‚ as well as the anger and mischief between Martha Carrier and others

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    Laurel Ulrich’s work‚ A Midwife’s Tale‚ was regarded at the time of its publication as a groundbreaking achievement in American social history‚ and it has stood the test of time‚ as it is still lauded and part of historical scholarship today. The work focuses on the extensive diary of Martha Ballard‚ a midwife who was born in Massachusetts in 1735 and experienced the rapidly changing environment that was eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century America. It is remarkable to generally consider the

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    Handmaid's Tale

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    The central social hierarchy within the novel is the gender hierarchy‚ placing men in a position of extreme power. This is evident in every aspect of the book‚ as the entire Gilead society is male dominated. The Commander is at the top of the hierarchy and is involved with designing and establishing the current society taking control of a nation of women‚ and exploiting their power by controlling what is taught‚ what they can teach themselves and the words that they can use. Soon all of the women

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    your mother on Social Security? How old was she?” “Yes … she was seventy eight …” “Do you know her number?” “No … I‚ ah … don’t you have a record?” “Certainly. I’ll look it up. Her name?” “Smith. Martha Smith. Or maybe she used Martha Ruth Smith. … Sometimes she used her maiden name … Martha Jerabek Smith.” “If you’d care to hold on‚ I’ll check our records – it’ll be a few minutes.” “Yes …” Her love letters – to and from Daddy – were in an old box‚ tied with ribbons and stiff‚

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    education can be related to Martha Nussbaum’s explanation of the U.S. educational system in Reading the World. Essentially‚ Barnett believes that a student must always be pushed and that higher education is not meant to be a comfortable experience. Nussbaum writes‚ “education is not just about the passive assimilation of facts and cultural traditions‚ but about challenging the mind to become active‚ competent‚ and thoughtfully critical in a complex world” (Nussbaum‚ Martha). Nussbaum’s idea and Barnett’s

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    The Canterbury Tales Thomas Becket – Thomas Becket was the archbishop and Canterbury in the 1100s. It was his duty and right to coronate the new King of England. When three other bishops tried to coronate a new king of England‚ Becket refused to sign the appropriate paperwork and the other three coroneted the new king‚ Henry‚ without him. When the King found out that Becket had done this‚ he said something that could be loosely interpreted as “Oh‚ that’s annoying” so the King’s guards‚ hearing

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    Now Playing: Utopia‚ Followed by: Dystopia In the not so distant future‚ the story of The Handmaid’s Tale unfolds. Set in what seems to be a dystopian United States where various violations of human rights from around the globe are exposed. It is these violations that a patriarchal‚ authoritarian theocracy is created in the nation-state of Gilead. Oppression‚ status‚ and fear run rampant through the nation-state. Obedience is tantamount for the survival of women and the regime. Atwood exposes

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    above quote suggests that domesticity holds no importance; it is simply something a woman should not waste her time on. Hershman would most likely look upon the domesticity of the typical 1950s woman in contempt. Perhaps‚ she might even find Maud Martha‚ from Brooks’ novel‚ to be a pitiable character because of this domesticity. However‚ I believe that she is a character to be admired. In fact‚ her domesticity seems to emphasize this‚ her domesticity being the sum of all her household and family

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    Happiness‚ excitement and anger are all types of emotions people feel on a daily basis‚ but have you ever felt one more than the other? According to Martha C Nussbaum’s “Beyond Anger”‚ she claims that anger is the emotion that has come to saturate our politics and culture‚ but also believes that the idea of philosophy can take us out of this dark vortex. Anger is an emotion we as humans must feel‚ but it should not stop there. Anger is in fact an emotion that is expressed universally‚ and has a

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