Anabella Morabito 03/28/2015 Reflection Paper #4 Mary and Martha: Examples of Discipleship In chapter two of her book‚ But She Said‚ Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza explores the Gospel story of Mary and Martha and the ways in which the contrast between the two sisters has been used as a tool of patriarchal restrictions. In common understandings of the story Martha is understood as distracted; and in contrast to Mary she represents a “bad” model of discipleship. However‚ in this chapter Schussler-Fiorenza
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Mary Somerville The reason why I choose to write an essay about Mary Somerville is because I never heard about her yet. Of course people know Albert Einstein‚ Leonardo DaVinci‚ Isaac Newton or Friedrich Gauss but not so often you hear about famouse female! Scientists. And this one of the themes that I want to clarify in the following. In addition mary Sommerville was autodidactic which is also a theme that I would like to explain more in the following essay. Mary Sommerville was a Scottish
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In her letter to her daughter‚ Lady Mary Montagu discusses the education of her granddaugther. In such analysis‚ she conveys her strong views about the role knowledge played in the lives of women in her time. By using several rhetorical strategies such as cause-and-effect and process analysis and stylistic devises such as aphorism‚ assertions and didatic‚ Lady Montagu has written a letter that depicts the crisis not only faced by the gererations of her time but for gernerations to come. Throughout
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As I sat in the lobby of the newly built Anderson Center at the University of Mary Washington‚ I eagerly awaited for my college tour to begin. The tour took me through different academic‚ athletic‚ and residential buildings. I must say the campus was very immaculate‚ everything felt as if I were at home. There was no doubt in my mind that I was at a top notch place. The University of Mary Washington has many good qualities‚ including location‚ academics‚ and campus life; all schools should strive
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu In the piece written by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu‚ she writes a letter to her daughter on how she believes her granddaughter should be educated. Lady Montagu discusses how knowledge affects a woman’s life in that time period. She also discusses how she feels a woman should be educated. In order to effectively communicate her views she uses rhetorical devices. These devices include contrasting‚ personal reference‚ and allusions. Lady Montagu has very specific ideas on
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referred to again and again to this day. Mary Anning was born in the little seaside town of Lyme Regis on the South coast of England. In 1799‚ she was born to Mary and Richard and Mary Anning. She had ten siblings‚ but only her and her brother Joseph lived to see maturity. The simple serenity of this place of birth gave her a keen eye‚ allowing her to see things others couldn’t. This skill would later help her acquire much fame in the scientific community. Mary began her career early. When she only
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In Mary Sherry’s short story " In praise of the " F" Word‚ she argues that giving failing grades is necessary to real learning. She make strong argument for using the "F" to really get students attention and she is correct when she argues that teachers should not give grades simply to pass students along the way. Most students drop out of school because they have failing grades. In this essay‚ it stated that students who where passed along is stigma associated with being left behind . Mary Sherry
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Mary Sadie is a thirteen years old‚ 2004‚ champagne colored‚ Honda Accord. The chipped champagne paint covering her body is fading but Mary Sadie is brighter than ever in my eyes. Over the past two years‚ my car and I have experienced road trips across the Causeway‚ to Baton Rouge‚ to the beach‚ through the broken roads of Lakeview‚ and countless trips to the French Quarter‚ which have truly strengthened our bond with each other. Just because a car is old and used‚ does not mean that it sucks‚ is
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are apart of these two stories. Mary Maloney is a pregnant lady who is “very infatuated with her husband” at first until she hears that her husband has lost intentions to be with her‚ when Mary’s husband tells her the news she goes to make supper but hits him in the back of the head with a frozen lamb leg. Mary then plans out her way of acting like she didn’t kill her own husband so she throws the weapon in the oven and goes to the grocer to ask for peas and pie‚ Mary comes home and pretends to act
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the protagonist is Mary Maloney‚ the wife of Detective Patrick Maloney. She is a major character as the events of the story revolve around her actions‚ and a dynamic character as she transforms from a doting wife to a cunning murderer. Mary is six months pregnant‚ and her skin was described as having a “wonderful translucent quality‚ the mouth soft‚ and the eyes seemed larger‚ darker than before” (page 107‚ paragraph 2‚ line 7). The story starts innocently enough‚ with Mary being an exemplary housewife
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