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    Mary Seacole

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    Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale were noted for their nursing care in the Victorian age. Seacole was soon forgotten while Nightingale became known as the founder of nursing. Mary Seacole was born in Kingston‚ Jamaica‚ in 1805. Her father was a white‚ Scottish-British soldier and her mother was a free Jamaican woman‚ who operated a boarding house for ill soldiers. Seacole gained the skills of care and traditional healing remedies from her mother (Mary Seacole‚ 2007). Later in her life‚ Mary Seacole

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    QUESTIONS ON MARY ROWLANDSON’S INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE Why does Rowlandson emphasize that her narrative “was written by her own hand for her private use”? (1st paragraph)Because she was a prisioner taken by indians and she decided to write this text in order to make known her story and all the events‚ all write by her‚ because there was other captivity narratives about this written by other authors. Why did she intend her narrative for “the benefit of the afflicted”? (1st paragraph)she

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    Radford’s puzzle is‚ that we feel pity (have feelings in general) towards fictional characters although we should not because they are not real. Radford presents us with the case of a man approaching us with a tragic story about his sister and while we feel pity for her he confesses that he has no sister. Once we hear this we no longer feel pity for the sister. This case seems to show that we do not feel emotions when we do not think that something has truly happen or the character is not real. Radford’s

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    Mary Ainsworth

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    Mary Ainsworth a Prominent Woman of Psychology PSY/310 October 30‚ 2010 Mary Ainsworth a Prominent Woman of Psychology Mary D. Salter- Ainsworth was born in Glendale‚ Ohio in December of 1913. Her parents were both academics at Dickenson College. Her father majored in history‚ while Mary’s mother focused on teaching and nursing. According to her biography‚ Mary and her two sisters grew up in a very “close-knit family” (Ainsworth‚ 1983). The importance of education was definitely impressed

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    Mary Oliver

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    "Traveling Through the Dark‚" by William Strafford and "The Black Snake‚" by Mary Oliver use animals to express their thoughts in these poems. The animals play an important role in determining what the writers want to convey through its function‚ the relation between the speaker and animal‚ as well as the tone of the poem. Strafford does a great job of illustrating the function of the animal in "Traveling Through the Dark." The deer is dead on the side of the road from a hit and run and the speaker

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    Bridging the gap Summary ‘Bridging the gap’ talks about the challenges of cross-cultural communication by Warren Troob . He thinks that cross-cultural communication is very important for expanding business‚ and therefore business people need to prepare adequately. Secondly‚ he argues that every culture has it is own meaning‚ customers and values. In addition‚ he claims that people are used to their way of doing things‚ so they are be inflexible when other people does different way with them

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    Mary Warren

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    Mary Warren is an important character in Arthur Miller’s play‚ THE CRUCIBLE. Much of the action in Act III revolves around Mary’s testimony in court. She is a kind and basically honest girl who tries to do the right thing‚ saving her friends from harm. However‚ throughout Acts I and II‚ Mary is a follower who allows Abigail Williams to negatively influence her good judgment. To make matters worse‚ Mary is terrified of Abigail’s threats. Because of her weak will‚ the reader isn’t certain if Mary will

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    Jesus and Mary

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    REGARDING MARY During the last forty years‚ there has been an increased desire between Catholics and other Christians to discuss the theological positions that have separated us. The Catholic Church’s teachings on Mary have been a crucial element in the discussions that have taken place. There are many hopeful signs of mutual understanding‚ including a new appreciation for the Scriptural and Patristic presentations of Mary‚ as well as the writings‚ homilies and hymns of the Reformers on Mary.

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    William Carlos Williams

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    Through many of his poems‚ William Carlos Williams presents the reality of poverty among a great portion of the American society. Within Williams’ work of Selected Poems‚ he not only reveals the trapped lifestyle of those living in poverty‚ but he also represents the horror of the war between social classes along with the coinciding war on the poor. Williams’ use of plutonic images among these poems provides powerful meaning to his argument of American societal values‚ claiming the men of America

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    The Gospel of Mary inspired the monologue of Mary Magdalene as Jesus’ sister. To me‚ it became clear that Mary had known the secrets of Jesus and Jesus treated her the greatest‚ since they were siblings and best friends‚ not lovers. I took the connection I had made and used it as the association of Mary Magdalene in the gospels. Mary Magdalene traveled with Jesus when he proclaimed the Kingdom of God‚ she was present with the mother of Jesus during his crucifixion‚ and she was present at the tomb

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