Do you come to me to bend me to your will - Do you want me to be your servant/slabe as conqueror to the vanquished- as a leader to the deafeated to make of me a bondslave- to make me a slave- for his pleasure to bear you children‚ wearing out my life- to provide you with children. - increase of status. - making me bear pain in drudgery and silence- without your help no servant will i be- i won’t do this for you if that be what you ask. O lover i refuse you!- if this is what you want‚ you are
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them sentiments we ourselves have felt several times over‚ as colleagues of Patricia‚ both on Contributions and at the Institute of Economic Growth. Everyone who knows Patricia cherishes her gentle humour‚ her generosity—especially towards younger colleagues‚ her selflessness when it came to Contributions and her willingness to push the boundaries of existing research and open up new areas. This collection of essays has been a long time in the making‚ much before they found a home as part of a
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Cleopatra’s character is‚ in itself‚ presented as a “glorious riddle‚ whose dazzling complexity continually mocks and eludes us”#; her unpredictable moods and multilateral persona constantly keep us guessing‚ and leave us uncertain as to the real motivations behind her words and actions. Many parallels can be drawn between Cleopatra‚ and Elizabeth I of England‚ who was renowned for her fiery temperament and for being ’the virgin Queen‘. Cleopatra is by no stretch of the imagination presented as a virgin‚ but
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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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MOOCs‚ History and Context Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have captured the nation’s imagination. The notion of online classes enrolling more than 100‚000 students is staggering. Companies are springing up to sponsor MOOCs‚ growing numbers of universities are offering them‚ and the rest of America’s colleges are afraid they will be left behind if they don’t. But MOOCs alone are unlikely to reshape American higher education. When history looks back on them‚ they may receive no more than
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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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Is ‘Modern Science’ making the world a better place or is it missing something very essential? It’s a question we often come across and the answer is usually inconclusive or controversial. To answer this question better we need to study the history of science. During my course of study‚ I got the opportunity to study and analyze the texts of ancient philosophers like Plato and Aristotle‚ and determine what have we lost and gained during the transition to ‘Modern science’. There is no denying that
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quiet soul whose shyness caused her to be alert of others around her most of the time. "Her quick look" was given when the author addressed things to her and would ask her questions amongst the classroom. She did not have a loud‚ harsh voice but rather a soft‚ light voice where "light syllables leaped from her" as she answered his questions. Although‚ she was not use to reading aloud her thoughts for her peers to hear she was left satisfied with her own self in her answers. The author says that he
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Chopin: Woman Before her Time “Perhaps it is better to wake up after all‚ even to suffer; than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life.” These are some famous words of a woman ahead of her time‚ Kate Chopin. Kate wrote many stories about women and their sexual appetites and cravings for independence‚ which made her stories taboo during her time. Her stories focused mainly on the lives of sensitive‚ intelligent women. She simply wrote life as she saw it. According to her website‚ she wrote
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In Anne Bradstreet’s poem‚ “ In Reference to Her Children”‚ Bradstreet reveals the mixed emotions she experiences after her children move out of the house. Throughout the poem‚ Bradstreet metaphorically speaks of her family. She refers to her home as the nest‚ and her eight children as birds. At the beginning of the poem‚ Bradstreet pridefully boasts about nurturing her children. However‚ pride eventually turns into grief once her eldest son moves away. Bradstreet continues to grieve over the five
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