Jose Rizal: The Warrior By: Eskabo Daan *Main Image courtesy of FMAPulse.com; Jose Rizal (right) fencing with Juan Luna (Left) Jose Rizal is best known as the National Hero of the Philippines. Through his intellect and passion‚ he wrote two of the most influential books in history‚ “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo‚” and sparked the Philippine revolution. But is it possible that one of the most honored Filipino intellectuals was also one of the earliest integrated martial artists and
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Females have always been present in comic books‚ but the actual representation of them has been abysmal. Women were constantly made the helpless victim awaiting the rescue of a man to swoop in and save the day in almost any situation. They were also extremely over-sexualized; in their costumes‚ proportions and even in the angles and ways they were drawn. Wonder Woman is iconic as the first mainstream and wildly accepted female super hero. Though we would not consider her classic uniform risqué at
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Emily Gowan Ferguson (Emily Murphy) was a women who believed that ladies had a higher potential. Early on in 1893 Murphy and four other female heroines (Irene Parlby‚ Louise Mckinney‚ Henrietta Muir Edwards and Nellie Mcclung)‚ also known as “The Famous Five” found The National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) a feminist organization which supported women’s suffrage and other similar organizations (i.e VON‚ CCSW). The NCWC is also responsible for the all time
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1976‚ it was a critical and commercial success. New American Library purchased the paperback rights of the book that went on to sell over two and a half million copies. Stephen King was born on September 21st‚ 1947 in Portland‚ Maine to Donald and Nellie Ruth King. His father left when he was three years old; he went out for cigarettes and never came back. But young Stephen did not let that stop him. By the time he was seven years old‚ he had written his first short-story. He had also become a fan
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theme of being and not being. Freiberger describes “Hamlet works on a variety of levels‚ functioning as both a tragic drama and a as a sophisticated commentary on Plato’s own complex relation to tragedy.” References: Condon‚ James J.‚ Mary Bly‚ and S. E. Cerasano. "Setting The Stage For Revenge: Space‚ Performance‚ And Power In Early Modern Revenge Tragedy." Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England 25.(2012): 62-82. Literary Reference Center. Web. 12 Apr. 2015. Devi‚ P. Indira
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has an obsession for the master of the house. The master was "a figure as had never risen‚ save in a dream or an old novel‚ before a fluttered‚ anxious girl out of a Hampshire vicage" (p. 4). However‚ after taking the job as the governess of the Bly household‚ she never sees this man again‚ despite her being in love with him. As the author notes‚ "that’s the beauty of her passion‚" she is able to love him without ever really knowing or seeing him. This is where her sexual repression is derived
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Ignorance is bliss Conrad’s novel‚ Heart of Darkness‚ was written around 1890 in a time where imperialism was common practice. The subjugation of other countries and nations was common for countries to do and was accepted as a normal process by the people of the dominant countries. From this society Conrad’s main protagonist emerges‚ Charles Marlow. Marlow is in essence a normal man from England‚ but as the story progresses he becomes anything but normal. Throughout the book the reader can see
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Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Henry James’ The Turn Of the Screw are key examples of the way in which gothic texts use and adapt the conventions of the genre. These changes occur due to the author’s own personal context and values. The inexorable link between text‚ context and values is expressed through the way in which both authors choose to manipulate‚ redefine and introduce new conventions to the gothic. Oscar Wilde’s first and only novel‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray‚ was written
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Complete Summary and Analysis of Wuthering Heights by Bronte Uploaded by claire32 on Aug 25‚ 2006 | | | Complete Summary and Analysis of "Wuthering Heights" by Bronte Throughout the novel characters are prejudged by their race‚ class‚ or education. When Heathcliff is first introduced he is described as a dark skinned boy with dark hair‚ and because of this people are prejudiced against him. He is called a ‘gypsy’ numerous times‚ and the Lintons treat him badly and send him away from
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The Origins of the Estonian Language The Origins of the Estonian Language I just celebrated my fifth year in Estonia and my fifth fruitless year trying to figure out how to correctly speak Estonian. I mean really‚ it wouldn’t be so bad if Estonians weren’t so smug about it. Oh‚ they will congratulate you on your good Estonian even if you can only speak a few words‚ but deep inside they really don’t want you to learn it! They are so happy with their secret code and you can see it every time someone
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