‘Death be not proud’ – Sonnet X (Holy Sonnets by John Donne) Donne’s dilemma – ‘caught between the active vocation of Catholicism and the predestination of Calvinism’. What can one do‚ if anything‚ to influence God’s final judgement? (Helen Wilcox). Context – religious‚ historical Biblical theme – (Corinthians 1.15.55) Paul – after a passage discussing Christ’s victory over death – ‘O death‚ where is thy sting? Oh grave‚ where is thy victory?’ Donne’s ‘Meditation xvii’ – Devotions upon Emergent
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paper folding: she had written a pamphlet for other educators entitled ’ Creasing Patterns into Children’s Brains: the Place of Origami in the Classroom. ’ One afternoon a week she taught her pupils basic designs and demonstrated more complex constructions. What really added fuel to their spark of interest was her collection of animals‚ birds and abstract shapes‚ built up over many years and kept in a specially constructed display cabinet mounted beside the coat hangers. Once the children had mastered
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In John Donne’s Holy Sonnet X‚ Death be not proud‚ death is apostrophized‚ or directly addressed as though it were a person rather than an abstraction. The speaker remonstrates with death not to display pride‚ as humans do when others hail them as “Mighty and dreadful.” In lines 1 and 2‚ the speaker insists death is neither all-powerful nor worthy of awe and fear. The people death appears to have conquered and deprived of further existence are not dead‚ nor can death ever claim the life of the speaker
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relationships of four different Chinese mothers with their daughters. While doing so she establishes a connection that depicts the daughters to be the American translations of their mothers. Being that they were all subjected to many hardships in their lives‚ both as children and young adults‚ the mothers had wanted to “Americanize” their daughters so that they could seemly have a better life. Unfortunately‚ since all of the mothers came from China‚ and all of their daughters were born in America‚ there was
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Mother About to Wash Her Sleeping Child: Mary Cassatt Lauren Eddie Gierard Art History 318 Professor Enholm April 2nd 2015 Mother About to Wash Her Sleeping Child‚ is an oil painting by Mary Cassatt painted in 1880.1 It is currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art‚ on the third floor of the Art of the Americas Building. 2As the title states the painting depicts a motherly figure bathing a sleepy child. The arrangement and treatment of these figures embody many of
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Compare a daughter’s tribute to her mother in ‘Praise song for my mother’ with the poem ‘Nettles’. ‘Praise song for my mother’ is about a daughter showing how much she loves her mother by writing her a praise song. There are very strong emotions in this poem and the mother meant a lot to the daughter “You were moon’s eye to me”. ‘Nettles’ is about a young boy who falls into a bed of nettles‚ the boy then goes to his father “seeking for comfort”‚ the father identifies the wounds and the son gets
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“The Youngest Daughter” is about the youngest daughter of six growing old along with her mother. The title on the poem is also ironic because Song uses imagery to show that the daughter is no longer young. Song also uses using imagery daughter’s skin tone lacking sunlight to symbolize the isolation the daughter has because she is caring for her mother. The mother and daughter have a co-dependent relationship with each other‚ even though the daughter resents caring for her sickly mother for so many
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Only Daughter assignment 1 Comprehension 1.) When she states that she is the only girl in a family of six sons‚ Means she was a lonely‚ her brothers never wanted to play with her because she was a female. This made her think and image and become a writer. 2.) Being the only daughter she means that she is the only girl out of six boys. Being “only the daughter” she wasn’t allowed to do a lot with her brothers and was singled out‚ creating her to image and write. 3.) Advantages of being
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Malaysia is a multicultural society‚ with Malays‚ Chinese and Indians living side by side. The Malays are the largest community‚ numbering 60% of the population‚ following the Muslim religion‚ speak Bahasa Melayu‚ and are largely responsible for the country’s political destiny. About a quarter of the population is the Chinese which are mostly include Buddhists or Christian. They speak Hokkien‚ Cantonese‚ and Hakka and have been historically played an important role in trade and business. The
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between a defiant daughter and an overbearing mother. June Mei and her mother Suyuan engage in a destructive battle between what is possible and what is realistic. June‚ although headstrong‚ seeks her mother’s approval and adoration. Suyuan‚ although patronizing‚ yearns for her daughter’s obedience and best qualities. The relationship between mother and daughter falls victim to tension inherent in any mother/daughter struggle‚ especially between first-generation American daughters and their immigrant
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