In the book The Penelopiad‚ Margret Atwood gives the 12 hanged maids a voice throughout the novel. She tells the story of the odyssey and Penelope’s voice is powerful while also truthful and honest throughout the story. There is a reason and a purpose of why Margret Attwood chooses to give the maids a voice and let them be heard. In the story‚ Margret Atwood talks and discusses the maids for a specific reason. I believe that she thinks that the maids had no voice‚ they are all females‚ and there
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Scene 1 The curtain opens to reveal the narrator‚ sitting at the base of a tree. The stage is lit up but a spotlight still shines on him/her. Narrator Many stories are told‚ and are being told‚ in many places‚ in many lands‚ at different times. (Narrator stands up and starts walking around stage talking to the audience and slowly roundaboutly making his/her way to the front and side of the stage) But one story no matter how rebuked‚ old‚ or disclaimed remains relevant even in this day and age.
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I found the persuasive speech of policy to be difficult to put together. I put a lot of time into the organization‚ and practiced my speech many times‚ and I think overall‚ I did fairly well. With every speech though‚ I think there is always room for improvement. I felt my introduction went well. It was organized‚ and I felt that I was able to draw my audience in to want to know more. The topic was well suited for my audience since many are going into the medical field‚ and breast cancer is a topic
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story “Happy Endings”‚ Margaret Atwood uses different literary techniques that can alter the interpretation of the story’s theme. The story starts off with a generic “fairy tale” ending in which a husband and a wife live a happy life together and eventually die. However‚ as the story progresses‚ Atwood’s style and tone makes the alternate scenarios of John and Mary give off a sense of uncertainty of what main ideas she is trying to convey. Good opening and thesis. Atwood displays her feelings about
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Margaret Sanger (1879 – 1966)‚ Birth control Margaret Sanger was born as Margaret Louisa Higgins on the 14th of September 1879 in New York. She was one of the 11 children born to Catholic working-class Irish American family. Her mother went through the 18 pregnancies (11 live birth and 7 miscarriages) in 22 years so that means that every 1.2 year she got pregnant. She died at the age of 40 (some sources say at 50) of tuberculosis and cervical cancer. The family lived on poverty because of father’s
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DISADVANTAGES OF BEING LEFT HANDED Despite all the myths‚ superstitions and beliefs originated especially in the last century regarding the left handers‚ the truth is that they do not enjoy the same benefits as right hand people do. Left handed people have to deal with social‚ educational and safety disadvantages‚ which regrettably would be considered a kind of discrimination. Even in the current century where the technology advances play a key role in many fields‚ we could find left handers
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Who/ What: Is It True That Left-Handed People Are Smarter Than Right-Handed People? When: Study was conducted on Jan. 28‚ 2010 in Science Daily Where: Study was conducted by Chris McManus‚ professor of psychology and medical education at University College London. Why: To determine why left-handed people are more intelligent and creative than right-handed people. How: Studies in the U.K.‚ U.S. and Australia have revealed that left-handed people differ from right-handers by only one IQ point.
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Doris Lessing’s On Not Winning the Nobel Prize (2007) and Margaret Atwood’s Spotty-Handed Villainesses (1994) are both worthy speeches because they evoke a personal response in their intended audience and offer solutions to complex global issues. These issues are complex because they do not have a clear answer and hence‚ remains a controversial topic and reverberates across time. Therefore‚ the solutions offered by these speeches also resonates beyond the contextual audience and holds value for the
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LAW TONG &AIDEN 2013/9/23 AP PHYSICS B Mr. Moss THE LAB OF ATWOOD Procedure: The purpose of this experiment was to verify the predictions of Newton’s Law for an Atwood machine‚ a simple machine constructed by hanging two different masses and from a string passing over pulleys and observing their acceleration.. Newton’s Law predicts that the acceleration should be proportional to the difference between the masses and proportional to their sum‚ where = 9.8 m/s2 is the
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TUESDAY 9 APRIL 2013 WWW.THEDAY.CO.UK Britain’s ‘Iron Lady’ prime minister dies Margaret Thatcher‚ the first female prime minister of the UK‚ has died aged 87. Her vision and determination has left an indelible mark in Britain and beyond – for better or for worse. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS HISTORY Shaping the nation: Margaret Thatcher at her desk in Downing Street‚ 1987 © Getty Images ance on powerful trade unions. Thatcher was elected on a promise of radical change; and she kept her word
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