A Trip to Jamaica! I walked up to the house after I checked the mailbox with some letters and bills in my hands. As I was going through the mail‚ I noticed that I had received a letter from the Jet-Around-The-World Sweepstakes. When I got inside I showed my mom and she watched as I carefully opened the envelope with a letter inside. We would like to inform you that you are our lucky winner for the Grand Prize in the Jet-Around-The-World Sweepstakes. You and a plus one have the use of an airplane
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CIVIL WAR There have been many strong‚ intelligent women throughout our country’s history. Unfortunately‚ many have often gone unnoticed‚ undocumented or their accomplishments often overshadowed by their male counterparts. Some of them were homemakers‚ some were nurses‚ some served as spies‚ soldiers‚ daughters‚ sisters‚ mothers‚ etc. but all of them had one thing in common. They all contributed in the help of shaping our nation‚ and without these women our country would not have been the same. Their
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The Role of Women in The Odyssey The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ is an epic poem based on the story of an ancient Greek hero‚ Odysseus‚ and his twenty year journey—ten years spent fighting in the Trojan War and the other ten spent traveling home. In the poem‚ Homer presents the theme of the role and nature of women. Men were the dominant gender in ancient Greece‚ and women‚ who were inferior‚ were only valued for their beauty and their ability to reproduce. However‚ in this poem‚ Homer both exemplifies
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Did women have a Renaissance?” Joan Kelly discovered the many contributions of women; on the other hand‚ they were not recognized as their male counterparts. She asked this question in her groundbreaking article in 1977. Women in the Renaissance were not only wives‚ mothers‚ and support for their husbands‚ but scholars that helped develop this era. Young women in the Middle Ages had to follow a religious calling‚ they were to marry well‚ be devoted to their significant others‚ and produce numerous
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endings and resolutions. One of the key themes within the epic romance‚ though‚ was the role of women within the male protagonist’s life and personal quest. Women had the ability to play the main love interests and the primary antagonists‚ as well as the side characters in between who either advanced or tested the male protagonist’s resolve and mental fortitude. This genre depended greatly on the role of women to make a statement on the male protagonist’s emotional and mental strength‚ often establishing
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company. The question is‚ what was a women’s roll in society in the 1500’s or later? What did a woman do in the house hold‚ or business? Women’s rights were not always that of a mans so how did women live back in the day of our ancestors? Those are the questions I will be getting to the bottom of. A women’s role in the world open to a new perspective in one small paper. Close your eyes and try to picture a medieval woman. I wonder‚ was she a woman sitting near a window‚ doing needlework and waiting for
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Beowulf story emerges a society with a limited role of women. There was a man controlled community as a social framework in which they hold essential power and prevail in parts of the political administration‚ moral expert‚ social benefit‚ and control of the property. This idea is found in the middle of the passage as a common Old English idea when the old Danish ruler‚ Hrothgar‚ talks about the triumphant youthful legend‚ Beowulf. And‚ in Beowulf‚ there was an association in which individuals and
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Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid‚ 1985‚ Penguin Books Type of work · Novel Genre · bildungsroman‚ Caribbean novel Language · English Time and place written · New York City‚ 1982–1983 Narrator · Annie John Point of View · First person Tone · It varies according to the age of Annie John. As a child‚ the language and imagery is very rich. As she ages‚ the tone grows more serious while also having more comic touches. Tense · Past tense Setting (time) · Sometime in the 1950s Setting
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Answer all questions about the information in a passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage. The Richter scale is a numerical logarithmic scale developed and introduced by American seismologist Charles R. Richter in 1935. The purpose of the scale is to measure the amplitude of the largest trace recorded by a standard seismograph one hundred kilometers from the epicenter of an earthquake. Tables have been formulated to demonstrate the magnitude of any earthquake
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January 2013 RR 54 Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl” is of a complicated relationship with her mother that comes out in the mother-daughter dynamic in the story. The mother‚ obviously a dominant figure in the young girl’s upbringing‚ informs the young girl of various duties associated with being a young‚ dignified lady. Her mother gives the daughter advice to make her the "proper" woman she should in fact be‚ and this advice gets more and more firm as the story continues. “Girl” is a very well
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