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    Humanities 202-01H Michael Crowell Unit 2 Short Writing Assignment- Chapters 14-15 A Seventeenth Century Witch Trial Brian Croteau A Seventeenth-Century Witch Trial is about a woman named Suzanne Gaudry‚ an illiterate woman‚ who is accused of practicing witchcraft. The charges against Suzanne include renouncing “God‚ Lent‚ and baptism.” She was also charged with worshiping the devil‚ attending witches’ Sabbaths‚ and desecrating the Eucharist wafer. Suzanne was questioned by the court

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    hold. The Katchina dolls are a great example of art within this culture because they are used to teach the children of the tribes what each katchina represents. The katchina dolls are wooden carved dolls that are derived from the Native American’s‚ the dolls are carved by the men of the tribes and adorned in the costume of a particular spirit. The Katchina dolls represent invisible spirits that assist in the cares of life. Each katchina represents a spirit in life‚ the dolls are believed to bring

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    The Barbie Doll Effect Society’s idea to be attractive is to be nothing less than ideal. To lack perfection is not acceptable in society. Also society tells people how to dress and act‚ having people be and look a certain way to be accepted. The desire to be accepted can destroy ones’ self-esteem and many lose sight of their own true beauty. Many will do whatever it takes to not be‚ say‚ or do what society thinks is disturbing. Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll‚” written in 1973‚ is a powerful

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    Social Issues in A Doll House In the play A Doll House written by Henrick Isben several social issues were revealed. Considering the time period‚ women had little to no rights at all. They were basically expected to have no voice‚ and to just keep a happy home. The main social issues that are portrayed in the play mostly stem from a high level of disrespect for women that are presented in several different ways. When Nora opens up about her secret to Mrs. Linde‚ she expresses to her‚ “I’ve

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    The Bobo doll experiment was conducted by Albert Bandura in 1961 and studied patterns of behaviour associated with aggression. Bandura hoped that the experiment would prove that aggression can be explained‚ at least in part‚ by social learning theory. The theory of social learning would state that behaviour such as aggression is learned through observing and imitating others. The experiment is important because it sparked many more studies about the effects that viewing violence had on children

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    Christian churches with their own distinct beliefs and practices. The majority of these Christian faiths are still present and have followers today. One of these Christian churches is the Baptist church which began in the early seventeenth century. In the early seventeenth century‚ the Separatists were very frustrated with the Puritans. They believed that the Puritans stopped trying to reform the Church‚ the Church became corrupt and selfish‚ and the original message of the Puritans was given

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    Japan which is on 3 March. At this festival‚ parents will put a display stage for their daughters that dolls wearing Wafuku and small furniture from the top to the bottom. Although this festival is not an official holiday in Japan‚ all of the family members will be together to bless girls for growing up happily and healthily to be an adult. It is very fastidious about the location of the dolls in the display stage. Usually‚ the top is a pair of emperor-Obina (おびな) and empress-Mebina (めびな) with

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    Barbie Topic: Barbie General Function: To inform Specific purpose: To inform my audience of the history of the Barbie Doll. Organization Design: Topical Introduction Attention-Arousing and Orienting Material: When you think long hair‚ perfect skin‚ trendy clothes‚ and a rockin’ body‚ what comes to every little girls mind? Barbie of course! Credibility: As a child I had

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    Elizabeth Bishop’s untitled poem that begins with “Where are the dolls who loved me so” is reminiscent of her autobiographical short story Gwendolyn. Throughout her short story‚ Bishop talks about Gwendolyn’s beauty and fragility as a child with diabetes who was consistently on the verge of death until she finally passes at the end of the story. After her death‚ and at the very beginning of the story‚ Bishop depicts her encounter with a doll she was also fascinated with that belonged to her Aunt Mary

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    In this essay‚ I will be talking about a horrid poem called Barbie Doll. The poem Barbie Doll was written by Marge Piercy‚ who is known as an American writer. This poem was written in 1971 during the second-wave feminism. Marge was born in Detroit‚ Michigan‚ in 1936 and the first to attend college in her family. Barbie Doll is about a young girl who grew up like any other American girl‚ with the all-American Barbie doll. The older the young girl got‚ a class mate noticed the little girls’ flaws.

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