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    “Ever look at a piece of art and say to yourself ‘even I could do that?’” as it states in the first paragraph of “The Art of Faking”‚ forging art is not easy. Both “The Art of Faking” By Tania Therien and the excerpt from “Girl in Hyacinth Blue” By Susan Vreeland suggest that forging art requires immense skill and is difficult in multiple ways. “The Art of Faking” shows that forging art is a difficult task by showing Van Meegeren’s many steps to creating a realistic forgery. He was successful at

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    Susan Fine wrote a book by the name of “Initiation”. This book was one that was meant to tell a story and hopefully inspire people. It was also wrote to let people know that they are not the only ones going through things. This book was based on a boy that goes by the name Mauricio Londono. He was raised in poverty and wanted a escape. In this he found a school he could attend which he thought he wishedd he had as a life‚ although when he got there it was a different story. He tried to use people

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    Susan Glaspell’s Trifles explores the loss of companionship and the psychological effect that isolation can have on a person through the quiet conversation of Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters. Glaspell writes‚ “MRS. HALE [Not as if answering that.] I wish you’d seen Minnie Foster when she wore a white dress with blue ribbons and stood up there in the choir and sang. [A look around the room.] Oh‚ I wish I’d come over here once in a while! That was a crime! That was a crime! Who’s going to punish that?” (Glaspell)

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    English Comp. II 1 November 2011 Trifles Analysis Susan Glaspell wrote the play Trifles in 1916. The play/story emulates the author’s thoughts on discrepancies concerning preconceived notions of gender. According to Dictionary.com the exact definition of trifle is “Something of little importance or value”. The title of the play suggests that the concerns of women are too often considered minute and negligible affairs‚ irrelevant to a male dominant society. The issue in question is the circumstantial

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    James Craig 28 September 2014 Trifles “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm” (1389)‚ Mrs. Hale stiffly replies to the Court Attorney’s trite comment about the untidy appearance of Mrs. Wright’s house. Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ was a play written for the Cape Cod Provincetown Players in 1916. Glaspell exposes sexism during this time period. Her play would later become the benchmark of the feminist movement and give her a reputation as a writer sensitive to these issues. Glaspell

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    OTHER AUTHORITIES ANILESHTEWARI B.A.LL.B(Hons) 4TH SEM Page | 1 TABLE OF CONTENT        Introduction to OTHER AUTHORITIES with reference to Article 12. Brief synopsis of the term OTHER AUTHORITIES Other Authorities. Ajay Hasia Case. Some of the NON-STATUTORY BODIES which have been held to be ‘AUTHORITIES’ within the meaning of Article 12. The National Commission to Review The Working Of The Constitution 2002. Conclusion Page | 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would

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    the near future due to the fact the English language being the ways it is. It talks about the English language being so bad and what lies underneath the decline of a language and the reason behind economic and political causes comparing on page 2 "Torture by a different Name" by Joanne Mariner talks about the lies which are taking place in the United States and what’s being done to keep them a secret which recently were released to the public in what was being done to detainees by torturing them to

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    person‚ legally‚ should have the right to end their life. Firstly‚ the issue of quality of life plays a large role in the support of euthanasia. Lying in bed all day can be a form of torture within itself. Bed sores and boredom result from staying in bed‚ wasting away. Also‚ illness such as cancerous diseases and other sicknesses decline the quality of life. Of course‚ pain plays a role in this matter. It’s very difficult to function in everyday life when pain is a constant companion. To most people

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    "Suppressed Desires" by Susan Glaspell is a two-scene play about a woman‚ Henrietta‚ who is obsessed with dream interpretation and seems unable to stop over-analyzing the dreams of her husband‚ Stephen‚ and Henrietta’s unsophisticated sister‚ Mabel. Mabel knows so little about psychoanalysis that she think it is "something about war‚" though she has seen a psychiatrist‚ Dr. Russell‚ the same psychiatrist who cares for Stephen. Henrietta respects psychoanalysis until eventually‚ her mind changes about

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    are some moments when it must be taken” (Amistad). Those who are repressed seek expression; those who are trapped…freedom. The human spirit rebels against dominance‚ propelling those effected into action. The short dramatic play‚ “Trifles‚” by Susan Glaspell showcases the repression of American women by a male dominated society during the late 1800’s. The protagonist‚ Minnie Wright‚ remains unseen throughout the play. Just as women of the playwright’s time were silenced in matters that affected

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