challenged how we perceive gender‚ fiction and race. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was one of these women‚ for she broke down insurmountable barriers for female writers of colour in North America. For young‚ black female writers‚ Shadd and other great writers are role models as pioneers in the craft‚ brave women who wielded their pens like swords; they cut through the throes of discrimination and oppression with defiance and boldness in their written works. Mary Ann Shadd Cary was born in Delaware in 1853 to abolitionist
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of thumb‚ most people would rather deal with their emotions alone. Some will go down the more artistic path of expressing emotions‚ through poetry. Poetry can be used to illustrate a person’s emotions without them openly writing about emotions. In Mary Oliver’s poem “The Journey”‚ she expresses the idea that every human being breaks. Being broken could mean many things‚ and it’s up to the reader of Oliver’s poem to decide. The poem is written so that the reader is in the point of view‚ creating an
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Humanity continues to be confronted by universal dilemmas‚ and such‚ texts will explore the human experience despite differing contexts. Mary Shelley’s Gothic epistolary novel‚ Frankenstein (1818)‚ written at a time of tension between paradigms of Romantic idealism and Enlightenment rationalism ultimately questions the legitimacy of scientific advance at the cost of human connection. It explores the challenge to normalcy and the tensions between nature and civilisation that promulgate humanity’s
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Legend: Mary Magdalene was of the district of Magdala‚ on the shores of the Sea of Galilee‚ where stood her families castle‚ called Magdalon; she was the sister of Lazarus and of Martha‚ and they were the children of parents reputed noble‚ or‚ as some say‚ royal descendants of the House of David. On the death of their father‚ Syrus‚ they inherited vast riches and possessions in land‚ which were equally divided between them. Lazarus betook himself to the military life; Martha ruled her possessions
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battle for the last 100 years. The history of women has been one of submission. Marriages were once arranged and women were expected to be obedient to their husbands. Women didn’t typically work outside of the home and were expected to raise children. Mary Wollstonecraft was the first feminist when she published‚ A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792 in which she advocated for the social and moral equality of sexes. In 1848‚ the seventy year fight for the women’s right to vote began. The Nineteenth
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The challenging and complicated lives of women in the 1930s are explored in the novel‚ The Group‚ by Mary McCarthy as 8 Vassar students struggle through their first 7 years of adulthood after college graduation. Through the lives of these women‚ the readers experience firsthand the political‚ social‚ and economic discrimination women went through in the early twentieth century. The group of friends grow apart as the years go by‚ but a funeral for one of their own ends the book with the remaining
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In the short story The Mortal Immortal by Mary Shelley‚ Shelley tells the tale of a young man who has accidently turned immortal and follows him through the life changes that come along with this transition. The story is told through the point of view of the main character Winzy‚ whom mistakenly drinks an elixir in which he thought was going to make him fall out of love with his then lover. Unfortunately‚ he instead turned immortal‚ much to the dismay of his lover named Bertha. As the couple cope
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This painting is a portrait that is his featuring his friend and fellow artist Mary Cassatt. His friendship with her‚ other female artists and the encouragement he gave them was different from what other artists’ views on women were during this time. He is often compared against with Renoir and Manet views of women in their works
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Commenting on “DOREEN POPE” by Mary Loudon UNESCO instituted World Teacher’s Day on October 5. However‚ why wait for Teachers’ Day to come around? We don’t need a special occasion to express our affection towards a teacher. So did Mary Loudon by writing “Doreen Pope”‚ a hymn to an inspirational teacher. In this descriptive essay she pays tribute to the greatness of her teacher Doreen Pope. Someone once said‚ "Teachers don’t impact for a year‚ but for a lifetime." A teacher can make a lasting
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KATE Welcome to the Late Show with Margaret Mary Adams‚ I’m your host Margaret Mary. Today I will be talking to three men who invented and innovated during the 1800s. Our first guest is the man who leads the steel industry. Ladies and Gentlemen‚ please welcome‚ the entrepreneur and philanthropist‚ Andrew Carnegie! Jack comes out Crowd applauds JACK How do you do ma’am? KATE Very well thank you. Andrew‚ tell us a little bit about yourself. JACK Well‚ there isn’t a lot to say. At age twelve
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