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    a social norm but this practice is foreign to the Presbyterian and American Edna‚ leading to the main issue of the story and her rebellious acts in an attempt for self realization. Foil: The most obvious foil amongst the main characters of The Awakening is that of Adele and Edna. Edna is a seemingly emotionally detached and un-motherlike figure whom lacks a compassion for her husband that is obvious amongst other creole wives. One of these wives being Adele‚ the ideal wife in fact‚ she is referred

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    In the article‚ Words and Music: Narrative Ambiguity in "Sonny’s Blues"‚ author Keith Byerman studies the relationship between art and language and the effects that it has in James Baldwin’s narrative‚ Sonny’s Blues. In order for Byerman to examine the narrative‚ he begins under the assumption that there is no conflict resolution between Sonny and his brother‚ the narrator. "According to Jonathan Culler"‚ in paragraph 2‚ "resolution can be accomplished in a story when a message is received or a code

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    treatise” meant to ward individuals away from the life of immorality and sin through a practical example or if the novel temps those into immoral behaviour. The essay will look at the historical context in which the story was written‚ the moral ambiguity and sexuality of the characters like Manon and des Grieux- whether it promotes or discourages immoral actions and finally look at the language‚ style and structure of Manon Lescaut. This story focuses on a young man‚ the Chevalier des Grieux‚ who

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    When interpreting Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story‚ "Young Goodman Brown"‚ one can decide Hawthorne’s intentional ambiguity towards Goodman Brown’s encounter with the devil in the forest. Throughout the story‚ textual evidence influences the reader to discover that the meeting with the Devil did actually occur in reality. Hawthorne was extremely straightforward with his references towards reality in "Young Goodman Brown" through Brown’s recount of the details. He makes known throughout his detailing

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     History of historical linguistics Modern historical linguistics dates from the late 18th century and grew out of the earlier discipline of philology‚ the study of ancient texts and documents‚ which goes back to antiquity. At first historical linguistics was comparative linguistics and mainly concerned with establishing language families and the reconstruction of prehistoric proto-languages‚ using the comparative method and internal reconstruction. The focus was on the well-known Indo-European

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    The book‚ The Awakening explains about a woman true wish to find her inner self. As the journey to find herself becomes an issue among friends and family. While she battles the stereotypical standard of woman during the time in the 1890s. The main character whom is Edna Pontellier’s‚ is a wife that lives a life of luxury. In a Creole society that is upper-class that she’s lives with her husband and two sons. As the story takes off in Grand Isle‚ as the family is vacationing for the summer. The summer

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    Around the late 1800s and early 1900s‚ there were fixed roles for men and women as dictated by a male dominated society. The Awakening‚ written by Kate Chopin in 1899‚ can be taken to show how some women of that particular time felt confined. They were expected to be everything: a caring mother‚ a loving wife‚ a social friend. In The Awakening‚ the main character‚ Edna‚ decides to veer off from that path of what is socially expected from her‚ and in such creates her own desolation. She opts to satisfy

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    rules. Further‚ we were exposed to the way in which women who do not fit the mold of hegemonic femininity are forced to compensate in order to be accepted. Sex category is the way in which one’s gender is perceived by the general public‚ the ambiguity of Semenya’s sex category was what people were most troubled by as Semenya failed to conform to societies expectation regarding both sex and gender. Gender is a performance in that people are striving to attain a hegemonic - ideal- version of

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    wrong for the their to steal the bicycle from Antonio‚ but after seeing where he lives it is apparent that he only stole the bike to support his family‚ it is easy to understand that it was done out of desperation and not out of pettiness. The moral ambiguity in the film creates makes it hard to discern who is truly in the right. Originally the viewer starts out feeling quite sorry for Antonio. Just as fortune favors him and it seems he and his family will have a chance at a better life‚ it is torn away

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    German and English Linguistic Differences The English language and German language are two of the most popular languages spoken across the globe. English is the 3rd most popular language in the entire world with roughly 365 million speakers. German has a total of 92 million native speakers‚ with about another 80 million that know German as their second language. There are 88 sovereign states in total where English is considered an official language including India‚ United Kingdom‚ Pakistan‚ and

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