In constituting nature as female -- "I pursued nature to her hiding places" (49) -- Victor Frankenstein participates in a gendered construction of the universe whose negative ramifications are everywhere apparent in the novel. The uninhibited scientific penetration and technological exploitation of female nature is only one dimension of a patriarchal encoding of the female as passive and possessable‚ the willing receptacle of male desire. The destruction of the female implicit in Frankenstein’s usurpation
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An unknown artist created the statue Saint Margaret of Antioch ca. 1275-1325 A.D. using limestone‚ paint‚ and gilding. As the name suggests‚ the subject of the painting is Saint Margaret‚ depicted as young and innocent standing atop her emblem‚ a dragon. The statue is currently being displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the Cloisters Collection though it was originally made in Burgos‚ Castile-Léon‚ Spain. While large‚ Saint Margaret of Antioch is not life size and stands at only
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paper - 500 word 2/10 Brandy Stefanell Vaccaro‚ ENC 1102 7/10/13 Reaction to‚ “My name is Margaret” This story reminds me of a sad time in our history when the people of this nation thought they could own another human being. I would like to say this time has passed‚ but we are barely able to hang on. We may have a bi=racial president‚ but there is still racism among the old south. Margaret was only a child and she was being groomed to be the help. It may have been on different scale verses
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People who we share spaces with every day. Per an editorial by Margaret A. Winker‚ the dangers of those who own firearms are becoming a prominent public health concern. Winker urges a release of funds‚ previously frozen‚ that are meant to be allocated to gun control. Further‚ she reports that one person is killed every
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place where sailors me their fate in a twisted convergence of ship and shore. Homer portrays these Sirens as dangerous and deceptive‚ and their song tempts Odysseus so much that he orders his men to tie him down‚ simply to ensure his survival. Margaret Atwood’s poem: Siren Song‚ however‚ basks the Sirens in a light of subtle danger‚ and extreme desperation. Stanzas four and eight detail that desperation‚ as one Siren sings‚ begging for liberation "out of this bird suit... Help me!... only you can
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My proposed field of research concerns Margaret Thatcher‚ The Falklands War and the 1983 General Election. In the early months of 1982 a poll was conducted into how the public viewed the job that Margaret Thatcher was doing as Prime Minister‚ with the results showing that only 25% of people were satisfied with her‚ thus making her one of the most unpopular Prime Ministers ever. Despite these disastrous poll results‚ Thatcher managed a complete turnaround and‚ in the June 1983 General Election succeeded
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Grantham‚ England‚ Margaret Thatcher became Britain’s Conservative Party leader and in 1979 was elected prime minister‚ the first woman to hold the position. During her three terms‚ she cut social welfare programs‚ reduced trade union power and privatized certain industries. Thatcher resigned in 1991 due to unpopular policy and power struggles in her party. She died on April 8‚ 2013‚ at age 87. Politician and former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was born as Margaret Hilda Roberts on October
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Margaret Thatcher was born as Margaret Hilda Roberts on Octobers 13‚ 1925 in Grantham‚ England‚ which is famous by Nuton and Cromvil. Her father was Alfred Roberts‚ who owned a family grocery store and the family often helped him at the store‚ but at the same time he was the active in local politics. He was a very strict man; nobody has right to joke‚ to have a rest during the work hours. Margaret watched only several movies in her childhood and has only few family parties. In such environment Margaret
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This paper looks at the conversational discourse presented by English psychologist and autism specialist Tony Attwood in an episode of Australian Broadcast Corporation’s podcast Conversations‚ hosted by Richard Fidler. This podcast episode is titled‚ “Love and family and Asperger’s: Tony Attwood” as it circles around the topic of marriages that involve one autistic partner and one neurotypical partner. Much of the examples given about these cases‚ in which Tony Attwood has professional experience
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motivation or belief in herself; she experienced setbacks as her time period lacked gender equality; she worked a few teaching jobs. Despite that‚ she became a famous journalist‚ member of the transcendentalist movement‚ and a women’s rights advocate. Margaret Fuller’s first job was that of a teacher. It wasn’t her dream job‚ but she didn’t lose hope or quit pursue her dream of writing because of her current situation. She kept working and of
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