I. INTRODUCTION Ka Amado was born on September 13‚ 1903 and died at the age of 67. He is the son of Juan Hernandez and Clara Vera. He began molding his brilliance in Gagalangin‚ Tondo‚ the Manila High School and at the American Correspondence School where he earned his baccalaureate degree in arts. Art was really his passion and maybe his fate. One proof was his matrimony to Atang de la Rama‚ the mistress of kundiman singing and sarswela acting. Aside from that‚ he was a well-renowned essayist‚
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Women: The Root of All Evil? Author‚ congresswoman‚ and woman of the year Clare Booth Luce once said‚ "Because I am a woman‚ I must make unusual efforts to succeed. If I fail‚ no one will say‚ She doesn’t have what it takes.’ They will say‚ Women don’t have what it takes.’" Women have been continually downtrodden in society‚ and it reflects in our literature and media. Women have‚ throughout time‚ been treated like second-class citizens‚ and the problems still continue. Although women’s treatment
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Ivanovna. Alyona is an old women who lends money to Raskolnikov. The passage helps show that even though Raskolnikov was feeling weak he was still able to commit a murder. Before Raskolnikov actually commits the murder he first steals an ax from his landlady and sews a noose in his shirt to hold the ax. After Raskolnikov kills Alyona Ivanovna‚ he steals the woman’s keys and ransacks her home for goods that would have any value to him. Raskolnikov is almost caught when Alyona Ivanovna sister‚ Lizaveta
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eventually transported for life. His 3rd trial is perhaps the most significant in providing an outlook on the inefficiency of the trialling system. Vaux had stolen a silver snuff box out of the pocket of a gentleman in a theatre. After leaving it with the landlady of a public house to have it refilled‚ he was caught picking it up again‚ along with the scissors he used to slit the gentleman’s pocket in his possession. Despite the large amount of evidence against him‚ he was found not guilty by the jury‚ thanks
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Theft by Katherine Anne Porter Follow 10 Members Following Summary Themes Analysis More ▻ Theft by Katherine Anne Porter Analysis Style and Technique (Comprehensive Guide to Short Stories‚ Critical Edition) print Print document PDF list Cite link Link “Theft” is a unique short story in the Porter canon for several reasons. It is the first effort at incorporating autobiographical elements into her work. Porter developed an intense relationship with Matthew Josephson‚ her literary mentor and
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“The Overcoat”and Slavic Folk Beliefs In the nineteenth century‚ much of Eastern Europe had a fascination with Slavic folk beliefs. During this time‚ people questioned the existence of mythological creatures‚ especially those which were believed to be somewhere between dead and alive(3). The word “vampire” was introduced in to the Slavic languages in the late eighteenth century and the term “unclean forces” began to be widely recognized by nineteenth century Russian peasants (1). References to
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. Billie Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915‚ in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ to Sarah Julia "Sadie" Fagan (née Harris). Her father‚ Clarence Halliday (Holiday)‚ a musician‚ did not marry or live with her mother. Her mother had moved to Philadelphia at the age of thirteen‚ after being rejected from her parents’ home in Sandtown-Winchester‚ Baltimore for becoming pregnant. With no support from her own parents‚ Holiday’s mother arranged for the young Holiday to stay with her older married
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on the wood door was enormous in the silence. Shocked out of my solitude‚ I pushed myself up from the couch and heaved open the door. Silhouetted against the light was a dark-haired woman with a girl clinging to her skirt. I knew who she was. My landlady had told me about the woman I had seen picking up mail at the post office. She’d called her "The Prize." My New Mexico village‚ though determinedly and anciently Hispanic‚ had a minority of Anglo immigrants seeking a simpler life. Within this group
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RICAN poetryTruthful and fruitful human experience forms the basis for written expression in any branch of literature. Conveyed through a language of international exchange‚ it can reach a wider audience for whom it becomes a useful reference in times of need. The English language attained international prominence due to several reasons; one of the most important being colonization. As in other countries of the Commonwealth‚ English was imposed on Anglophone Africa as a means of easy communication
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Jose Rizal One of two self-portraits (the first was lost‚ presumably destroyed during the war). This one shows Rizal at age 26‚ which was given to his friend Ferdinand Blumentritt. Rizal was a penny-pincher. As chronicled in Ambeth Ocampo’s Rizal Without the Overcoat‚ Rizal was once invited to a New Year’s potluck party where he was assigned to bring champagne. He did not like the idea‚ and throughout the merrymaking‚ he lectured everybody and advised against drinking
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