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    "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" concerns the efforts of a town marshal bringing his new bride to the "frontier" town of Yellow Sky Texas‚ at a time when the Old West is being slowly but inevitably civilized. At the climax of the story‚ the stereotypical and seemingly inevitable gunfight‚ a staple feature of Westerns‚ is averted‚ and the reader senses that all such gunplay is a thing of the past‚ that in fact Crane is describing the "end of an era." Crane’s four-part story concerns man’s interaction

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    HOLLAND ) CANADA‚ HOLLAND AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR • following the German occupation of the Netherlands‚ in June 1940‚ the Dutch royal family took refuge in Canada. Princess Margriet was born in exile on January 19‚ 1943 while her family lived in Ottawa. The maternity ward of the Ottawa Civic Hospital‚ in which the princess was born‚ was temporarily declared to be extra-territorial by the Canadian government‚ thereby allowing her citizenship to be solely influenced by her mother’s Dutch citizenship

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    Depending on how you look at Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride‚ Timson calls it an “upmarket melodrama” whereas Martin refers to it as a novel “confronting politically correct feminism”. The truth is it isn’t either of these. While some of the situations are greatly exaggerated‚ this book comments on the way that women interact with each other on a day-to-day basis. Atwood tells the story of three women‚ and how they are drawn together because they

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    Pocahontas was more than just a Disney princess. Although the film made about her captured some events from her life‚ the events portrayed in the classic were not all accurate to how she really lived. Pocahontas arrived at Virginia on a ship (Hoose 14). She lived with her family in a village named Werowocomoco. Since Pocahontas’ father‚ Powhatan‚ was such a powerful ruler‚ Pocahontas had many events in her life that made her into the woman she was at the end of her life. Pocahontas’ early life

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    2: Song and Dance number by Guest no.1 - Nicki Minaj (4 min) Segment 3: Exaggerated Showbiz Spoof Intrigue with Disney Princesses in real life (9:20min) (Blind Item; Gossip; the code name for the actors/ actresses are the names of the Disney Princess’ and Princes) *Snow White - Tabs *Sleeping Beauty - Ate Mikee *Rapunzel - Anika *Evil Queen - Pepsi Gossip no. 1: Once upon a time‚ pagkatapos ng isang Ball‚ ng Star Magic Ball‚ nahuli ni Snow White na nakapulupot ang buhok ni Rapunzel

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    John Fassero‚ Ethnic Studies 151‚ Fall 2013 Professor Duane Bigeagle Analysis of “Adventures of an Indian Princess”‚ By Patricia Riley The feelings and emotions that make this a powerful and thought-provoking story on stereotyping and general ethnic insensitivity are carried primarily as the author provides you with the internal narrative dialogue and careful observation of a young Cherokee girl named Arletta. Much is communicated without a spoken word by her throughout the essay. Much

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    even though the setting is in an era where women come second. Shahrzad came into the place confident‚ vowing revenge for her dead friend‚ but things aren’t going the way she wants. In the beginning of the story Shahzad voluners to be the bride of the “Bride killer” Khalid. Khalid had recently killed her childhood best friend‚ Shazi. Shahzad promises to avenge her friend and “to end Khalid reign of terror once and for all”(Ahdieh 19). Sahrzards‚ sharp tongue‚ and fascinating stories is ensuring

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    Asian mail order brides are too popular these days because they are sweet‚ appealing‚ beautiful‚ and traditional. Every year‚ there are thousands of Asian-American men or other Asian-Western men get married with these brides in Asia and bring them back to the new nation. You know what‚ most of these brides are very selected girls whose men chose to marry. They are very attractive physically and they have the inner beauty‚ traditionally. Asian mail order brides began with the Internet online dating

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    Parallel Brides A berdel‚ or double marriage‚ is the marriage of a brother and a sister to another brother and sister. It is a very elaborate matchmaking process which involves two families essentially swapping daughters to marry each others sons. It requires several meetings of both families to discuss many marriage details like when and where the daughters shall meet to switch families and be brought back to their new homes to be wed. It is a very intricate and stressful procedure and if not

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    the present day‚ women have always been put on the bottom shelf. Men have always had the power‚ with women left to follow. The Perfect Bride and Footbinding are both stories that reveal the dominance of men over women‚ and show the sacrifices women have made to be "ideal" in the eyes of their culture‚ as well as to the men who lead them. In The Perfect Bride‚ a story by Dandin‚ Saktikumara says "There is no happiness without a wife” (Dandin). In various cultures‚ marriage has always been

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