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    Lot's Wife

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    A Journey with Lot’s Wife The poem entitled Lot’s Wife illustrated an act of disobedience that was followed with punishment. According to Genesis‚ in the Old Testament‚ there was an urgency in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah‚ a disaster was about to occur in the city. The cities were filled with sinfulness. Prayers of pleading for the removal of this horrible place was about to be answered. Lot was portrayed as a holy man who prayed often therefore God commanded the angles to rescue him and

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    Curley's Wife

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    does Steinbeck use to present Curley’s wife and the attitude to others and how does Steinbeck present attitudes to women in the society in which the novel is set in? Refer closely to the passage in your answer. John Steinbeck uses the contrast of light and dark and colour imagery to foreshadow Curley’s wife’s future and to also portray the fact that the ranch hands consider Curley’s wife as a “tart” and “jail bait”. Steinbeck first introduces Curley’s wife at the start of the passage as he describes

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    Curleys Wife

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    end. English Essay Plan I am going to be doing my essay on Curley’s wife from the novel of mice and men. HEROIC VILLAN Mental strength racists confident Talks about Curley Lonely Inappropriate rude John Steinbeck at the beginning of the novel creates dislike towards Curley’s wife. However by the end of the novel we feel sympathy for her. Steinbeck uses many different techniques to present Curley’s wife such as… Colour imagery Appearance Metaphors Similes Dialogue Foreshadowing

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    Curley's Wife

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    Curley’s wife also abuses her power as women against crooks by threatening him‚ "I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny."Curley’s wife shows she felt unhappy as she has just come to speak as she is lonely. She then starts being rude to Crooks by calling him a “nigga” and she enjoys this authority she has over a man. As a result of the other men having authority over her because she’s a woman‚ but Crooks is black so he’s lower in society compared to Curley’s wife. Also people

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    Wife and Husband

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    Duties of Husband and Wife So much for their duties that be further off from equality in the family‚ as parents and children‚ masters and servants. Now those that are more equal are husband and wife‚ whose duties are either common to both‚ or more particular to either of them. The common duties. First‚ they must love one another with a pure heart‚ fervently. This duty both husband and wife must perform mutually one to another‚ which that they may the better strive for‚ let us consider of some

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    The country wife

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    Kevin De Ornellas The Country Wife ENG302C2 1. William Wycherley A Shropshire lad‚ born 1641‚ died 1715. Educated in France and at Oxford. First play‚ Love in a Wood‚ 1671‚ was set in St. James’s Park Was favoured by the King’s mistress‚ the Duchess of Cleveland. Annoyed Charles II by secretly marrying in 1679. His most famous work is The Country Wife‚ probably performed first in 1675; the play’s first edition was published in 1675. 2. Critical reputation. Wycherly’s

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    The Drover's Wife

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    The Drover’s Wife‚ by Henry Lawson The Drover’s wife‚ by Hanry Lawson‚ expresses about a poor drover family‚ which the wife with four children lived apart from her husband. One night there was a snake in the partition of her house. To deal with this situation‚ she let her children sleep in the kitchen‚ but she stayed awake with Alligator‚ a dog‚ to look after her children from the snake. While she stayed awake‚ she thought of the unpleasant situations that she’d faced and how sorrow life she

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    Curleys Wife

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    outcasts however she is just as much as an outcast as the other 3 as she is the only woman on the farm and she isn’t capable of working with the others. She only has more mental power over the farm as she is married to Curley so she is the boss’s son’s wife so she can get anyone fired on the farm if she feels threatened by them. However she is not treated any better by anyone on the farm as she is a woman. Appearance: - “She had full‚ rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes‚ heavily made up. Her fingernails

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    The Faithful Wife

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    The Faithful Wife: point of view "The Faithful Wife"‚ written by Barbara L. Greenberg‚ uses first-person narration to depict the style‚ language‚ and theme of the poem. By using first-person narration‚ Barbara Greenberg was able to portray events and ideas very persuasively to the reader. In addition‚ this first-person narrator creates dramatic irony concerning the title in reference to the body of the poem. The reader from the start is aware of the point of view that the poem is being told

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    The Drover's Wife

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    The Drover’s Wife The Drover’s wife‚ whose writer is Henry Lawson‚ describes a bush woman whose husband was away for droving. The story mainly shows about the challenging life of an independent woman with four children. One day‚ there was a snake entered the house while the children were playing about the house and she was cooking. Unfortunately‚ she could no nothing on the snake because it disappeared suddenly into a crack. To prevented safety for her children‚ she stayed awake all night long

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