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    if François had wanted to be caught‚ the door was left carelessly open for all of France to see. Maid gossip assured that it was the talk of the town before we even dined at breakfast‚ Charlotte’s hushed dismissal was flurry of protests and tears as we couldn’t possibly be associated with her tarnished chastity more than we already were. The disgrace! I suspect she’ll live out her days as an old maid‚ poor girl‚ just a pawn in François’ sick

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    “Because I Could not Stop for Death” Chu Pui Chan‚ Alex Khayat‚ Jamie Thambiah‚ Arthee Vairamuthu‚ Ikalika Peer evaluated by group 1: Karim Ait Bentaleb‚ Kathryn Macaulay‚ Zachary Posman‚ Zachary Rosenberg. Presentation Group 4: Thomas Hardy‚ “The Ruined Maid” Cope‚ Brittany Cion‚ Jennifer Khalkhali‚ Shayan Correa‚ Alberto Eduardo Trudeau-Eatman‚ Styles Peer evaluated by group 2: Kayley Julien‚ Zoë Martinez-Hawa‚ Mario La Rose‚ and group 6: Luke Bertrand‚ Evan Jette‚ Graeme Murray‚ Kavin Nesaratnam.

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    2/18/2013 EA332 Botchan Essay Botchan: A microcosm of the lessening importance of ancestry and social rank in the Meiji Restoration In the novel Botchan‚ author Natsume Sōseki tells the story of a young Tokyoite cast into the rural countryside of Japan to work as a mathematics teacher. This literary masterpiece has struck resounding cords in the heart of Japanese society since its publication in 1906‚ partially because of its humor as the narrator‚ Botchan‚ is the butt of pranks orchestrated by

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    She was left alone to raise her three kids. She was doing well until the day the bomb fell. The bomb completely destroyed her house‚ leaving her ruined economically. In order to survive‚ she sold what she could find in her house. Some of those things were kimonos that she highly valued. When she had sold everything she had‚ she took part time jobs as a maid or as a babysitter. She eventually became a seamstress due to the lack of jobs offered to the hibakusha. One day‚ a friend of hers suggested Mrs

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    discusses the importance of women being virgins until marriage and why unengaged men and women sleeping together is inappropriate. Davis states‚ "...by doing this‚ he stole the father’s property and his pride‚ his daughter." He goes on to say‚ "The man ruined the girl’s chance to be married as a virgin bride and gave her a bad reputation." The punishment for committing this crime is that the man has to marry her without being able to divorce her and he must pay the woman’s father double the price of a

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    A Twist of Irony Reflection on Thomas Hardy’s critical exploration of moral issues in ‘On The Western Circuit’ Thomas Hardy’s On The Western Circuit narrates the story of the country girl Anna who madly falls in love with lawyer Charles Bradford Raye on a fair. Raye asks Anna to write him during his travel around the Western Circuit. Anna‚ who can neither read nor write‚ enlists the help of Edith Harnham‚ who recruited her as a housemaid and expresses deep affection for her. Eventually‚ Edith

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    Mrs Dubose - Courage

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    Mrs Dubose In harper lee’s to kill a mockingbird‚ Mrs Dubose is a minor character but has a highly significant impact within the book as a whole; she embodies many themes such as integrity‚ injustice and growing up. And though she was a morphine addict‚ she did free herself from her addiction and in the process she embodied the theme of courage. Mrs. Dubose displays integrity by standing up for her beliefs. She has self-appointed herself as the "manners police"‚ according to the standards she

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    What could cause something this large on America’s economy and people? During the summer of 1929 Americas spending went down‚ Meanwhile stock prices were continuing to rise. On September 20th‚ 1929 the stock market officially crashed. Many lives were ruined. Large proportions of investors were buying on a margin. Buying on a margin means that you work with a broker to take out loans for investments. Leading up to the crash the impending horrors were becoming predictable. The American people raised to

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    SHE THE PRINCESS

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    LINDA [feels awkward] Umm.. Oh okkk [fetches a glass of water and gives it to the stepmother but the stepmother deliberately drops it on the floor] LINDA [astonished] Umm..sor..soorry STEPMOTHER [shouts] CAN’T U SEE U??YOU BLIND GIRL.YOU RUINED MY BRAND NEW JIMMY CHOOS.DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH THEY COST??STUPID GIRL TIARA Ya Linda don’t you have any brains?? SIARA Now go and get something to clean them TIARA-SIARA That’s exactly what you deserve! LINDA b..but you were the one

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    She was a very good person throughout the story until she got to the point where she had to lie to save her own life. She was the maid that replaced Abigail in John’s house. Mary warren used the power of mass hysteria to manipulate all of salem’s thoughts on Mary. Everyone thought that she was a witch because of abigail. Mary decided to blame John Proctor to save her life. Mary blamed

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