Analysis of The Lady’s Maid by Katherine Manssfield Name: The Lady’s Maid" by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) was first published in 1920. The story is told in the first person by Ellen but at the same time meant to be told to “madam.” She has worked as a lady’s maid for the same family for many years. This story expresses regret that this lady had wasted her life on her lady instead of having a real life. The writer Katherine has achieved this through various narrative conventions
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7th Grade You’re the best thing there is. Wherever you go‚ people talk about you‚ especially the cute female ones. In order to facilitate this‚ you sit alone at lunch‚ straining to hear your name in the din around you. You’re shy‚ only speaking when spoken to and moving unobtrusively‚ but you know people notice you. How could they not? Your golden hair stands out in a crowd of darker hues‚ and despite your small stature‚ you are strong from hours on the field and in the pool. If anyone spoke to
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Examine the claim that our environment is ruined by greed. As societies begin to transform and people in many parts of the world grow in affluence‚ many start to view the pursuit of material goods as a worthy goal. Consumers of today have ever-changing preferences in all aspects and are almost never content with what they possess currently‚ always searching for another more technologically advanced gadget‚ or more fashionable handbag. People’s desires for more are seemingly insatiable. Wants are
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Television is undoubtedly one of the most powerful means of communication in the history of the humankind. Television with its wide availability and rich media with image and sound is difficult to ignore. Television is as much a part of our lives as our meals‚ work or school. Television because of its rich media is more attractive to us and takes our much attention to it. Naturally‚ the more time we spend watching TV‚ the less time we have with our family and friends. Now-a-days many people spend
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How Pop Punk Ruins the World Pop punk is a fusion genre of music that combines punk rock with pop elements. It also ruins the world. From Blink-182 to the Offspring‚ this particular genre of music is ultimately destroying life due to several factors. These factors include‚ but are not limited to‚ leather pants‚ smoking cigarettes‚ and the drive to concerts. Many members of pop punk bands often wear leather pants‚ such as Sum 41’s very own Deryck Whibley. Leather‚ generally‚ comes from the hide
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There are approximately 150‚000 migrant domestic workers (MDW) in Singapore and many of them suffer forms of abuse – physical and sexual violence‚ food deprivation‚ confinement in workplace and late or non-payment of salary. In 2011‚ an estimated 4000 MDWs ran away from their employers’ home‚ many of them frustrated‚ overworked and underpaid. (TWC2‚ 2011) The Singapore law doesn’t stipulate a minimum wage or mandatory rest days in contracts for these domestic workers. Instead‚ many initiatives
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President Woodrow Wilson once said‚ “I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country.” When President Wilson uttered these haunting words‚ he was referencing his unfathomable impact on the American nation and the disastrous destruction of the American economy. When Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act‚ an act to base the economy off the Federal Reserves‚ the Stock Market took a turn for the worse. Little did Wilson know‚ when he signed this law‚ it would impact the lives of millions
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Rhetorical Analysis “Has technology ruined our ability to communicate?” by Natalie Bencivenga appears in the premier American news website The Huffington Post. In this article‚ Natalie aims to convince that social media and the new technology such as smartphones have worsened our communication skills. We live in a new era‚ an era in which people communicate with text-messages‚ Facebook‚ Skype and tons of other social networks that connect people. Back in the days‚ there was only the phone‚ letters
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The two short stories that I read were “Young Goodman Brown” written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids” written by Herman Melville. While Hawthorne’s short story revolved around love and adventure‚ Melville choose subjects that were less written about. Writing about the order of the Templar’s and doing what is needed to help a group. The main character left his newly wed wife to go on a journey through the woods to get to the witch trails in
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A Chaste Maid in Cheapside Thomas Middleton wrote A Chaste Maid in Cheapside in 1610‚ which unlike his other plays it was performed in front of a large popular audience. Middleton’s play was considered to be a daring play because of it strongly satirized religion hypocrisy. Middleton takes the sanctity of marriage and creates four comical marriage plots that revolve around one character. The common theme of lying and deceitfulness in the play seems to revolve around the character Sir Walter Whorehound
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