izabeth Bennet The second daughter in the Bennet family‚ and the most intelligent and quick-witted‚ Elizabeth is the protagonist of Pride and Prejudice and one of the most well-known female characters in English literature. Her admirable qualities are numerous—she is lovely‚ clever‚ and‚ in a novel defined by dialogue‚ she converses as brilliantly as anyone. Her honesty‚ virtue‚ and lively wit enable her to rise above the nonsense and bad behavior that pervade her class-bound and often spiteful society
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According to the National Association for Single S ex Education‚ there were only about twelve singlegender classrooms in 2002. However‚ ten years late r‚ in 2012‚ there were more than 500 public school s that offered single sex classrooms in the United States of America. Single sex education is quickl y taking over as the new ‘norm’ in education. Howe ver‚ separating males and females leads to gender stereotypes and inequality between women and men. Even though some students perform better
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The following is a discussion of what the short story "The Standard of Living‚" by author Dorothy Parker‚ suggests about the beliefs‚ dreams‚ and value systems of today’s materialistic society through a satire of the lives of two young American working girls. People are shallow‚ greedy‚ selfish‚ and generally immoral creatures--they were in 1941 (when the story was written) and they still are now. What some people do not accept is that a person’s quality of life is not dependent on their standard
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But for him to be a myth means that I’m a figment of the imagination.” (p. 15) “Her [Sera’s] father‚ like most Italian fathers‚ thinks she’s the Virgin Mary and like most Italian fathers he is dead wrong.” (p. 19) “We grew up in the midst of the snobs of St. Martha’s and discovered that somehow brains didn’t count for much. Money‚ prestige and what your father did for a living counted. If your hair wasn’t in a bob or if your mother didn’t drive a Volvo you were a nobody.” (p. 21) “Purgatory. I hate
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”Every Good Boy” by David Nicholls (2011) Expectations. It’s an odd word. It means that you believe that something will have a certain outcome. It can be either good or bad. Most people tend to forget that though‚ and only associate it with the good things. In reality‚ most expectations don’t have the outcome you want them to. No matter how hard you try to meet everyone’s expectations‚ it isn’t always in the cards for you. It could be that you expect a good grade for your latest essay or that you
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Teachers They take a hand‚ open a mind‚ and touch a heart; they are teachers. They are like candles who consume itself to light the way of others. They are the patient ones‚ the motivators‚ and sometimes‚ the terrors. They can be your worst enemy at times but one thing is for sure‚ they will always be our elder friends whose hearts are always open to help and educate us. In CKCM‚ we have the full blast of teaching force‚ headed by Sister Christy as the high school principal for this school
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In the book An Inspector Calls the character Sheila has more of an impact and changes her views on things. The writer‚ Priestley‚ uses Sheila as someone who helps the audience follow the play by what she says. Act One In Act One‚ Sheila and her family are celebrating her engagement to Gerald Croft. Although Sheila is excited and full of joy‚ she can’t help but wonder why Gerald spent all of last summer avoiding her and blaming it on work‚ as it says on page 3‚ “(half serious‚ half playfully)
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The purpose of this essay is to identify the significant themes in Murmuring Judges by David Hare and to show how these themes have been presented to the audience. David Hare graduated from Cambridge University in 1968; that same year he co-founded the Portable Theatre Company with his friend Richard Bicat. Ironically he was to launch his writing career because the Company was left in the lurch by a playwright just four days before rehearsals were due to start. Hare jumped into the breach and
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George Wickham George Wickham is an important character from Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice. His role in the story is very important because he first leads Elizabeth away from Darcy but ends up pushing her towards him. Without Wickham Elizabeth might not have fallen in love with Darcy. Wickham has a unique appearance and personality‚ a hidden background‚ bad relationships with others‚ and an important role in the story. The reader’s and Elizabeth’s first impressions of Wickham are far from
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Is Holden Claufield a misfit in societyI do think that Holden Claufield is a misfit in society. It doesn’t seem like that is society fault that he is‚ its just the type of person that he is. He describes everyone around him as them being a phony as he likes to describe it. The way Holden cant fit into the society around has drove him to hate it‚ instead of him coming to realize this he just judges other people on the fakeness and dishonesty. Holden even thinks that his own school is hypocritical
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