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    Life Struggle

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    us if not all would be a lot of trouble or a hand full for her to deal with but my brothers and sisters and I never get into trouble. We may fight and argue with each other but that’s just what kids do. My mother taught us about morals‚ goals‚ and rules‚ along with respect for ourselves and others. Growing up and knowing that I had a father and rarely seeing him made me feel as if he never wanted us and wanted nothing to do with us which made me wonder while he put my mother through all this pain

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    Girl

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    Girl” by Hanif Kureishi The short story written by Hanif Kureishi portrays a typical love story‚ but with complex aspects. Hanif Kureishi is an English author‚ novelist and short-story writer. “Girl” was written in 1999. It revolves about a young woman‚ Nicole‚ who is in a relationship with an older man‚ Majid. A classic cliché‚ young girl falls in love with older experienced man‚ and with that some questions and problems naturally will arise. They are together‚ despite of Majid’s age and

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    (ALL ABOUT MUSIC: The African American Language) Thesis: Music was a means‚ a leverage‚ a shrewd resort; it was for the real Negro who was‚ beneath the melody‚ thinking‚ and planning and advancing. “Communication in song was certainly safer than direct talk” and “slaves could further disguise their message by singing about freedom” (Russell Ames). To understand‚ what was called spirituals‚ a person must understand the language of slaves who song them. The language established by enslaves

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    Elizabeth Bennet Change

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    either too prideful or too prejudiced. Two of these characters take part in their fair share of change during the course of the novel. Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy are the most prominent characters in Jane Austen’s writing career. Furthermore‚ they are two of the most recognizable characters in the entirety of literature. In the same way all people are‚ Elizabeth and Darcy are molded by the events which take place around them. The ultimately noteworthy change in their developments is the way

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    Girl by Jamaica Kincaid “Girl”‚ is a short story by the renowned Jamaica Kincaid; a Caribbean author and poet. The story depicts the instructions of how young girls should conduct themselves in public. Young girl’s duties involve responsibilities such as cleaning‚ cooking as well as societal social behaviors. Kincaid instructs young girls “don’t sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school”. Kincaid also gives clear knowledge to the young girls that are not responsible for learning

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    being harmed. In the play Elizabeth Proctor is married to a man named John Proctor. The audience finds out in the play John Proctor cheats on his wife with a teenage girl named Abigail Williams before the play takes place. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Elizabeth Proctor develops from a powerless woman‚ to a protective wife‚ to supportive wife. In act two Elizabeth Proctor shows the character trait of being powerless women when she is confronted by Mary Warren. Elizabeth says‚ “I couldn’t stop her

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    Michael Ondaatje’s "Elizabeth"� portrays the life of the English Queen Elizabeth I. Ondaatje fuses prose and poetry‚ fact and fiction‚ realism and surrealism. The effect of this fusion creates a high degree of dramatic realism. It illustrates the progression and transition from childhood to adulthood. The Poem opens with a young Elizabeth harvesting apples with her father (King Henry VIII) and Uncle Jack (fictional character); preceded by a trip to the zoo. The atmosphere suddenly shifts from going

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    the novel‚ Elizabeth Bennet. She is the compassionate friend in a family full of drama and mishaps. Aside from being the shoulder in the family‚ Jane’s role serves to contrast that of Elizabeth; she is more of a conformist while Elizabeth plays the rebellious role in the family. She succeeds in displaying the part of a gentle‚ sweet girl to further prove Jane Austen’s satirical point of how women’s lives are mundane and weak in society. Jane’s role of being a confidante for Elizabeth comes naturally

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    in this novel‚ Elizabeth Lavenza‚ Victor Frankenstein’s fiancée‚ to present my finding. In the original and the revised versions‚ the story begins with the letters of Captain Robert Walton to his sister and the narration of Victor Frankenstein to Walton. Victor starts with his family background and early childhood‚ telling Walton about his father‚ Alphonse‚ and his mother‚ Caroline‚ and how they get married. He then goes on describing how his childhood companion‚ Elizabeth Lavenza‚ entered

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    Poetry – Elizabeth Bishop

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    [2013] Poetry – Elizabeth Bishop Aoife O’Driscoll www.aoifesnotes.com Elizabeth Bishop – Brief Biography Elizabeth Bishop was born in Massachusetts in 1911. Her father died when she was a baby‚ and his death caused Bishop’s mother to have a mental breakdown. When Bishop was five her mother was permanently institutionalised and was never reunited with her daughter. Bishop’s maternal grandparents took care of her and she spent her early childhood with them on their farm in Nova Scotia. Bishop

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