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    The book The Zookeepers Wife‚ written by Diane Ackerman‚ tells the true war story of Jan and Antonia Zabinski. The Zookeepers Wife tells the journey of the Zabinski’s throughout the duration of World War II. During this time‚ Jan and Antonia are hiding war refugees in their zoo while also fighting for their own lives in the hopes of not getting caught. However‚ before the Germans invaded Poland and destroyed a large majority of their town the Zabinskis were successfully running their zoo in peace

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    "The Judge’s Wife” Nicolas Vidal is cold hearted that his fate is doomed by a woman. Nicholas Vidal was born with a deformed body that had fo]ur nipples‚ and he had a prophecy to die by a woman. Nicolas was born in a brothel and has no chance for the world‚ so his mother blesses him with a perfect name. He was doomed to die by a woman and so he became a cold hearted man that avoided any emotion towards a woman. His prophecy would be fulfilled when he sees Casilda‚ the Towns Judges wife. This Judge

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    Tutor-marked Assignment D 1. a) The first subject focuses on what it means to be a wife and how the wife relates to the marriage. It also talks about submitting to your husband and the relational positions‚ giving it a more positive outlook towards marriage. The second passage gives a negative outlook‚ focusing on the opposite of marriage-divorce. We know this because we read about the negative emotions that come with a failing marriage such as loneliness and bitterness. b) I think the first

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    2012 “I Want A Wife” by Judy Brady Meaning 1) According to Brady‚ wife is who takes care of every households‚ children‚ and husband. Also person who only works for her children and husband but not herself. 2) In Brady’s word a wife’s responsibilities are take care of the children‚ for example‚ to prepare them for school‚ make sure they are eaten‚ and clean. Also of course another responsibility is to take care of her husband. There are some expected behaviors from a wife. For example‚ when

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    time‚ even in the past abuse like this existed‚ but there wasn’t a term for it‚ especially if it was your wife. Likely you would be told that she’s a little rambunctious or noisy and she will calm down‚ but that may not be the problem. The Wife of Bath in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales can be classified as an abuser by the methods she uses to control her husbands. Emotional abuse is the Wife of Bath’s greatest tool against her first husbands. In the Wife’s Prologue‚ she tells of the accusations

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    In the Canterbury Tales there are many memorable characters throughout the variety of tales. However‚ the most memorable character comes from The Wife of Bath. Here the audience is introduced to the Wife of Bath a woman with a stronger character development than most past female roles in literature. What makes her a controversial character is that she has been married five times and uses biblical scripture in order to strengthen her arguments throughout her spoken autobiography. She is defined by

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    Wife of Bath’s Tale and Wife of Bath’s Prologue When studying the Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Wife of Bath’s Tale‚ both coming from the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer‚ you see a common theme of feminism. Also‚ you get a good sense of the of the anti feminist cultural norms and ideas regarding women in the medieval era. Alisoun‚ The Wife of Bath‚ focuses most upon the common stereotypes of women. These stereotypes include the idea that women only marry into money in order to live a lavish lifestyle

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    The Wife of Bath uses the prologue to explain that what women most desire is complete control over their husbands. Because she has had five husbands‚ the Wife feels that she can speak with authority from this experience‚ and‚ in the prologue‚ she tells how she got the upper hand with each of them. The tale carries this basic thesis that what women truly want is control in their lives. The tale relates to the wife of bath’s own experience with her fifth husband

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    ‘The Drovers Wife’ + ‘In A Dry Season’ Authors such as Henry Lawson use language and other techniques to paint distinctively visual images to shape the meanings of their texts. Using these ideas Lawson creates images based on the struggles of life in the Australian bush. The two short stories ‘In a dry Season’ and ‘The Drover’s Wife’ represent the idea of how hard life in this inhospitable environment can be. Having lived in both the city and the bush Lawson is able to strongly distinguish between

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    task---after all‚ he couldn’t wear wrinkled clothes to his new job‚ could he? Poking fun at the responsibilities involved in marriage is similar to the attitude presented in Judy Brady’s 1971 essay‚ "Why I Want a Wife." In "Why I Want a Wife‚" Brady offers hypothetical criteria for an ideal wife in a satirical commentary on how the work of wives is often taken for granted. The humor of the essay lies in its structure: on the surface it seems to accept the criteria it puts forth‚ while the meaning actually

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