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    Minoan Woman

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    mouth‚ and a visible high arched eyebrow. “Greek artist utilized the elements of perspective‚ foreshortening‚ line drawing and light and shade to create lifelike images in paint.” By contrast‚ and like the Egyptians‚ oversized eyes adorn the Minoan Woman. Similarities between Egyptian and Minoan painting configuration are highlighted in the arrangement of

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    Phenomenal Woman

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    "Phenomenal Woman‚" by Maya Angelou‚ describes herself from her own point of view. It shows us her strong self-confidence when expressing the way she feels personally about herself. She may lead us to think that she does believe to be unattractive when she describes in the poem‚ "Pretty women wonder where my secret lies" (1). "Men themselves have wondered what they see in me" (30). She shows that even though she is not the cute‚ petite women‚ she is beautiful and can attract attention in any circumstance

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    Papago Woman

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    Papago Woman‚ written by Ruth M. Underhill‚ is an ethnography of the life of a native american woman named Maria Chona‚ a member of the Southern Arizona Papago people located right outside of Tucson‚ Arizona on a reservation. Ruth lived among the Papago from 1931 till 1933. She studied the life of the Papago with her main subject an older Papago woman named Chona. She says at one point how she learned amongst these people and Chona‚ “I feel‚ nevertheless‚ that out of all this flurry there came the

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    Jig The Woman

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    The author shows us that a woman’s voice isn’t heard and the woman couldn’t do anything but try to please the man. The author shows this with the mood and dialogue between the man and Jig. The girl ‚ Jig‚ is portrayed as someone that’s powerless and can’t speak up for herself. When Jig mentioned the hills looking like white elephants the guy mentioned “I’ve never seen one” and since the girl agreed with him he rudely replies “ Just because you say I wouldn’t have doesn’t prove anything”. The guy

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    Positive Woman

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    In The Power of the Positive Woman‚ author Phyllis Schlafly sets out to redefine the dogmas of womanhood and introduce the Positive Woman‚ defined as someone who recognizes that women and men are different‚ and that those differences “provide the key to her success and fulfillment as a woman.” Rather than trying to eliminate the degradation of women‚ she claims that these dogmas have the opposite effect and demean women even more. On the contrary‚ Schlafly argues that these same differences some

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    Woman Running

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    be disorganized at first glance. However‚ when you take a closer look you can first see a woman running. The women appears to be the figure-ground of the poster‚ because it is generally the first things that grabs the audience’s attention. You can see the women running on the well-known cancer ribbon weaving from one side of the poster to the other‚ looking almost like a path. Another way to look at the woman running‚ is as though she’s running towards the city of Des Moines. The pink and white lines

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    Old Woman

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    Speech Situation: The poet recalls a visit to an old couple; the old woman is helpless‚ and dying slowly. It is clear from the description that she has no quality of life. She is cared for by her husband who prays for her release from this life. Significance of the title: no definite article emphasises the universal nature of the experience Degradation of the old woman as this suggests she needs help. Simply eating to stay alive. Animal connotations. Simile – like an old horse. Useless

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    The Woman in Black

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    Unit 2 response to a live performance – The Woman in Black On Thursday the 28th February we went to see a production of The Woman in Black at York Theatre Royal. The Woman in Black is a thriller‚ which was taken from the novel by Susan Hill. It was about a solicitor who is sent to look at the legal documents of an old lady who has recently died in a large house. When the man checks the documents he is locked in and haunted by the spectral "woman in black" and slowly uncovers the horrific secrets

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    Is No Unmarked Woman”‚ Deborah Tannen explains it best through the statement that “There is no unmarked woman” (Tannen 412). No matter what hairstyle‚ clothes‚ shoes‚ or style a woman may choose to wear‚ every one of her decisions will convey a meaning to the public. “If a woman’s clothing is tight or revealing…it sends a message…If her clothes are not sexy‚ that too sends a message…” (Tannen 412). There are even instances where the clothes are not the cause of criticism‚ for a woman may be criticized

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    Ordinary People (1980) tells the story of the Jarrett’s‚ an upper-middle class family in Illinois‚ following the death of the eldest son‚ Buck‚ in a boating accident. It depicts what might happen to a family when a tragedy unexpectedly happens. The boating accident disrupted the Jarrett family’s normal developmental flow and inevitably produced relationship changes within the family system. While watching the film‚ the audience begins to understand that the boating accident was so disruptive and

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