My life changed the day I saw my babysitter play her violin. In the exact moment the sound of the violin traveled from her fingertips to my nine-year old ears‚ I had instantly fallen in love with the little wooden instrument. I was completely mesmerized by how only four strings could produce so many different tones and how the vibrato made the notes come to life. This was the moment that I decided I needed to learn how to play the violin. I received a cheap violin for my birthday and started taking
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speaking her mind through art Within her short life‚ Frida was slightly crippled from polio‚ she also suffered from a street car accident and was left infertile. Her work was influenced by traumatic events and from her pain she created art. Many of her paintings were self-portraits‚ and the way she painted and the things she depicted liberating and interesting for many women’s . She was an intelligent woman in a society that wanted women to be pretty‚ submissive wives and mothers. Her struggle
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integral part of her ascension to prominence and power‚ providing her with the means with which to carry out her ambitions and machinations. Tacitus stated that Agrippina’s “passion to acquire wealth was unbounded”. This is indeed indicative of the general consensus of ancient sources toward her‚ with greed‚ manipulation and ambition forming the central tenets of her character. Her marriages played a central role in fulfilling her idealistic goals‚ in the process‚ propelling her into the public
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mom didn’t want to see her. It’s emotionally hurting. I know how she feels‚ how they feels. Mom is hurting too. But I knew her. She will never show her weaknesses to others. On the other side‚ Ate is hurting. She is emotional because she is pregnant. That’s why I just supported her. I tried to make her smile every day I’m going to their home. Yes‚ I’m visiting them without mom knowing it. I’m bringing her a piece of mango every day‚ or sometimes oranges‚ or an apple. I want her to be healthy for the
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Although the theme of Susan Glaspell’s "Jury of Her peers" is about the ultimate fate of Minnie Wright‚ the central story line is about a key character that determines Mrs. Wright’s fate. Mrs. Hale’s influence to the story is almost accidental because she unintentionally stumbles upon evidence that links Minnie to the murder. She never had the intent to find evidence against Minnie‚ she was just there to pack up a few things for her and be done with it. Her curiosity and wonder arose when she found certain
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Macomber‚ in the car‚ had shot at the buffalo with the 6.5 Mannlicher as it seemed about to gore Macomber and had hit her husband about two inches up and a little to one side of the base of his skull" (28)‚ but what makes a wife shot her husband? In the story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Ernest Hemingway‚ one of the most scandalous moments occurs when Mrs. Macomber shoots her husband‚ Francis‚ leaving the reader to ponder upon if the murder was intentional. Throughout the story‚ Hemingway
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Brooklyn‚ although both of Francie’s parents encourage her pursuit of education‚ Francie only understands Johnny’s blatant tenderness‚ which is shown once in the delivery of his flowers at her graduation long after his passing‚ and does not appreciate Katie’s concealed care for how much she values Francie’s education because Katie never verbally expresses her thoughts and feelings towards it. Francie is unaware of Katie’s support towards her education because Katie never shows it‚ but only shows
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Katniss Uses Her Moral Compass in The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen is the main character of The Hunger Games. She seems like the one who will be dead during The Hunger Games‚ but she is miraculous becoming the winner of The Hunger Games. Katniss presents herself as a practical person of action who just wants to survive The Hunger Games. She always reflects on the good nature of other people while she is very critical of herself. But in fact‚ she makes the most ethical decision every time. She uses
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"Her Big Chance" is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett. Her big chance is in a series of programmes called Talking Heads. Talking Heads are all programs about a person talking about an event in their lives and they were all written in 1980’s and are set in the 1980’s. Alan Bennett was born in Leeds‚ Yorkshire. He grew up there and was educated there. He grew up in an ordinary family with an ordinary life. Allen Bennett has used many techniques to make Lesley seem real. He makes Lesley
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Lamb to the Slaughter and A Jury of Her Peers‚ women felt victimized‚ and killed their husbands. While they both took action for a different reason‚ those actions yielded the same result: a dead man‚ a guilty woman‚ and a criminal investigation. It seems that‚ based on the ending of A Jury of Her Peers‚ neither one of them will be caught or punished for their actions‚ because both women refused to admit to their crime. Mary Maloney (Lamb to the Slaughter) left her dead husband and went to the grocery
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