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    The Beautifying First Lady It was addressed at a convention by Lady Bird Johnson that‚ “The job really requires thoughtful interrelation of the whole environment… and that‚ of course‚ only begins with trees and flowers and landscaping.” Claudia Alta Taylor‚ mostly known by her nickname Lady Bird‚ always had wonderful encounters with nature. As a little girl‚ she was very lonely in her time of play. Because she had no one to associate with‚ Lady Bird would often go into the forest to smell the aroma

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    Lady Macbeth

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    cruelty…” This is the scene where Lady Macbeth shows that she needs to find the manpower inside her to able to betray the King. This quote shows that Lady Macbeth is truly evil as she is asking spirits to grant her the strength to hide her guilt and go through with her plan without any hesitation. One the other hand though‚ it also means that deep inside her‚ she isn’t how she’s acting because she asking spirits for this privilege. This quote proves that Lady Macbeth is the person who started Macbeth

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    Portrait of a Lady

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    First written in the 1880s and extensively revised in 1908‚ The Portrait of a Lady is often considered to be James’s greatest achievement. In it‚ he explored many of his most characteristic themes‚ including the conflict between American individualism and European social custom and the situation of Americans in Europe. James proclaimed that “The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent reality.” Plot was for him but the extension of character. The novel must

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    One should not stop going for what they want. Through the struggles and obstacles being thrown at two people who are in love but the others may not be able to see it‚ they will always find a way back to each other. This book demonstrates the hardship two young people who are in love to find a way to each other even though at the time‚ interracial dating was not very common and looked down upon. During the Japanese internment in WWII‚ Henry‚ who is a first-generation Chinese American‚ went to an

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    Lady Mary

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    In the piece written by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu‚ she writes a letter to her daughter on how she believes her granddaughter should be educated. Lady Montagu discusses how knowledge affects a woman’s life in that time period. She also discusses how she feels a woman should be educated. In order to effectively communicate her views she uses rhetorical devices. “True knowledge consists in knowing things‚ not words.” Lady Montagu wants her granddaughter to “read books in their originals.”

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    Lady Lazarus

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    Throughout the poem‚ Plath uses metaphors about the Holocaust to illustrate Lady Lazarus’s pain and suffering‚ and this may provoke sympathy in the reader. She decribes Lady Lazarus’ foot as a “paperweight” and her face is “featureless fine Jew linen” which may connote the narrator’s feelings of being heavy and undistinguishable from those around her. The poem may be an extended metaphor for depression. If the character’s foot is a “paperweight” then it would be difficult to move‚ and Plath may be

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    Sweet Charity‚” directed by Miriam Mills‚ had its first showing. “Sweet Charity” is a play that is conceived‚ staged‚ and choreographed by Bob Fosse. The play is about a woman named Charity who works as a hostess at a dance hall called The Fandango Ballroom. Charity is first seen as she is pushed into a lake by her boyfriend. She talks to her friends‚ Helene and Nickie‚ at her work about her boy troubles. We see Charity next meet a famous actor‚ Vittorio Vidal‚ who after getting into a fight

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    visionary in the fight for the equal rights of women. Her original ideas and insight provided a new and more intelligent way to view females. Pizan’s work‚ The Book of the City of Ladies‚ provided women much needed guidance in how to survive without the support of a man. It is Christine’s literary work The Book of the City of Ladies that is most intriguing to contemporary readers. Christine was the first woman writer to possess the ability to identify and address the issues of misogyny in the literature

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    Lady Macbeth

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    Gallagher ENG3UI January 8 2015 Lady Macbeth’s tragic downfall Throughout Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth goes through a lot of stress and dramatic events which lead her originally ascendant attitude to worsen into insanity. It begins with a strong desire for power and evil schemes. Leading to murder‚ calling upon demons‚ sleepwalking and hallucinations. Some of the first signs of insanity shown by Lady Macbeth is her strong desire for power. In the first act‚ the 5th scene‚ the lady has just received a letter

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    Bag Lady

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    “Bag Lady” Life’s ups and downs come to all walks of life. When life gives you lemons‚ make lemonade. Baggage in life comes in all forms. Time heals all things‚ but people have to let go of the baggage in their lives that keeps them from moving on. They hold the keys to the doors in their lives and no one can turn the key but them. In the song “Bag Lady”‚ Erykah Badu gives a wake up call for women to know what bags to hold on to‚ what bags to let go of‚ and what bag has the ticket for the bus

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