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    Compare and contrast how Duffy and Lochhead explore memories Both Carol Ann Duffy and Liz Lochhead provide an exploration of their childhood memories‚ and how these memories have changed and developed with age into analysis of social expectations of men and women in the 1960’s. In Duffys poem Litany and Lochheads poem 1953‚ both poets reflect on their childish perceptions of their parents conformity to social convention. Duffy and Lochhead excellently implement a dramatic monologue

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    We are gathered here today to celebrate Alaska Ann Eaton’s beautiful and extraordinary life. She had a tragic death. Going scuba driving for your 3rd year wedding anniversary and getting attacked by a shark…well that’s extremely tragic. She was an animal person and maybe that’s why she had dolphins surrounding her trying to help rescue her and stop the shark. But that’s the thing about pain‚ it demands to be felt. She always mentioned this one quote‚ “The only to way escape the labyrinth of suffering

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    propelling the idea that an individual can achieve the Dream if only he or she works hard enough for it. On the contrary‚ the ideal of freedom within a capitalist society is an illusion created by those in power to further oppress minorities. Harriet Ann Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Rebecca Harding

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    Shooting Stars By Carol Ann Duffy‚ a critical response. This shows an example of Analysis‚ Evaluation‚ Structure and Expression Date: 29/06/2012 Author Information Uploaded by: Karen Uploaded on: 29/06/2012 Subject: English "Shooting stars" by Carol Anne Duffy is a disturbing and tragically intriguing poem. In the poem‚ Duffy creates a picture of a heroic figure enduring life within a concentration camp‚ in the form of the narrator. This admirable figure tugs at the heart strings of the

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    “Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy "Before you were mine" is a poem written by a daughter about how she imagines her mother ’s life ten years before the daughter was born. The author describes the photo of her mother with two of her friends. They “shriek at the pavement” and seem to be sharing a joke‚ young and lightsome (line 4). She knows that the thought of having a child one day doesn ’t occur to her mother when she was young and had a lot of dreams. Now remembering her own childhood

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    Salome Theme: The themes first introduced are predominantly modern consisting of promiscuity and infidelity. The theme of feminism is first introduced towards the end of the piece when it becomes evident to the reader how much power Salome has over her male counterpart Duffy’s reference to the tale of John the Baptist shows her modernising of the tale as it is subverted to suggest that Salome has had a one night stand‚ thus showing the theme of promiscuity. The story reverts to the original

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    A third lyric that shows this is when Ann Wilson sings‚ “I only want to share it with you.” This means that Ann is trying to prove her loyalty to her significant other. When she uses the verbal technique of pronoun‚ “I” means that it’s very personal‚ this is because the artist is trying to prove her love towards her husband‚ for she still believes that they will get back together. To Ann being loyal is standing by your partner emotionally and physically when needed but most importantly following

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    Ann Marie Plane‚ “Creating a Blended Household: Christian Indian Women and English Domestic Life in Colonial Massachusetts” Plane explored the households of Christian Indian women and those of English colonists. The ideal of a blended household is explained and made clear in her exploration. To clearly define the blended household she explored the fact that English household ideology and native practices disagreed with one another and led very different family‚ marriage‚ household and religious

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    Hispanic American Diversity Tara Ann Goldizen-Rick Axia College of University of Phoenix There are large clusters of Hispanic born Americans across our country. These significant minorities possess similar and different cultural beliefs‚ languages and socio-economic backgrounds that are responsible for a large percent of this melting pot we call the United States. Four of the minority Hispanic cultures being viewed for this paper are; the Mexican‚ Puerto Rican‚ Cuban and Columbian Americans.

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    clear and they swam into it‚ forgetting” (306). This quote shows Gen and Carmen‚ one of the couples in the novel‚ having one of their last moments together in the cupboard. They don’t even want to talk but just kiss. In the novel Bel Canto‚ written by Ann Patchett‚ two different love stories emerge between Roxanne and Mr. Hosokawa and Gen and Carmen. These affairs are similar in which they were fueled by close quarters and the living situation they are in‚ but they are different in many different ways

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