Latina‚ Chinese Immigrant Students Leadership (ChISL) and Youth Advisory Group at Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center). I was selected as a peer mentor in ChISL. With my leadership ability‚ my teammates and I made a short video clip and won the White House AAPI video contest called the “Champion of
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‘A Doll’s House’‚ written by Henrik Ibsen in 1879‚ presents its primary character‚ Nora Helmer‚ as a strong individual who evolves greatly throughout the entirety of the play. In fact‚ as the play progresses‚ Nora challenges the societal views during the time in which it was written and first performed. The Mirror in 1889 said: “‘For whatever one’s opinions of ‘A Doll’s House’ as a play may be‚ there can be no question of its startling unconventionality’”. Throughout the three acts Nora Helmer proves
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The author of the novel “Ragtime” is rather popular American writer Edgar Lawrence Doctorow who was born in the Bronx‚ New York City. He was the son of second-generation Americans of Russian Jewish descent. He published his first literary effort‚ The Beetle‚ in the school literary magazine‚ Dynamo. Young Edgar described his masterpiece as “a tale of etymological self-defamation inspired by my reading of Kafka”. During all his life he was send to the military service‚ than had a wife and 3 children
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‘A Doll’s House’‚ by Henrik Ibsen‚ is a play that was considered so controversial when it was first published‚ in 1879‚ that the playwright was forced to create a second ending to be used when necessary. This was because of Ibsen’s unorthodox stance on the idea of the role of women in society at the time‚ and this concept became one of the main themes of his play. Although this was one of the prevalent notions‚ other significant themes include the unreliability of appearance and the notion of heredity
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“Outcomes of Sublimation” In A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen and Othello by William Shakespeare women were treated as victims of their era due to male dominance. Women in the 16th‚ 18th and 19th centuries were considered inferior to man. They would tackle tasks such as taking care of the household and the children while men were out making the family income. Men did not believe that women were capable of thinking on the same level as them. However‚ the two plays mentioned give us examples of
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Andrew Shepard’s Speech From The American President The last couple of months under Rumson has suggests that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character‚ and although I have not been willing to engage in his attacks on me‚ I’ve been here three years and three days‚ and I can tell you without hesitation; being president of this country‚ is entirely about character. For the record‚ yes‚ I am a card carrying member of the ACLU‚ but the more important question is‚ why
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quote explains how Iago has been getting money from Roderigo. The comparison in A Doll’s House is similar to Shakespeare’s Othello. In A Doll’s House Nora was also being dishonest‚ not trust worthy and was deceiving her husband as it pertains to their finances. Nora had forged her father’s signature to secure a loan to save her family and sick husband financially. Nora’s
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warns the Whites about the paw‚ but they do not listen. At the end they end up getting hurt‚ they start regretting their choice. They start to realize that they did wrong by not listening to Morris. Greed can lead you to consequences and regrets. The Monkey’s Paw is magical and a very old object. “It had a spell put on it by an old fakir‚ a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives‚ and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on
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Truman survived an assassination attempt. A Puerto Rican nationalist‚ Griselio Torresola‚ tried to kill Truman in 1950 when he was staying at Blair House while the White House was under renovation. A White House guard died as he killed one attacker‚ sparing Truman his life. The other attacker was captured. Harry S. Truman made his presidency unforgettable‚ being the only president to drop an atomic bomb. He shaped America’s economy for decades. Harry S. Truman‚ a president who witnessed and was
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The Transformation of a Woman In Henrik Ibsen’s play‚ A Doll’s House‚ the character of Nora Helmer is a woman who undergoes a profound life revelation that results in her becoming a woman with a belief structure and understanding of self that is far ahead of her time. At the beginning of the play‚ Nora thinks as a woman of her era; her identity is formed as her father’s daughter and continued as a wife to Torvald Helmer. At the end of the play Nora “discovers her individuality then walks
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