Had there been no Macdonald‚ it’s all but certain there would not be a single Canadian reading this article or others like it‚ never mind raising a celebratory toast to him on the 200th anniversary of his birth on Jan. 10 or 11 (the records of his father and of the local Register Office in Glasgow‚ where he was born‚ differ). That’s because had there been no Macdonald‚ there would have been no Canada for anyone to be a citizen of. Under Macdonald’s leadership as prime minister (1867-1873 and 1878-1891)
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Wonder woman is one of the greatest superheroes of all time. She was conceived as a symbol of loving femininity that would dominate the male instincts towards war and destruction; she does this through empowerment. Wonder Woman acts as a very condensed version of Charles Moulton‚ the creator of Wonder Woman‚ theories on gender and the urges of men and woman. Although misrepresenting his own theory of the humanity for men and women‚ Wonder Woman is the perfect allegory to Moulton’s idea that men
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thoughts throughout the play show her humane side and her ability to recognize her morals. After Macbeth commits the murder of King Duncan‚ Lady Macbeth thinks to herself: "Hark! I laid their daggers ready / He could not miss them. Had he not resembled / My father as he slept‚ I had done’t" (II.ii.16-17). Lady Macbeth was not able to kill Duncan because he resembled her father‚ which shows her more liberal side and her good conscience. The fact Lady Macbeth did not commit the murder herself adds to the effect
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The independent woman. Independence in women has got to be one of the greatest jumps in the history of television. For years in the entertainment industry women have been represented as a subservient service to the husband and children‚ incapable of doing anything great with themselves other then fulfilling their duties as a housewife and mother. Today‚ they are known to be capable of anything. Whether it is being a single mother‚ to being able to provide for herself‚ in pursuit of her dreams
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“Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou is an inspiring poem that relates to women of all ages and races. It’s powerful message of loving one’s body and self is much needed in today’s society. Women today are being bombarded with the ideas that they should be perfect. The media plays a major role on how women perceive themselves‚ and these unrealistic views on beauty and thinness are causing self-destructing behaviors that are harmful to all women. The only way to fix this epidemic is to teach women
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WOMAN TO CHILD: The poem ‘Woman to child’ written by Judith Wright‚ is a strong‚ compassionate and highly significant piece of Writing; this is evident in its close reference to the stages of pregnancy‚ in creating new life. This poem displays the connection and the emotions regarding pregnancy between the mother and the child in each of the four stanzas written. There are many shifts in the tone through out each stanza. In the first stanza‚ when Judith writes “You who were darkness warmed
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Film Review: Woman on Top The film Woman on Top‚ staring Penelope Cruz‚ is a romantic comedy that’s entire plot is built around food. From the start of the film‚ to the climax‚ to the end‚ food plays a major roll in every characters life. The film reinforces societies idea that food has turned into entertainment‚ and it is also become sexualized. There are many articles published as well that concede with societies idea of food today revealed in the movie. The idea as food used only for consumption
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Kandoba at Jajori and the poem is thus against this setting. "An Old Woman" is a graphic picture of a beggar woman. Having lost the promises of her past‚ she is reduced to her present state. As the speaker views her squarely‚ he‚ in a sort of ’revelation’‚ becomes aware of the decay which has set in her person and which is extended to the decaying tradition symbolized by the hills and the temples. Without using many words‚ the old woman forces the narrator to look at her from closed quarters. It is
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The portrayal of women in The Colour Purple has been debateable. Explore the opinions of the two critics and explain your own views of the way Walker presents women in the colour purple. The novel ’The Colour Purple’ has conveyed much argument over the way women are presented. Some have argued that it is of the ’struggle of recovery and revenge’ while others see the marriage of the novel as going beyond plot and character to protest against oppression. Women in the novel are victims of violence as
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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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