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    Hirsch did not use rememory as a tool for uncovering Woolf’s work; and her mention of the novelist is brief‚ as are most mentions of Woolf when thinking about “Beloved” or rememory. Instead‚ Hirsch argues that “male intervention” disrupts the mother-daughter relationship of the concept (Hirsch‚ 98). While this argument holds well for “Beloved‚” the applicability of rememory extends beyond

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    Compson’s failure and Mrs. Ramsay’s success curtails to their relationships and attitudes towards their children. Mrs. Ramsay’s selfless and empathetic character‚ truly loves and accepts that “they were gifted‚ her children‚ but all in different ways” (Woolf 27). However‚ Mrs. Compson’s cold and selfish character‚ judges

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    The Female Tradition A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontë to Lessing by Elaine Showalter Review by: Ruth Yeazell NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction‚ Vol. 11‚ No. 3 (Spring‚ 1978)‚ pp. 281-285 Published by: Duke University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1344968 . Accessed: 15/02/2015 09:17 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit

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    To be revealing and provocative‚ the construction of a text must not only challenge conventional roles and values but also intrigue the responder. To what extent have the composers of TWO prescribed texts and one of your own choosing achieved this? In order for a text to remain‚ relevant and intriguing to responders throughout many contexts‚ it must challenge conventional roles and values in a revealing and provocative manner. A role that is vital to human understanding is the concept of gender

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    Air Defense Artillery is a very important part of The United States Army. Air Defense was a great asset during the Battle of Luzon. The 200th Coast Artillery Regiment provided Air Defense on the Islands of the Philippines for the Filipinos and United States Forces retreating. The United States and Philippine forces provided weapon systems and defense layouts for threats that were encountered. This encounter led The United States Army to replace old weapon systems with new weapon systems‚ and

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    ’’When a man is tired of London‚ he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.’’ --Samuel Johnson In "Mrs. Dalloway"‚ Virginia Woolf uses the setting of the city of London to effectively show the vastly different emotional responses of the characters. The city of London‚ in June‚ is the primary location in which three of the novel’s characters are placed; although they inhabit the same period of time‚ they display completely different responses. The protagonist‚ Clarissa

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    Akshit Bhatnagar Student Computer Science and Engineering April 19‚ 2013 Role of Mrs. Dalloway in “Mrs. Dalloway” and effect of social structure on the role Mrs. Dalloway‚ a novel written by Virginia Woolf‚ details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway who is a high-society woman in post-World War I England. Clarissa Dalloway is fifty one year old protagonist of the novel. She is wife of Richard Dalloway and mother of Elizabeth. The novel has described a single day bringing in different characters

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    reality can be issued as well as “The Consciousness of Self” by William James supporting the idea of having more than one self or developing such figures to accustom ourselves to what we are surrounded by day in and day out. Supporter of Gazzaniga‚ Woolf‚ also thinks that we are made of multiple selves‚ if we weren’t than how would one explain how they act around their parents compared to colleagues at work or school. Having one self for a certain group of people and another for a different but with

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    critic explains‚ "Woolf reaches beyond personal relationships to explore man’s wider relation to the Universe" (McNichol 1). In Virginia Woolf’s novel‚ To the Lighthouse‚ the differences in male and female roles are a reoccurring theme that is ultimately answered by one character in her final days at the Ramsey’s home. One of the central motifs in To the Lighthouse is the conflict between the feminine and masculine principles at work in the universe. "Within this symbolic framework Woolf probes the profound

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    A strong essay requires the next three points‚ a strong effect‚ influence on its audiences‚ and is accurate in its historical and cultural contexts. Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence sets these three points better than any other. Proof is the acknowledgement this piece of writing has had over the last two hundred years on an entire country. This essay was effective in its time because it not only proved to be conformed for the elite and highly educated to gain support; it also was able

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