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    “in protecting her husband she betrays her sons” Do you feel this is a fair assessment of kate? The character of Kate has a central role‚ in this play by Arthur Miller‚ because the story is about her family and set in the mundane arena of her back garden. Kate is the wife of the main protagonist and her actions affect her sons‚ her husband and future daughter in law. Kate is a woman of enormous maternal love‚ which extends to her neighbors’ children George and Anne. Despite her instinctive warmth

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    Boudicca and Her Revolt

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    while Suetonius was occupied with this (attack on druids at Mona- modern day Anglesey) he received reports of the sudden revolt of the province. Tacitus: Prasutagus made Caesar his heir together with his two daughters hoping this deference would save his family and kingdom from harm. Tacitus: the result of this outrage (Rome ignoring Prasutagus’s will) and fear of worse to come the Iceni took up arms. Tacitus: the Trinovantes too were roused to rebellion. Their Bitterest hatred was towards veteran

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    so the bust was shipped as part of Germany’s portion. A single‚ poor photograph was published in an archaeological journal and the bust was given to the expedition’s funder‚ Jacques Simon‚ who displayed it for the next 11 years in his private residence. In 1922 British Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered King Tut’s tomb. A flurry of international attention followed‚ and the image of Tut’s solid gold funerary mask was soon a global symbol of beauty‚ wealth and power. A year later the Nefertiti

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    PARTS OF SPEECH: ADJECTIVES WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE?  An adjective is a word that describes a noun (person‚ place‚ thing‚ or idea). Adjectives help us communicate our ideas more precisely and artistically. By knowing how to identify adjectives‚ we can avoid problems such as sentence fragments‚ excessive wordiness‚ and adjective/adverb mix-ups.  Adjectives are far too numerous to name‚ but here are some examples: blue‚ cold‚ ancient‚ frustrating‚ dark‚ stormy‚ delighted‚ afraid‚ hairy‚ stressful

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    Bernice Bobs Her Hair

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    Margarie who appears to be perfect from the outside‚ has her act down to a tee. Everything is thought out from what she says‚ to what she wears‚ is thought out. Bernice decides to confront Marjorie in the kitchen the morning after hearing her lash out about her to her mother. The reader has insight to how shocked Marjorie will be after realizing she is caught when Fitzgerald sets up the scene with "Bernice paused before she threw her hand-grenade". Marjorie is trapped and Bernice ’s words

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    and Her Doctor” “Between a Woman and Her Doctor” by Martha Mendoza is the author’s personal experience of a complex abortion while dealing with the difficulties of legal disputes and limited medical assistance during an emotional time in her life. Mendoza uses the expressive purpose as she writes her story to express her depressing and frustrating feelings she has during the death of her child as well as the challenging time as she tries to obtain a dilation and extraction procedure. Her secondary

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    Case Study: Why Her?

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    Why Her? One of the most important things in life is our health. Most people are born healthy and don’t give a second thought about caring for their body during their daily lives. However‚ some people struggle with a daily reminder that having a healthy body is a privilege that many of us take for granted. Every time I visit my uncle’s house‚ I am reminded of how precious our health is when I see my cousin‚ Noor‚ and the struggles she lives with. I vividly remember the day I became aware that Noor

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    “Bernice Bobs Her Hair” Have you ever at one time or another felt like an outsider? Many people do‚ trying desperately to fit in with their social counterparts. Whether it be in school‚ at work‚ or life in general‚ many yearn to be accepted by their peers and feel as though they are a part of some sort of “club” that is viewed by others as the “in” crowed. F. Scott Fitzgerald tries to express this turmoil with the short story “Bernice Bob’s Her Hair”

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    All the Years of Her Life by Morley Callaghan and A Handful of Dates by Tayeb Saleh‚ the protagonists evolve throughout the story because of the actions of secondary characters. Although‚ the way each character develops is dependent on the circumstances of their story. To begin‚ family members are catalysts for the evolution of the protagonists. In All the Years of Her Life‚ Alfred Higgins realizes that he must change his ways and become mature because of the effect his actions have on his mother

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    Triantafyllo and her roses. Soon after the Iron Age Triantafyllo started to get curious on what the humans were up to. She had started to watch these inferior beings from up above for centuries and couldn’t help but take a fancy to the flowers. Her intentions on Earth were pure; to create and plant a brand new flower. She begged and pleaded her mother and father to let her join the mortals just for a little while‚ she promised she wouldn’t make a fuss and no one would suspect she was a goddess. Her mother

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