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    Lady Macbeth may be considered to be a modern female role model as her character conforms to the abnormal attitudes of a typical Elizabethan woman. Nevertheless she also presents attitudes of typical behaviour accepted of woman during the period. Firstly‚ discussing how Lady Macbeth is not a modern female role model. It can be acknowledged that Lady Macbeth never really possesses legitimate power of her own. Though it is evident that she does make some decisions on her own and also produces some

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    Sister Flower

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    Sister Flower played a significant role in the narrators life. Sister Flower is described as a being an aristocrat and being a strong lady of her time. She is well-dressed and a better educated women in her community despite the fact that she is black. When the narrator refers to her as "the richest white women in town" you can tell that the author is at awe with Sister Flower. In the essay‚ Sister Flowers presence in the narrators life eases her pain and encourages her to be strong.rarely mention

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    Sklar’s Women’s Rights Emerges within the Antislavery Movement 1830- 1870‚ the Grimke sisters argued for the natural rights of women and slaves. They believed that all humans are moral beings‚ and are entitled to moral nature and rights. Throughout the documents Sarah and Angelina Grimke were not radical‚ but looked to better humanity in America. Their humanistic values urged the sisters to challenge the domestic roles and values that women in the 1800’s were faced with in their homes‚ marriages‚ and

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    Sister Maude

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    Sister Maude In this essay I am going to write about called sister maude. Sister maude is about two sisters who don’t really get along very well‚ also this poet is ambigious becase the poem is unclear the reader does not now how the my dear died or the parents and the my shame‚ also this poem is written in (1830 - 1894) by christina Rossetti. The propse of the poem is to describe how jelousy sisters cuased a death of another. Christina Rossetti uses a range of techniques to show the feelings of

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    The Elder Sister When people are the youngest child‚ they may hold disdain for their eldest siblings because they experience life first and are noticed more for what occurs in their life. Because the eldest child goes head-first into life‚ they are the ones who receive the most reactions and effects. Sharon Olds communicates this theme in the poem “The Elder Sister.” The speaker of the poem is the younger sibling sharing her feelings and thoughts toward her elder sister. She feels jealousy toward

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    separate what makes Sister Flowers so different and special compared to herself and her own life. Marguerite has respect for Sister Flowers for a number of reasons: the way Sister Flowers speaks and uses her grammar‚ the way she dresses‚ the way she carries herself‚ her body shape and even the richness of her skin. Marguerite is pretty embarrassed for her and her grandmother’s sake and in my opinion it shows how much Marguerite would like her grandmother to be more like Sister Flowers. She even goes

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    The Rez Sisters The play The Rez Sisters is written by one of Canada’s most celebrated playwrights‚ Tomson Highway. Highway was born in 1951 in northwestern Manitoba. He went on to study at the University of Manitoba and graduated from the University of Western Ontario‚ with honors in Music and English. Native Literature is inspired by “contemporary social problems facing native Canadians today; alcohol and drug abuse‚ suicide‚ wife battering‚ family violence‚ the racism of the

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    INDIAN ETHOS & VALUES BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY – SISTER NIVEDITA Sister Nivedita Personal Life: Margaret Elizabeth Nobel who is familiarly known as “Sister Nivedita” was born on October‚ 1867 in Ireland. Her parents are Samuel Richmond Noble and Mary Isabel Noble. Her grandfather‚ Mr. John Noble‚ was a priest in a church had brought her up by providing her the feelings of bravery and patriotism since Ireland was fighting for its freedom at that time since she lost her father when

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    Sister Maude’ by Christina Rossetti Learning objectives: AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. AO2: explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. Pre-reading Activity  P A I R  Let’s focus on the word ‘sister’. Think of any fairy tales‚ films‚ books‚ celebrities‚ sports women‚ pop groups‚ songs or television programmes where there

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    Gender Role Stereotypes in “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” The purpose of this work is to analyse how gender role stereotypes are portrayed in the plays: “Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”‚ both written by Tennessee Williams in 1947 and 1955 correspondently. First of all‚ I will define gender role stereotyping and identify some traditional gender role stereotypes. Then‚ I will share the author’s biography in connection to the topic. Last but not

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