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    Arden with a band of faithful lords. Rosalind‚ his daughter‚ is kept uneasily at court as a companion to her cousin Celia‚ Frederick’s daughter. Orlando de Boys‚ the youngest son of the late Sir Rowland de Boys‚ has been kept in poverty by his brother Oliver since his father’s death. Orlando decides to wrestle for his fortune at Frederick’s court‚ where he sees Rosalind and they fall in love. The Duke banishes Rosalind‚ fearing that she is a threat to his rule. Celia‚ refusing to be parted from her

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    other characters. The two main characters that are pretending to be someone other than themselves are Celia and Rosalind. In act 1 of the text Rosalind is banished from the court of the duke and decides to seek upon her father in the forest of Arden. Rosalind and Celia decide to disguise themselves‚ Celia as a country girl named Aliena and Rosalind as a young man named Ganymede. Rosalind and Celia are unaware of the consequences that occur from having disguises. A consequence of Rosalind’s male

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    Rosalind Franklin

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    Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Franklin was born on July 25‚ 1920 in Notting Hill‚ London. Franklin was born into an influential British-Jewish family. She was the oldest of four children. Her two loving parents‚ Ellis Arthur Franklin‚ and Muriel Frances Waley took in two Jewish children from Nazi Germany to live in their house. A woman whose father had been sent to Buchenwald was taken in as well and shared a room with Rosalind. Her father set up an organization for orphaned and homeless German-Jewish

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    CELIA‚ A SLAVE. A MIRROR TO SLAVERY AND INJUSTICE? A critical overview Celia‚ a Slave was a factual interpretation of one isolated incident that depicted common slave fear during the antebellum period of the United States. Melton A. McLaurin‚ the author‚ used this account of a young slave woman’s struggle through the undeserved hardships of rape and injustice to explain to today’s naive society a better depiction of what slavery could have been like. The story of Celia illustrates the root of

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    Celia‚ a Slave was a factual interpretation of one isolated incident that depicted common slave fear during the antebellum period of the United States. McLaurin used this account of a young slave woman’s struggle through the undeserved hardships of rape and injustice to explain to today’s naive society a better depiction of what slavery could have been like. The story of Celia illustrates the root of racial problems we still face in our society. Although not nearly as extreme‚ we continue to live

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    The author‚ Melton Alonza McLaurin‚ wrote Celia‚ A Slave with the purpose to inform the audience of the treatment of slaves and how little rights they had. The story emphasizes Celia‚ the main character‚ who was sexually abused by Mr. Newsom‚ her master. She ended up mothering two of his children and one more child that is questionably his or another slave’s child. After 5 years of this behavior‚ she threatens him to stop. After the warning she accidentally murders him‚ with the intention only to

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    Celia‚ a Slave is the epitome of the relationship between slaves and their owners and also the slaves and other whites in the 1850’s. This is based on her interactions with her owner Robert Newsom and her reactions mainly with the community involved in her court case. These relationships affected more so the women slaves rather than the men slaves because of their weaker nature as perceived by the sexual differences of the time period between men and women in general. Slavery is questioned by the

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    Rosalind Franklin

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    Rosalind Franklin 	Rosalind Franklin lived during an exciting and turbulent era both socially and scientifically. Upon passing the admission examination for Cambridge University in 1938‚ at fifteen‚ Franklin was was informed by her affluent family that she would not receive financial support. Franklin¡¯s father disapproved of women receiving college educations‚ however‚ both Franklin¡¯s aunt and mother supported her quest for education. Eventually‚ her father gave in and agreed to pay

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    Celia, A Slave

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    Celia‚ a Slave In the summer of 1855‚ a slave named Celia committed a crime that would test the laws and precedents placed on slaves in Missouri during this time period. Celia was only fourteen when purchased by a slave owner‚ Robert Newsom in 1850. Five years after being purchased‚ she murdered her owner in self-defense because he tried to rape her. Throughout the 1800’s‚ slaves had few rights‚ if any at all. Celia‚ A Slave brings up many questions about these rights because of the controversy

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    Celia behind me

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    Characterization - Celia behind me “Celia behind me” is a Canadian short story published in 1984. Nine-year-old Elizabeth is the narrator and main character of the story. Elizabeth is a very insecure girl with a low self-esteem. She is afraid of being bullied and therefore she bullies Celia to protect herself and her reputation. In addition to that‚ she is aware of the real state of things because she knows that if it was not for Celia‚ she would be the next victim. This fear results in victimization

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