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    Maggie & Sister Carrie

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    Comparison: Maggie – Girl of the streets & Sister Carrie Thesis: Portrays of two naturalistic female characters Maggie and Sister Carrie …..The escape of two women – failure or success? Introduction: I have chosen to have a look at Maggie – Girl of the Streets and Sister Carrie‚ to compare and see if_________(thesis). Shortly about naturalism and naturalistic characters…: - Naturalistic works exposed the dark harshness of life - humans are “human beasts” (Emile Zola)

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    Sisters‚ directed by Jason Moore‚ was released on December 18‚ 2015 and is rated R because of the intense sexual content‚ language‚ and drug use‚ therefore receiving a 6.4/10 rating (“Sisters”). In this movie‚ two sisters discover that their parents are selling their childhood home and try to convince them and to keep it. Kate Ellis (Tina Fey) is a hotheaded hairdresser who cannot keep a job‚ house‚ or her daughter. Maura Ellis (Amy Poehler) is a responsible aunt who takes care of Kate’s daughter

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    Bumanglag‚ Amleth Lyn C. March 12‚ 2011 MAT-ELA Anglo-American Literature FALLEN WOMAN IN THEODORE DREISER’S SISTER CARRIE Introduction One might think that Sister Carrie is a love story‚ but rather it is a story of greed‚ declining morality‚ and selfish desires. All central characters are products of a changing economy—decline of agriculture and rise of industry in late nineteenth century. Theodore Dreiser significantly sets the story in Chicago (1889) and later to New York of which

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    Trans-Sister Radio is about a newly divorced schoolteacher‚ Allison Banks‚ who falls in love with the man who teaches a summer course in which she attends. Dana Stevens‚ the professor she loves‚ is not exactly what he seems from the outside; this well-manicured‚ gentle-faced man is in actuality a woman and he is facing an upcoming sex change. Allison’s daughter Carly and her ex-husband‚ Will‚ try to deal with her new “beau” as best they can. Also it defines the struggles Dana has gone through with

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    Seven Sister States From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For the book by Aglaja Stirn and Peter Van Ham‚ see The Seven Sisters of India. The Seven Sister States of India The Seven Sister States are a region in northeastern India‚ comprising the contiguous states of Arunachal Pradesh‚ Assam‚ Meghalaya‚ Manipur‚ Mizoram‚ Nagaland‚ and Tripura. The region had a population of 38.6 million in 2000‚ about 3.8 percent of India ’s total. There is great ethnic and religious

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    Commentary on The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (This commentary is based on the extract from the play by Chekhov‚ A. (translated by Chernomordik‚ V). The Three Sisters‚ Grove Press‚ New York‚ pp 66-68. The extract starts with “Well. They are saying we should take up a subscription” and ends with “don’t you think? It’s not right.”) The above passage is a dialog extracted from the third act of Chekhov’s play The Three Sisters. The work was written In Russia in the year 1900. This was during

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    Dreiser’s Sister Carrie First novel by Theodore Dreiser‚ published in 1900‚ but was on hold until 1912. Sister Carrie tells the story of a rudderless but pretty small town girl who comes to the big city filled with vague ambitions. She is used by men and uses them in turn to become a successful Broadway actress‚ while George Hurstwood‚ the married man who she later gets married to in the has run away with her from Chicago loses his grip on life and descends into beggary and suicide. Sister Carrie

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    Butterflies‚ the Mirabal sisters show just how strong sisterly bonds can truly be. Even though the sisters do not openly show their gratitude for one another‚ they all indeed have something in common. The sisters overcome many obstacles throughout the novel‚ but to overcome any obstacle‚ one has to have courage in oneself and others. In order for the sisters to be able to achieve their goals they have to be able to have faith and trust in one another so that the Mirabal sisters can each be courageous

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    Saadawi‚ Zabeth in A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul‚ The Mirabal sisters in A Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa‚ and Zaynab in Karnak Cafe by Naguib Mahfouz all struggled for freedom against their oppressive environments. Nefissa struggled in obtaining her freedom in Egypt where men told women how to behave. Zabeth struggled in her journey through the harsh physical environment of Africa to provide goods for her village. The Mirabal sisters fought against the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican

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    lens of four courageous sisters pushing reformations for all. Living as a prosperous farming family in the city of Ojo de Agua in the Dominican Republic from 1930 to 1960‚ the Mirabal family was privileged enough to have four strong-headed daughters named Maria Theresa‚ Minerva‚ Patria‚ and Dede. The sisters were lucky enough to be given an excellent education from attending the Colegio de Inmaculada Concepcion‚ or the school

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