The Unexpected Heroine The most fascinating aspect about any given folktale is that each story is somehow passed on to other countries and cultures‚ where the indigenous peoples modify it to make it their own. Even though they are able to add their own flavor to the story‚ the gender roles seem to hold the shape. Usually we see the hero as a male that ventured out to the unknown and by some trial he matures and returns the respected head of the household. Women on the other hand‚ only leave their
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Moll Flanders in Daniel Defoe’s novel is portrayed as a witty feminine heroine of survival and an innocent fallen angel of circumstance‚ rather than the vile and cruel criminals in factual materials in the 18th century. In comparing Moll Flanders with criminals in factual fiction‚ such as Anne Holland and Mary Frith (Moll Cutpurse)‚ there are a lot of resemblances. For example‚ the gender of these characters are all female; the last name Holland and Flanders are both some kind
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1983 collection called The Woman’s Part‚ referencing three books by women authors from the 19th century (an authoritative book‚ Shakespeare’s Heroines by Anna Jameson‚ originally published 1832‚ and two fictional biographies in novel form of two of Shakespeare’s heroines from 1885) conclude that these early critics are "uneasy" when Shakespeare’s heroines behave "unwomanly"‚ and that adaptations of their stories "praise girlish sweetness and modesty in a style that today appears effusive." These
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Name: Erickson Mar T. Castilla Date: Nov. 22‚ 2012 Subject/Section: Engl05-EE Prof.: Aimee Layag Topic: Cebu my hometown Gen. Purpose: To Inform Spec. Purpose: To inform my audience the beauty of my hometown Cebu. Central Idea: The beauty of my home town Cebu are the Whale shark watching and the sceneries that you can see from the mountain top. Cebu is located in central visayas approximately 1 hour from manila via airplane‚ Cebu is known for delicious roasted pork and famous
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‘It’s Not My Fault That It’s Default’ By Georgia Mitchell When you sit down in front of the television on Friday night and think about what you are going to watch‚ you should definitely consider the hilarious British sitcom‚ My Family. This modern day sitcom is based around the lives of an average‚ middle-class English family and their day-to-day experiences. The program is set within an enclosed world which changes between the Harper’s residence and a dental surgery. The funny and opinionated
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as though Jim lost the world and does not care to return to it. At this point‚ the reader begins to pity Jim‚ wanting to comfort him while adding to the setting "in a little room‚ scarcely larger than the bed that held me‚ and the window-shade at my head was flapping softly in a warm wind‚" (Cather 14). Once awaken in his grandparents’
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Willa Cather‚ an American author‚ achieved much recognition on her frontier works. She earned much acknowledgement in her work of My Antonia. Raised on a primitive farm in Nebraska‚ Cather uses her experiences of the landscape to transform the senses of her readers. Cather demonstrates her ability to capture the feeling of the prairie at the end of the “Hired Girls.” (“Presently we saw… somewhere on the prairie.” Page 146-147) Not only is this scene an important image of the moment‚ but the representation
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in my life‚ when I decided to move away from my hometown. I am so thankful for the metamorphosis it created in me‚ and it is my biggest and most significant life change thus far. It taught me about who I am‚ who I want to be‚ and what matters most to me in this world. About three years ago‚ I was miserable with my life‚ and heartbroken. I had gotten out of a horrible relationship‚ and I had also moved back in with my mother at the age of 25‚ because of a bad roommate situation. My mother
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The Nineteenth Century English Novel offers us strong‚ independent heroines‚ but ultimately has them conform to socially acceptable feminine roles’. Do you agree with this statement? By definition‚ a heroine is a woman who would typically encompass the qualities of nobility‚ courage‚ independence and strength. Nineteenth century English women would have struggled to accomplish any of these particular acts of heroism within their social environment as ultimately‚ their roles within civilisation
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Spend a day in my shoes: Spend a day in my shoes‚ the daughter of an abusive father. The night before my first day of high school I lay on my bed watching the clock. With every breath I took‚ my heart sank deeper. New friends‚ new teachers and a whole new beginning. Firm footsteps interrupted my train of thought. They carried an unpleasant feeling. Dense‚ accelerated and increasingly emphatic‚ they were approaching my room. My father busted into my room murmuring to himself. He reeked of smoke
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