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    In The Monstrous-Feminine Barbara Creed introduces a revolutionary view of the representation of female characters in literary work of arts by attempting to challenge the notion that women are rather victims than terrifying‚ independent and self-conscious protagonists. That is why‚ in the focus of the book‚ there are those female figures who are not willing to be victimized but dare to fight for themselves‚ hence they do not need the help of strong masculine figures. The writer applies psychoanalytic

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    Jayanthi 1! Sishir Jayanthi Mrs. Eve Itaya H. English 10 P.2 14 February 2015 Mental Deterioration Shakespeare uses the motif of mental deterioration to convey the point that achieving one’s ambitions through malicious deeds can cause psychological collapse. Psychological deterioration through wrong doings is first evident before Macbeth murders Duncan. “Is this a dagger I see before me” (cite). Macbeth questions himself‚ before he is about to kill Duncan; it could be interpreted that whilst the

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    criteria‚ JJ Bean Inc. maintains a clear mission statement in order to identify itself in the coffee industry. As it introduces its mission statement through its business story that “We believe people have intrinsic value and seek to honour our coffee producers‚ our staff‚ and our customers by only serving the freshest‚ best tasting coffee possible.”‚ it guides that JJ Bean

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    Strategy Recommendation STR/581 November 6‚ 2011 Strategy Recommendation for L.L.Bean Founded in 1912‚ L.L.Bean‚ located in Freeport Maine‚ is a global company with annual sales of $1.5 billion. In order for L.L.Bean to remain a profitable private retailer of men’s‚ women’s and children’s clothing‚ indoor furnishings‚ and outdoor gear for the avid outdoorsman‚ the company needs to continually reinvent themselves to stay ahead of the competition. L.L.Bean has remained profitable with only one

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    Symbol of Love

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    Love In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows‚ Harry‚ one of the main characters‚ was able to notice through multiple events that love is an aspect that is needed in every human being. The book shows that love is when someone cares deeply for someone else‚ and he or she puts that person’s well being before his or her own. As Hermoine‚ another main character‚ and Harry‚ looked on Kendra and Ariana Dumbledore’s grave in Godric’s Hollow‚ there was a quote signifying that wherever your

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    Symbols In The Crucible

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    “What is a crucible?” Why does the author choose to name this play The Crucible? However‚ two definitions of the word can apply to the play The Crucible‚ which could mean “a severe test” or could also mean a piece of laboratory equipment used to heat chemical compounds to very high temperatures or to melt metal. The symbolism is very clear here because the village of Salem was actually a very strict community‚ which kind of ties in with a crucible because the people were accused of witchcraft in

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    Symbols In The Lottery

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    Symbolism In “The Lottery” Everyone in the world has or will experience the death of best friends or loved ones. No matter what anyone does‚ they can’t overpower death. Our world is full of it‚ whether it is natural death‚ killing‚ or even suicide‚ and the town in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is not any different. In this short story one person is brutally murdered every year just so they possibly will have a good harvest. The Villagers pull slips from a black box and the one that picks the

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    " I don’t believe that one is born compassionate. Compassion is not character trait like a sunny disposition" - Barbara Ascher Aschen is saying that compassion is not something granted like a disposition. Indeed‚ compassion must be learned. Learned in response to the world surrounding us. It is obvious that a kid’s perception of the people and things around him will be altered if it’s parents don’t show respect to the homeless or the orphan. Education plays an important part. Such as a yorkshire

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    Barbara Baynton in her series of short stories Bush Studies‚ has an imagined view of life in England. She portrays the bush as a dark and evil place to reside. She places England at the top of her psychological and social hierarchy. She views the lifestyle there to be safer and more acceptable. Baynton places Australian society below that of England. She does this due to the fact that at the time of writing Australia was only a new fledgling country and it didn’t have the predetermined social order

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    Write a critical appreciation of Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Lacuna”. Barbara Kingsolver’s extract demonstrates a key number of themes relating to the divide between the land and the sea‚ personifying the fish in the sea and dehumanising the people on land‚ pushing the boundaries between both worlds. The comparisons between the fish and the humans reflect society as a whole and the problems that plague us. The underlining theme that essentially becomes the most important in the given extract is that

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