Biography of Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa) Notes Gertrude Bonnin was the third child of Ellen Tate ’I yohiwin Simmons‚ a full-blood Yankton Sioux. Born in 1876 on a Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and known as Zitkala-Sa (Red Bird) Age 8 she was determined to learn the white man’s ways raised in a tipi on the Missouri River until she was 12 when she went to a Quaker missionary school for Indians (White’s Manual Institute) in Wabash‚ Indiana. Though her mother was reluctant to let her
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Similarly to Gertrude‚ Polonius does not hurt his daughter Ophelia in a direct way. Be that as it may‚ Ophelia becomes more and more depressed as a result of his interventions with Hamlet. Initially‚ Polonius instructs Ophelia to be wary of Hamlet’s love because someone of such a high status cannot love her truthfully. Because of this‚ when Hamlet enters Ophelia’s chamber with his clothes all torn‚ Polonius falsely assumes that this is because Ophelia withheld herself from him. This becomes clear
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Anscombe rejected many forms of ethical conceptions and embedded her own thoughts based of past philosophers. For this reason‚ Anscombe considered many aspects of ethics including‚ virtue‚ psychology‚ intention‚ desire and action (Driver). Based of Anscombe‚ ethics is based on the idea of virtue but because of her Catholic background‚ Anscombe based ethics of divine law. Anscombe believed that‚ “only suitable and really viable alternative is the religiously based moral theory” (Driver). Additionally
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Queen Jocasta is one of Greek mythology’s most ill fated characters. In the beginning of the play‚ Oedipus Rex‚ she and her husband learn that their child is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. So‚in order to save avoid this catastrophe ‚they leave the child out in the wilderness to die. Little does Jocasta know that a kindly herdsman has rescued the child and Baby Oedipus has been adopted by a King and Queen from another state. Years later‚ when Oedipus finally hears the
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father‚ and his duties to the monarchy and his peers. Gertrude suffers the same identity questions through her isolation and also that of her sons. The isolation they experience not only is caused by some sort of tragic event‚ but also provokes many dilemmas in their lives that they both have to work through‚ but it also results in a lot of trouble‚ and heartbreak for more than just themselves. For people who are royalty such as Hamlet and Gertrude‚ it seems as though it would be difficult to be isolated
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play‚ the roles of Gertrude and Ophelia are both memorable. Neither of the women have many lines. However both roles are crucial although very different. Hamlets judgement on his mother’s behaviour following the death of his father greatly influences his subsequent treatment of Ophelia. He regards his mother’s present marriage as an occasion for bestial lust. This causes him to treat Ophelia with disdain and disgust uttering the famous quote ‘Get thee to a nunnery…..’ Gertrude is the catalyst for
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Gertrude Belle Elion The scientist I chose is Gertrude Belle Elion. She is a biochemist and a pharmacologist (Biography.com). She impacted the world of science greatly‚ especially in the area of medicine. She lived until the age of 81 in New York (Nobelprize.org). Gertrude Elion was born January 23‚ 1918 in New York‚ New York (Nobelprize.org). Both of her parents were immigrants at the time (Academy of Achievement). She lived in Manhattan for her early childhood where her father was a dentist.
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Hamlet: Ophelia and Gertrude Ophelia and Gertrude. Two different women who seem to be trapped in the same circumstances in relation to Hamlet. Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s mother and the Queen of Denmark. She is married to the present King‚ Claudius‚ who is suspected by Hamlet to have killed his father‚ King Hamlet‚ who also happens to be Claudius’s brother. Gerturde has somehow ended up in the plot of King Hamlet’s death and in the eyes of her son‚ seems to be a monster and an aide to an adulterating
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The Oedipal Relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude Throughout William Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Shakespeare portrays Hamlet with the same types of behaviors and frustrations in humans that Sigmund Freud saw at a much later date. When the relationship between Hamlet and his mother is analyzed Freud’s oedipal complex theory comes to mind. Sigmund Freud first wrote about his theory in his book An Interpretation of Dreams in 1899. Simply put‚ Freud states that it is normal for children to have sexual
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Gertrude B. Elion was born in January23‚ 1918 in New York ‚ New York. As a child Trudy had a thirst for knowledge. She loved learning new things as the day went on. In the spring of 1933 Trudy graduated high school. Due to her father having problem with money Trudy decided to go to Hunter’s College‚ which was free. She later then got a job as a lab assistant‚ but could not be paid a formal salary. Through out her life she published many papers and help to create the modern world of medicine. She
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