You are what you say The essay‚ " you are what you say " is written by Robin Lakoff‚ a Professor of Linguistics at University of California. She has explicated her view on how English language has functioned to revile and debase women‚ why women are thought to be juvenile‚ dependent and frivolous species. Certain views which makes fair sex less thriving than men. The subject is of great interest as it illustrates that women only say what they mean‚ but what they say is inferred by men in a pejorative
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Act 1 Study Guide 1. What do the witches in Scene 1 inform the readers? 2. In Scene 2‚ what does Duncan order Ross to do? 3. In Scene 3‚ why does Shakespeare most likely have the witches speak in rhyme instead of blank verse? 4. How does Macbeth show his ambition and curiosity about becoming king in Scene 3? 5. Duncan says to Macbeth‚ “Would thou hadst less deserved‚” in Scene 4‚ line 18. What does he mean by this? 6. How does Lady Macbeth know that Duncan is coming to
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When you chance the way you look at things‚ the things you look at change. The most fundamental and mayor decision you have to make in your life is this: Do I live in a friendly or A hostile universe? Is it the universe‚ where people want to hate each other‚ kill each other. Is that what you see? Because when you see the world that way‚ that is exactly what you create for yourself. The interesting thing is that this is not just a clever play of words: When you change the way you look at
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moments to a few hours of television and it is hard to miss a reality show which on almost any channel. If they were to pause on one of these shows they might not know it but they would bettering themselves on a personal level. Based on the ideas of Steven Johnson the average person could learn a thing or two from reality TV. In his article called‚ “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” Johnson states that; "For decades‚ we’ve worked under the assumption that mass culture follows a path declining steadily
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The question “Can dieting make you fat”? The answer that many have a hard time believing or do not clearly understand is YES dieting can in fact cause a person to gain weight. If an individual is on a mission to lose weight there are instructions that one must take in order to be produce successful results. Exercising‚ medical health check up‚ taking vitamins‚ consistency‚ discipline‚ and understanding how the human body works with exercising are very important to know before beginning
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rarely makes me clean something. On the contrary‚ sometimes she suggests not doing housework when there are more important things to do‚ but I have it my own way and spend at least 1-1‚5 hours on cleaning. Nobody would believe it‚ but I just love everything‚ connected with tidying up. Being busy and not able to wash the floor or do the dishes really bemads me and ruins my good mood. Cleaning the house or putting something in order and getting the desirable results out of it is basically what makes
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Can money buy you happiness? Money would probably be on the top of everyone’s list of things they desire‚ along with other things that only money could buy‚ but does that mean that money will make you happy? Happiness cannot be found in inanimate objects such as a new car or a huge house if you have no one to share it with. Money can lead to lots of lovely things and great opportunities but it can induce greed in a person‚ it’s like most things if you have too much of it all you want is more. It
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Does chocolate make you clever? By Charlotte Pritchard BBC News Eating more chocolate improves a nation’s chances of producing Nobel Prize winners - or at least that’s what a recent study appears to suggest. But how much chocolate do Nobel laureates eat‚ and how could any such link be explained? The study’s author‚ Franz Messerli of Columbia University‚ started wondering about the power of chocolate after reading that cocoa was good for you. One paper suggested regular cocoa intake led to improved
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beneficial in society. How video can video games improve our society? Did you ever have a problem with your parents because of playing video games? Did you feel bad because they don’t understand the way you are thinking? That remind me of what happened to me last weekend‚ I was playing a video games after I finished my tasks which make my parents saying “Could you stop play this games like a kid and use your free time in something helpful? And they never tried playing video games. There are
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What Would You Do If You Won the Lottery If I won the lottery‚ the first thing I would do is go to my bank and put the money in my savings and invest it. Then I could add to it and be even‚ more rich. One thing I wouldn’t do is tell somebody‚ because they would tell somebody‚ then everyone would want my money. After I would have put it in the bank‚ I would spend some of it on a white‚ GTI Volk’s Wagon. German engineering‚ you can’t beat it. I think and dream about this car. I would
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