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    authority of the king and creates a home of ecology around her kingship that described her as a divine birth‚ the way the oracle predicted that she would be come king. She ruled Egypt for more then two decades‚ she also commission a number of temples and sculptures to convey her royal authority and one building that speaks of authority of that the is the Temple of Hatshepsut. In the sculpture her body is represented in a masculine way‚ with her breast being de-emphasized‚ having boarder shoulders‚

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    Symbols In Trifles

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    In Glaspell’s drama Trifles‚ she conveys a theme that relationships can be oppressive. Three symbols used to convey the theme are the cage‚ the rope‚ and the bird. In the drama Trifles‚ Glaspell uses the cage as a symbol to represent the marriage. About half way into the drama Mrs. Hale begins to make comments about the house‚ Mrs. Hale. It never seemed a very cheerful place. This shows a relationship between the marriage and the setting. It resembles an unhappy place‚ much like a prison; furthermore

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    Irony in “Trifles” The death of a man named John Wright begins the adventure to solving his murder. He was found hanged in his house; while his wife‚ Mrs. Wright‚ is questioned by the police she does not seem to be bothered by her husband’s death. As stated by Mr. Hale when speaking to Mrs. Wright‚ “I want to see John. And then she-laughed” (Glaspell 1048). In Glaspell’s play “Trifles” the two women‚ Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters‚ find many trifles through-out the house that the men consider to be

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    It is very rare for an artist to have the ability to paint an individual and completely encapsulate their genuine inner emotional state. It poses the question of whether certain methods are more effective than others when trying to capture the essence of person’s emotions. The analysis of inner emotional state of mind is examined across two pieces of art‚ Pepita by Robert Henri and Fanny (Fingerpainting) by Chuck Close. The comparison between these two works truly shows that it is the artist that

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    and the movie The Clash of the Titans. The conception of Perseus has differences between the book and the movie. First of all‚ Perseus’ mother‚ Danaë‚ is related to Acrisius. In the book‚ she is the king’s daughter‚ but the movie changes her to be his wife. Her relation to him is changed in order to keep the conception socially acceptable. If she was still kept as his daughter the conception would be quite close to being incestuous because of the form Zeus takes

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    The movie‚ The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller in 1952. It is about Salem witch trials that happened near the Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play because of McCarthyism. Before the court trials anyone‚ he had a lot of hearings before they chose who is guilty of witchcraft. When the court found out who was guilty‚ they would be hung between February 1692 and May 1693. Even though The Crucible is based on the Salem witch trials‚ the play and the movie are different in

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    queen‚ marries Claudius. Hamlet goes into a turmoil because he isn’t able to find the perfect time to get revenge on Claudius. In act three‚ scene four Polonius decides to spy on Hamlet and the Queen while quarrel in her room. Hamlet begins to get very upset at his mother and tells her that “you go not till I set you up a glass‚ so you may see the most inner part of you. The queen then begins to feel threatened and yells for help‚ which makes Polonius shout for help also. Hamlet in a brainsick apprehension

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    Feminism in Trifles

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    and controlled. Women during this time were not given the same respect as men were and definitely did not hold any weight in shaping the views of society as men constantly silenced them because men held all the power in society. In the 1916 play Trifles by Susan Gaspell; there is a tone of feminism within this murder story that displays the many mistreatings of women during the early 1900’s and the silence that was forced upon them. This essay will discuss the examples of feminism in the play and

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    My view on revision and on the writing process is the same as Murray’s. He begins by saying that the beginning of the writing process is by making a first draft. I agree on that because of what I learned on the writing process‚ being first draft‚ peer edit‚ second draft‚ and so on. He then continues by saying the first draft is like an opportunity to some writers to find out what they have to say and how to say it. I agree on this as well because the first draft of a paper is to find out what you

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    Susan Glaspell’s short play‚ “Trifles”‚ characterized her characters through the theme on gender difference. In this debate about gender dominancy in history‚ men took part as the head of household‚ providing for his family and working at his job‚ whether in farming or in the business world. For women‚ they take the role as housewives where women cook and clean for family‚ which men state that a woman’s place is in the kitchen. After women declare voting rights in the early twentieth century‚ women

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