The Devil in the Shape of a Woman is a book dealing with witchcraft in Colonial New England. The author is Carol F. Karlsen‚ who is currently a professor in the history department at the University of Michigan specializing in American women‚ early American social and cultural studies; she received her Ph D. from Yale University in 1980. In this book the author explores the social construction of witchcraft in Colonial New England between the years 1620 through 1725. The thesis of the book is to
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unique identity. It is this individualism that constitutes moral values as well as social behavior. The process by which one’s selfhood is forged is intricate‚ and is continuous throughout one’s life; however‚ the development of individuality is shaped by the influence of outside factors. This idea is represented through the orphans‚ Pip and Estella‚ two characters who develope two drastically different personalities. Both of these individuals are profoundly influenced by external factors such as
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ETHNICITY MAY SHAPE SOCIAL IDENTITY INTRO: DEFINE CONCEPTS OF ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL IDENTITY. FEATURES OF ETHNIC MINORITY IDENTITY: PHYSICAL FEATURES SUCH AS SKIN COLOUR; SHARED LANGUAGE; RELIGIOUS BELIEFS; EXPERIENCE OF RACISM. ETHNICITY MAY BE SOURCE OF SOCIAL INEQUALITY (DESPITE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION) – IMPACT LIFE CHANCES OF MEMBERS OF E/MIN GROUPS. SUB CULTURES. SOME SOCIOLOGISTS BELIEVE THAT ETHNICITY IS A SIGNIFICANT SHAPING FACTOR WITH REGARDS TO A PERSONS SOCIAL IDENTITY. SOCIOLOGICAL
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The Devil in the Shape of a Woman by Carol Karlsen (1987) astutely focuses attention upon the female as witch in colonial New England‚ thus allowing a discussion of broader themes regarding the role and position of women in Puritan society. Karlsen’s work‚ which has been well-received‚ focuses on the position of accused witches as largely females placed in precarious social and economic positions‚ often because they stood to inherit‚ had inherited‚ or lost an inheritance in property. Karlsen departs
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change‚ especially identity. There are two types of identities individual and group‚ individual identity are oneself’s characteristics it is what distinguishes and separates us from other people and group identity is a primary human behaviour to form groups around any observed or imagined difference on both physical and mental characteristics. Good afternoon/morning fellow citizens of Australia‚ today I am going to discuss how time changes someones sense of identity and shapes who we really are even
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WHAT DEFINES INDIA’S NATIONL IDENTITY? BY – FATEMA H.KAGALWALA India‚ with its multitudinous cultures‚ a mini-world in itself‚ is fast shedding the mantle of its old identities and poised to wear new ones. At this junction it would be interesting to examine the soul within and from whence it springs. For a moment let us look at the sharp geo-political divide of rural-urban India for our answers. When Mahatma Gandhi said‚ “India lives in its villages”‚ he meant national identity. Going by statistics
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Do you Choose your Identity or is it Chosen for you? Can people choose their identity and if so how much of our identity do we choose? For the aspects we don’t choose how did they come to form part of our identity? How much of our identity is a non-changeable permanent part of ourselves‚ and how much has been cast over us like a cloak via external influences including family of origin‚ friends‚ teachers‚ the media and social structures? We will explore these questions using several theories and
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fundamentally answer who I am‚ merely give examples of what I could be (e.g. I am a member of the Homo sapiens species; I am Canadian). What is my true identity‚ which separates me from all others who also inhabit this world? A more precise question is how my self – whatever it is – is maintained across time: that I have some identity “A” at one instant in time does not automatically entail my being “A” at another. Therefore‚ it seems that to define my identity‚ I must first ascertain that I have a temporally
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Environments Shape Organizations Your Name Your College Environments Shape Organizations There is an old real-estate joke about the three most important factors in the business of realty‚ the punch line being “Location Location Location”. Though made in jest this idea is not far from the truth since the area in which any business type organization is established will typically play a big part in its overall success. On a much bigger scale the success of any business is also greatly dependant on
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characters are Edgar‚ Kent‚ and of course the king himself‚ King Lear. King Lear struggles with the loss of his identity due to the giving away of his kingdom in a chaotic and forced way.‚ Characters such as Kent and Edgar struggle with identity as well‚ but in a more controlled state‚ as they choose to change their appearance and take on alternate identities. The alternate identities of Kent and Edgar allows them to accomplish things they otherwise would not have been able to as themselves‚ and
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