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    “I ain’t never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her” What is the reader meant to think about Curley’s wife? Curley’s wife eventually goes on to be the very cause of the destruction of George and Lennie’s dream and this statement acts as a foreshadowing device for the detrimental role she’ll eventually play. The term ‘jailbait’ itself carries various connotations. The dictionary definition is ‘a young woman‚ or young women collectively‚ considered in sexual terms but under the age of consent’

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    The Queen’s wrath he kept saying as we flew from the Queen’s grim‚ dismal‚ displeasurable for anyone who enters with bad notice‚ unwelcoming castle. Why he kept saying that repetitively I don’t know while flying the Queen’s black dragon. That could almost represent a black hole that light couldn’t go through‚ and the dragon’s scales every time it took a breath would open up a glow of green as like if it was irritated blood. I asked the man his name he says with a murmur voice “The Queen’s wrath”

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    I remember... One time when that Negro said to me‚ ’“‘Maybe you better go along to your own house now. We don’t want no trouble.’ I aint trying to cause trouble to nobody. I could of get Crooks hung Up on a tree so easy it aint even funny. All i want is to have somebody to talk to. At least somebody! He slowly backed down and i knew he was scared of the thought of being strung up on a tree. Even though i’m a white women‚ he’s life is very much aloof. My life is so lonely. I’m

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    Wife and Mrs. Hale

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    Women without Freedom In the drama Trifles‚ Susan Glaspell uses actions‚ characters‚ settings‚ objects as symbols to show the reader that men did not appreciate women and women at that time period did not have any freedom and happiness. In the drama‚ when Mr. Peters‚ Mr. Hale‚ Mrs. Peter and Mrs. Hale enter the kitchen of the Wright household‚ their conversations and their actions show that men do not appreciate women. For example‚ County Attorney says‚ “And yet. For all their worries‚ what would

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    First‚ Guy Montag and Truman are more alike because they both have a wife and a job. Truman’s wife is Meryl‚ and Montag’s wife is Mildred. Mildred and Meryl both don’t truly love their husband. Meryl is an actor that is on the show to be Truman’s wife and you can tell Mildred doesn’t truly love Montag because she wouldn’t have tried to commit suicide.Truman and Montag both work busy jobs. Truman works a desk job‚ and Montag works as a fireman. Truman has to help insurance companies generate new

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    “Lot’s Wife” depicts the fate of a woman following her husband Lot on his departure of their native town Sodom. Sodom was a town that God destroyed‚ yet he granted Lot and his wife permission to flee the town before this occurrence. Wislawa Szymborska and Anna Akhmatova offer different versions and perspectives on the same story. Each of the authors use different elements of poetry to create two very unique poems that have several similarities as well as many obvious differences

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    The Drovers Wife – The Distinctively Visual - Story creates a clear sense of the Australian bush and the experience of the wife - There is a sense of pride in her husband being “an Australian” and Lawson has created a visual image of what this means - Bush life is depicted as being incredibly harsh - It is lonely‚ stressful and dehumanising - The reader visualises the bush as parched and barren through images like “dried-up looking children” and the wife who is described as a “gaunt‚ sun-browned

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    2. What happens to Tom’s wife? What do you learn about Tom‚ based on his reaction to the loss of his wife? Nobody know what happened to his wife‚ but we can infer that the black man killed her. Tom’s reaction demonstrated that he was happy that his wife was gone as he leapt for joy. 3. What agreement does Tom Walker ultimately make with the Devil? As the story progresses‚ why do you think Tom begins to go to church and carry a Bible with him at all times? Tom agrees to open a broker’s shop to make

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    to Vitruvius‚ “The rooms for the hot and tepid baths should be lightened from the south west……..or the south‚ because the set time for bathing is principally from midday to evening”. He continues in his detailed account to mention that “the hot bath rooms in the women’s and men’s departments adjoin each other‚ and are situated in the same quarter; for thus‚ it will be possible that the same furnace should serve both of them and their fittings.” Baths of more than a few rooms rising to fairly uniform

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    Astronomer’s Wife Kay Boyle’s story‚ “Astronomer’s Wife”‚ is about a couple who are constantly not on good terms with one another. The woman named‚ Mrs. Aimes‚ is the protagonist in this story. ‘‘Astronomer’s Wife’’ begins with Mrs. Katherine Ames waking up in her house‚ and she calls for the ‘‘girl‚’’ her maidservant‚ to bring her some coffee. She then begins to think about her husband‚ who is the astronomer. “That man might be each time the new arching wave‚ and woman the undertow that

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