...a white activist civil rights lawyer named Mel Leventhal, and they married him in 1967. A year later she gave birth to their daughter, Rebecca. It was not until she began teaching that her writing career really took off. She began teaching at Jackson State, then Tougaloo, and finally at Wellesley College. Walker was involved in the Civil Rights Movement and spoke for the women’s movement, the anti-apartheid movement, for the anti-nuclear movement, and against female genital mutilation. She also started her own publishing company: “The Wild Trees Press”, in 1984. Walker refused to ignore the tangle of personal and political themes and produced five novels, two collections of short stories, numerous volumes of poetry, and two books of essays that address such issues. She won fame and recognition in many countries but did not lose her sense of rootedness in the South. She also recognized her mother as showing her the...
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...Beteckning: Humanities and Social Sciences Double Oppression in the Color Purple and Wide Sargasso Sea. A Comparison between the main characters Celie and Antoinette/Bertha. Ingela Lundin 2008 C-essay English Literature Supervisor: Dr Maria Mårdberg Examinator: Dr Helena Wahlström Table of Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Purpose and main questions ............................................................................................. 1 1.2 Method and material......................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Theoretical approach ........................................................................................................ 2 1.4 Previous research – an overview ...................................................................................... 3 1.5 Introducing the novels ...................................................................................................... 4 2. A comparison of the double oppression in the two protagonists’ marriages.................. 6 2.1 The diminishing and isolation of Celie and Antoinette/Bertha........................................ 6 2.2 The upholding of the white man’s norm ........................................................................ 14 Conclusion..........................................................
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...The Inevitability of the Red Death Edgar Allen Poe's “The Masque of the Red Death” is an extravagant allegory of the futility of trying to escape death. In the story, a prince named Prospero tries to avoid the Red Death through isolation and seclusion. He hides behind the impenetrable walls of his castle and turns his back on the rest of the world. But no walls can stop death because it is unavoidable and inevitable. Through the use of character, setting, point of view, and symbol, Poe reveals the theme that no one, regardless of status, wealth or power can stay the passing of time and the inevitable conclusion of life itself, death. Like many of Poe’s works, the number of characters in “Masque of the Red Death” is limited; however they all work to reveal the theme. Only three characters, Prince Prospero, the Thousand Friends and the Masked Figure are mentioned. The central figure of the story is Prince Prospero. The author describes him as “happy and dauntless and sagacious” (Poe, 386). His name is used to infer royalty, wealth and happiness, and suggests that the prince is untroubled by the plague and is confident of his survival and the survival of his one thousand friends. Prospero has been described by scholars as a “feelingless ruling prince” (Wheat, 51). This is due to his apparent lack of concern for the people of his land: “The external world could take care of itself” (Poe, 386). Prospero is a flat character as he remains confident in his survival up to...
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...story captured my interest two ways: because I am familiar with the author, Alice Walker, and having read her Pulitzer Prize book “The Color Purple”. In addition, Ms. Walker established an image at the beginning of the story. As noted in the text an image is a distinct representation of something that can be experienced and understood through the senses (sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste). (Clugston, 2010) With the description of the old woman’s attire I was able to picture in my mind exactly what she was wearing and even that she had cataract. “There was a dazed and sleepy look in her aged blue-brown eyes”. (Clugston, 2010) The setting of this story takes place in Georgia during a time when this woman did not have an automobile and had to walk ½ a mile to church. It took place at a time when all parishioners were not allowed to worship at the same church. While reading this story, I found that this old woman was not welcomed in this particular church (table) that she found herself in, I believe, because she was African American and it was a Caucasian church. Eventually, this old woman was tossed out of the church carelessly by some of the men in this church. This “welcome table” was very cold and uninviting, but the table Jesus allowed her to sit at was the complete opposite. Using the reader-response approach to criticize this essay, as indicated in the text, I would ask the following “connecting” questions: What captured my...
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...April 21, 2015 Professor Mya Poe Advanced Writing Professor Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115 Dear Professor Poe, This semester has been a great learning opportunity for me and my writing skills. Before this class I was already comfortable with some of the learning goals presented on the syllabus, however, a few of them were strengthened with the projects we worked on. For example, before this class I would never peer review or revise my own papers. With the amount of revisions that were undertaken in all four projects, I feel that I have become more comfortable in the act of revision. Also, I was never good at incorporating forms of evidence to support my claims, ideas and arguments. This class was very helpful in showing how to take research and incorporate it into a project. Overall, this class has allowed me to strengthen my skills as a reviser, helped me “formulate and articulate a stance through my writing”, and helped me to use more forms of evidence to support my claims, ideas and arguments. Project 1 was the simplest of the four projects. I decided to analyze a research article on Marketing and how companies have started to move their businesses into developing nations. At first I didn’t think I would be able to write a rhetorical analysis on this article because of its length but after multiple revisions and help from peers I wrote my final draft. This was the one project where the revisions really helped me grow as a writer. Without these revisions...
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...Transcendental Phenomenology and Antonioni’s Red Desert This essay applies the ideas associated with transcendental phenomenology to the Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1964 film Il deserto rosso, known in English as Red Desert. Aspects of western philosophy can provide a viewer with a greater appreciation of the film and its meanings. After providing a brief overview of the development of phenomenological thinking and of past interpretations of Red Desert, this essay will provide an analysis and interpretation of the film’s cinematography –specifically its colours and editing– from a phenomenological point of view. Phenomenology maintains that experience is both passive –seeing, hearing, and so on– and active –walking, running, touching, and so on. One describes experience and interprets experience by relating it to a context, which is usually social or linguistic. The word phenomenology originates with the Greek word phainomenon, which means ‘appearance.’ Phenomenology is, then, the study of appearances rather than the study of reality. In the eighteenth century, thinkers such as Immanuel Kant and Johann Fichte began to seriously consider phenomenology as a theory of appearances, and to consider it essential to acquiring knowledge. Phenomenology has its origins, certainly, with debates regarding what exists in reality and what is an illusion. John Locke believed that qualities such as colors, sounds, smells, and so on were subjective, and were not indigenous to objects...
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...Outline of essay “Holi and La Tomatina: The festivals of happiness” TOPIC: Culture Thesis sentence: Both festival of Holi and La Tomatina have similarities and differences which is can be compared and contrasted in terms of purpose, content, history, celebration, and post-celebration. The Body 1. The purpose of festivals A. Holi * It has religious purpose * Celebration of spring B. La Tomatina * Purely for fun * It has no religious purpose 2. The content of festivals A. Holi * Use natural colors B. La Tomatina * Use tomatoes 3. The history of festivals A. Holi * Connected to the mythical tale in Hindu B. La Tomatina * It is not connected to any ancient tradition 4. The celebration of festivals A. Holi * Set holika bonfire symbolizes the victory of good over evil * Throwing colors B. La Tomatina * Throwing tomatoes each other 5. The post-celebration of festivals A. Holi * Visit friends and relatives, defines social harmony B. La Tomatina * Conduct party and clubbing Conclusion: In conclusion, both festival of Holi and La Tomatina have their own unique features that represent each country, India and Spain. As a land of many cultures and a large of Hindu population, India had a great variety of traditions as well as festivals which is tied to Hinduism beliefs that appears in Holi festival, as a sacred tradition and a celebration also. La tomatina festival is...
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...Carla Muñiz Professor Zhelezcheva ENG 102 Essay 1 9 / 21 /13 Cultural Heritage & Literary Settings For the literacy work I’ve chosen to go to a real location and take notes as observed to compare and contrast with the literary setting of my choice. As for the location I chose Coney Island in comparison with the Carnival Feast in “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allan Poe. Judging by my experience in Coney Island, I can state that there is an abundance of cultural heritage in that specific location. Coney Island gave me a perspective; on how cultural heritage consists of a unity with joyful events that bring different types of ethnicities, art, music, and overall culture together in one location. Coney Island is a very big attraction, for the most part known by many New Yorkers and tourists. “Coney” has very big, loud, and extravagant rides starting from the most famous/oldest ride the “Cyclone” and “Wonder Wheel” and most recently added amongst the hall of fame the “Polar Express”. To their race tracks, bumper cars (a place in a dark room filled with neon blue, red, yellow and green lights, my personal favorite). It was night time so everything was lit up. I imagine this is what Edgar Allen Poe meant when he mentioned the carnival season in “The Cask of Amontillado.” The carnival setting briefly described in the story of “The Cask of Amontillado”, isn’t much different from the scenery I observed in Coney Island. Edgar Allan Poe described scenery of a...
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...ourselves amongst a reemergence of 3-D technology in commercial cinema. It is possible that since we are seeing a rise in popularity of on-demand services and streaming forms of media entertainment available to consumers, that Hollywood is once again employing unique technical gimmicks to increase theater attendance. Yet, with such 3-D breakthroughs as Henry Selick’s Coraline (2009), it seems that certain artists in Hollywood have instead begun to embrace 3-D beyond just a technical gimmick and harness its true cinematic potential. If one thing is for sure, the 3-D technology used today compared that of the 1950s is vastly different in terms of its technological development; thanks innovative 3-D projection company RealD. It is the goal of this essay to examine how RealD’s 3-D projection technology helps create a particular meaning within Coraline that standard 2-D technology does not. By carefully crafting its use of 3-D, Coraline uses one technology to critique the use of...
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...* 1. The passage above is notable chiefly for c. a literary conceit 2. In The Federalist, No, X, James Madison proposed that the dangers of factions be controlled by a a. republican form of government * 3. Sky Woman, Wolverine, and Turtle are all important figures in which of the following types of literature ? * d. Native American oral tales * 4. In line 1, “offspring” most probably refers to the author’s * b. book of poem * * 5. “My rambling brat” (line 11) is an example of * d. personification * * * 6. Place the name of teach of the Colonial era figures beside the British colony with which he is most closely associated. A. John Smith- The Virginia Colony B. John Winthrop- The Massachusetts Bay Colony * C. Roger Williams- The Colony Of Rhode Island * * * 7. The passage above is an example of a. Puritanism * * 8. Thomas Pain’s Common Sense had a direct influence on which of the following Revolutionary era works? * c. Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence * 9. The passage above is from * a. William Bradford’s The History of Plimouth Plantation 10. All of the following are writers of the Colonial era EXCEPT b. Margaret Fuller 11. The passage would best be described as an example of d. Sentimentalism 12. The first paragraph of the passage provides an example of which of the following figures of speech ? c. Apostrophe 13...
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...I shall introduce the origins of fused glass art, detailing where and when Toots Zynsky and Klaus Moje appear in relation to the movement. I shall also introduce their contemporaries and discover how the artists have influenced (and been influenced by) their peers. Towards the end of the dissertation I intend to see what the future holds for the artists, their work and the artistic movement as a whole. My conclusions shall be based on what I have learned from this dissertation and how the artists have affected me on my journey. Fused Glass Origins There is some debate as to the true origins of fused glass art. According to the ancient-Roman historian Pliny in his book Historia Naturalis the process was invented accidentally around 5000 BC by Phoenician (Syrian) sailors: Once a ship belonging to some traders in natural soda put in here and... scattered along the shore to prepare a meal. Since, however, no stones suitable for supporting their cauldrons were forthcoming, they rested them on lumps of soda from their cargo. When these became heated and were completely mingled with the sand on the beach a strange translucent liquid flowed forth in the streams; and this, it is said, was the origin of glass. However, my belief is that although this a trustworthy recorded source, it was plainly an accident and not a contrived attempt to make art. With this in mind I would suggest that the true origins of producing glass as an art form began not with the Syrians but with the Egyptians...
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...1.0 Introduction Marketing strategies plays a crucial role in the process of forming a successful company or organization. A company or organization which has excellent marketing strategies and good strategic planning will perform better than those companies who are using a poor marketing strategies. As Chatime Malaysia was one of the top beverages companies in Malaysia, thus we choose it as our topic of study. Based on this study, we can more understanding and figure out how Chatime Malaysia carry out their marketing activities. The organization can actually know where and how to concentrate their commercial efforts through the marketing strategies which include market segmentation, targeting and positioning (STP). Throughout this strategies planning, the resources of the organization can be effectively and fully utilized in order to avoid of any wastage of the resources. Apart from it, we are also requires to analyzing and do some research for the marketing environment that are currently using by Chatime Malaysia which consists of competitive, technological, demographic, economic, natural, political and legal factors (external environment factors). Lastly, we have to analysis the creation of Chatime Malaysia’s marketing mix which is product, price, promotion and place (internal environment factors). These four marketing mix are able to let the company understand the internal environment with the ultimate aim of capture value from customers effectively. Overall, the ultimate...
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...The use of games in the language classroom Sigríður Dögg Sigurðardóttir Lokaverkefni lagt fram til fullnaðar B.Ed.-gráðu í grunnskólakennarafræði við Háskóla Íslands, Menntavísindasvið Apríl 2010 Lokaverkefni til B.Ed. –prófs The use of games in the language classroom Sigríður Dögg Sigurðardóttir 180785-2219 Háskóli Íslands Menntavísindasvið Kennaradeild, grunnskólakennarafræði Apríl 2010 2 Abstract This essay focuses on the use of games inside the classroom and it argues that games can be a good teaching method when teaching foreign languages. It looks at why games should be used as a teaching method and how in order to maximize the positive result on language learning. Also this essay explains various game categories and it gives an example of at least one game from each category which can be especially good in language teaching. In addition this essay looks at the four language skill areas: reading, writing, listening and speaking and it gives reasons for why games can be beneficial in the training of each one. Last but not least I created 3 new games that can be utilized inside the language classroom. 3 Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 6 2. A review of the literature of Games ................................................................................ 7 2.1 Games ......................................
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...missing their pets during a hospital stay. Clown volunteers just love clowning around with patients and staff members. Hospital volunteers impact a patient’s satisfaction during a hospital stay. Volunteers serve in many areas of a hospital. Volunteers provide a service to the hospital and this service can potentially increase a hospital’s performance. This paper will address how utilizing volunteers can impact a hospital’s performance as well as help increase patient satisfaction scores. The Value of Volunteers According to the Independent Sector website, the current value of volunteer time for the State of Texas is $22.57 per hour. The national average is $22.14 per hour (www.independentsector.org). Volunteerism in the hospital setting has expanded because of the hospital’s need to provide a higher level of quality care to its patients. Volunteers can help a hospital improve the patient experience. Volunteers also provide a hospital with cost savings in areas where an extra set of hands are needed (Hotchkiss, 2009). The primary costs involved in a hospital volunteer program include: health screening, criminal background check, volunteer uniforms, meal costs, parking, annual volunteer week celebration events, holiday luncheons, orientation and training. Even...
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