Melonie Mclean September 1st, 2011 6th Period Phenomenal woman is a person who normally manages to do more than the rest of us, and who makes the world a better place because of her actions. A phenomenal woman may be one who has dedicated herself almost solely to helping others. She may be in a situation where others are permanently in her care, or have to rely on her, but she carries her duties with grace. She may be going through hardship or illness or war, but she uses her courage and strength
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English 322.001 December 4, 2014 “Phenomenal Woman” Poem Analysis “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou celebrates the feminine qualities of womanhood, and highlights the different traits for a woman to become ‘phenomenal.’ Maya shows the reader despite what society tells her she still feels great about herself. She believes that it is your inner beauty that makes the woman “phenomenal” instead of your outer beauty. Throughout the poem Maya illustrates how no one seems to understand what it
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Hear Her Roar: The Feminist Strengths in Phenomenal Woman and Still I Rise Trista James English Composition 1102 Professor Cameron Indian River State College April 10, 2013 Maya Angelou Maya Angelou Abstract Growing up during times of common race and gender discrimination, Maya Angelou has proven to people she is a strong African American woman who would not allow inequality of any kind bring her down. This paper
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24, 2011 Essay Assignment #1 Published in 1978, Maya Angelou’s poem “Phenomenal Woman” was written as an ode to womanhood. Comprised of four stanzas, the poem uses the effect of repetition to reinforce Angelou’s claim as a self-proclaimed “phenomenal woman.” As a phenomenal woman, Angelou states, “I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size,” (2). She goes on to use several quotes like such. “Phenomenal Woman” uses various literary effects to express to women that it isn’t genetic
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inauguration as U.S. president. I chose one of Maya Angelou (Phenomenal Woman) for two reasons. One I feel that Maya is still one of the best poets in the world whose poems are studied in the universities around the world. Nothing can be taken from her. I love her so much. Two her poems are always uplifting and so powerful it actually makes you feel the poem. I believe that this poem, "Phenomenal Woman" will be about a phenomenal woman. I think that it may most likely be about herself as I saw in
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Angelou Name of Student Course Name and Number Name of Professor Paper Due Date In Maya Angelou’s poem “They Went Home”, the persona has her reference on married men whom think of her as a friend and nothing more. Not a woman to them but a girl (Zefferino). However, they have a high perception of her personality but don’t have feelings for her like she does for them. “I had an air of mystery”. The men referenced had the persona think that the relationship that they had
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The Ladies Man The play Ladies Man was a phenomenal performance and was very humorous. This performance kept the audience laughing scene after scene. It also was very engaging and was true theatre in my words with no video and other technical distractions. This paly had a very strong structure, it was easy to follow and kept you on your toes to see what will happen next. The structure of the play is what made each scene have a good flow to the point where you didn’t see scenes, you saw a story
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“The Help”, it is a movie based on the book which contain testimonials on the experiences of African-American maids. I remembered I read the book before I watched the movie. The thing I know about the book, it was written and published by a white woman and it was told by the black women who were maids in the 1960s. It gave me some assumptions to go with. Before I start, everything that I will bring up are tightly about the movie and the book. It is like a little summary however the reviews I read
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Also according to her words, man have these wrong opinions to women because of “the natural effect of ignorance”, which means that women could have the same ability and qualities with man. Angelou wrote a poem about herself to say why she was a “Phenomenal woman”. According to her poem, there’s no actual point to became phenomenally. It’s in her nature. Thus feminine can also be smart and
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aging population of women. The show that I first thought about is called The Golden Girls, which stars the phenomenal Betty White. I believe the intended target audience of this show would be older women, although the younger generation has taken quite a liking to Betty White and to the show. There are four main characters: Rose, Sophia, Dorothy, and Blanche. Blanche is seen as a flirtatious woman, Dorothy is depicted as the voice of reason, Rose is shown as a ditzy and innocent, and Sophia is Dorothy's
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