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    Wright, especially, the murder. As the women examined the birdcage 's door, Mrs. Peters realized that the door was broken on one hinge. They women think that it was no accident, but someone was being rough with it. While the room started to get a quiet and heavy, they started to feel sorry for Mrs. Wright and for not come over more before the murder. They describe Mr. Wright was a good, hard working man, but he puts his work over his wife by leaving her alone in the house often. Shortly into their conversation, the ladies found a small, pretty red box that stored a dead bird wrapped in silk. They quickly realized that Mrs. Wright was going to bury the bird inside the box. The bird 's neck was broken of strangulation in the same fashion Mr. Wright was murdered. In a way the bird describes Minnie Foster, Mrs. Wright before she got married. According to Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Wright was very sweet, pretty, and timid and sung in the choir as a great singer. The ladies concluded, among themselves, that Mr. Wright broke the birdcage and the bird’s neck. Mrs. Peters recalls memory of her kitten. When Mrs. Peters were younger, a boy used a hatchet to kill her kitten; she believes if no one was holding her back she would have hurt the boy. At this point of the play, the women know that Mrs. Wright…

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    From a Humanistic approach, I would begin with Roger’s person-centered style. Holly needs to feel and know that it is ok to cry and be angry over the death of her husband. She loved him very much and misses him terribly, so she needs to understand that all of those stages of feelings/grief that she is going through are valid and necessary. Because it will be important for Holly to be able to express exactly how she feels through her emotion, the relationship I have with her would need to be…

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    In The Birdcage and Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family, each of the main character’s self identity was tested by the societal norms of a society. Although each character presented confidence within themselves, the narrow minded opinions of others challenged their self-assurance. Within each character a revelation occurs that reestablishes the importance of self acceptance. Therefore, throughout each of these literary pieces each of the main characters experiences an…

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    The research I did for both my artworks not only brought me closer to the spiritual side that wood offers, but taught me a lot about the creation of realism. Through researching different artists, I learned the different techniques they use in order to create their master pieces in a realistic manner. Due to wood burning being a nearly forgotten medium, it was difficult to find artists but I managed to find some artists who have made some incredible works. Eric Battaglia represent, in his art…

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    You're an original and try to stand out in every way. Not all brides want to wear a long, beaded gown in white for their wedding day. Some brides want to stand out with short stylish dresses or a delightful bridal fascinator with birdcage veil. With or without a veil, fascinators and attached flowers bring you back to an old Hollywood style that has romance and a bit of mystery to it. This is the last in our series about bridal hair accessories. We've covered everything from pins to headbands to…

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    microscopically or macroscopically. We need to look at these social groups and situations separately, which is where these two different perspectives come into play. When you look at something microscopically, it always refers to the individual: individual person or individual law. Microscopically, you are trying to find the single direct cause which is directly causing the harm. On the other hand, a microscopic view takes on a broader perspective. Macroscopically, you are looking at the entire…

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    In “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters visit the home where the murder of Mr. Wright took place. While the women’s husbands look at the bigger picture, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters find many major clues in unordinary places around the Wright place. These clues indicate the possibility that Mrs. Wright killed her husband. Although Mrs. Wright claimed to be asleep during the murder of her husband, it’s apparent that she strangled him, signified by the broken birdcage,…

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    him so much. They hated each other. Prince Brat hated the life in the palace so much, so he decided to escape from the castle. He ordered Jemmy come with him and serve him. They went to the forest, and there were two ruffians, Hold-Your-Nose-Billy and Cutwater. They took Jemmy and the prince into their hideout, and asked them to write a ransom note to the king, the prince and Jemmy tried to escape from there, and they succeed. Meanwhile, they met a girl, named Besty and a potato man. When they…

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    flattering options. The double bind therefore creates oppression for women as they are forced within these misconceptions and mistreatment and are unable to become empowered by either choice. For example, a woman if a woman partakes in sleeping with multiple people, she’s viewed unfavorably, often times called derogatory slurs by men. If the woman chooses a path of celibacy, she’s often referred to as stuck up or a “prude”. Either way the woman is viewed negatively. Frye uses the analogy of a…

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    In the murder case of A Jury Of Her Peers written by Susan Glaspell, Mrs. Wright stolidly tells Mr. Hale and Mr. Peters that her spouse is dead. The men along with their wives work together to solve the murder of Mr. Wright. Although Mrs. Wright does not initially appear capable of murder, Mrs. Peters and Mr. Hale conclude she strangled her husband as evidenced by the crazily sewn quilt patch, the unhinged bird cage, and the mutilated canary. First, the quilt patch was much messier than Mrs.…

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