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Sor Juana uses binary language in her poem “In a Lighter Vein” to explore the idealization of women by men. Sor Juana creates these binaries in order to critique this idealization and presents them in a dichotomous nature to clearly illustrate the indecisive and misguided needs of men. Sor Juana’s use of binary language aligns with French feminist theorist, Ann Rosalind’s categorization of binary language to be more of a masculine discourse, and thus could be argued that Sor Juana writes “In a…

I Felt helpless in this transition period for my brother do to my own biases and impediments from growing up in a culture that engages in promoting narratives of masculinity over other qualities of the male gender role. This is the reason why I thought it was important to pursue more information from other that could have gone by what my brother has gone through just last year. And so I decided to attend a group meeting with Latino males in Peabody. I found the group through a friend that forms…

Conversations in society often revolve around experiences that people share. In American society, for instance, people may discuss entertainment, politics, or fashion since most people are likely to have stories that relate to these topics. Illness is a topic that can be discussed among people from all over the world. Nearly all people have encountered illness whether it is from a personal or vicarious experience. The rich and the poor, men and women, the elderly and the young alike will all…

Various clashing ideas of how racial identity should be portrayed in literature exist in the world today. Many of these views came about in America following the conclusion of the Civil War, when African American slaves were liberated and finally became able to freely express themselves in the midst of a white society. One view commonly promoted by that white society is that of leaving behind one’s original culture for America’s (majorly white) culture. President Theodore Roosevelt advocated for…

Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that can cause visual impairment and debilitating and disfiguring skin disease. It is the world’s second leading cause of blindness due to infection and the world’s fourth leading cause of preventable blindness. It is a parasitic disease, caused by a filarial worm, and is transmitted by repeated bites from infected blackflies. It is called river blindness because the infected blackflies breed in rapidly flowing streams;…

around. No, I don’t like her, I just like messing with her and bothering her. Ill prefer her being in a stake burning alive, I’d be laughing so much. It’ll probably be the best day of my life but I can’t because then they’ll be a war and then blah bla blah yaddee yaadde and it’s too much work. “Hey dude, you going to the party,” My second in command asked also my best bud. “What the freak you think? We’re going to have the best night of our life. Get drunk get some girls and get drunk’’ I…

Chapter 2 A Brief Background of Dvo??k Anton?n Dvo??k (1841?1904) was one of the most versatile and prolific composers of the nineteenth century, reaching into almost all genres of music from piano miniatures to comprehensively conceived vocal-orchestra compositions. His output encompasses nine symphonies and fifty-five other orchestral pieces, eleven opera, eleven works for chorus and orchestra, nine small choral works, thirty-five sets of songs and duets, fifty-five chamber works for various…