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    question that remains is what the relevance of Kent’s banishment could possibly be, and the answer to as much is that his banishment is the catalyst itself. Kent’s attempt to overturn Lear’s judgment is the latter’s last chance to save himself and his daughter. Kent says it quite plainly himself, telling Lear to “reverse thy doom, / And, in thy best consideration, check / thy hideous rashness” (I.i. 150-153). In an almost unnatural event, Lear is given the unique chance to undo his wrongs.…

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    due to its culture preferring sons over daughters (Fuse & Crenshaw, 360). As explained before, Indian culture sees men as superior over women. Having a son is only beneficial to a family because the son can continue on with the family name and property. Eventually, a son will marry a woman and receive dowry and gifts from her family which will only raise his and his family’s status. As well as, a son will care for his parents in old age, unlike a daughter who will be unable to because of her…

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    Kincaid is talking about. Kincaid added, this creates respect in the community as being an honest, hardworking woman. “Kincaid is trying to teach her daughter the steps into womanhood and how hard you have to work to learn the true ways of becoming a lady that is respected into today’s society” (Kincaid, 2013, p.172). Throughout…

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    perspective of the parents in the poem to convey the message that they are giving. Both the mother and the father are giving advice to their children under different conditions. Kincaid’s mother gives her practical and helpful advice that will help her daughter keep her own house, while Morris talks about the emotions between a father and his son who has been punished because he has been playing in the rain. The poets does this by listing down chores and repeating sentences and using the…

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    her is her vulnerability and wildness. Most of all, I like that she was truthful she was willing to make herself transparent in order to get her daughter to become a tiger. The fierce love that she has for her daughter is intense this made me like her more. It was great to see Ying-ying confront what caused her pain(past) in order to help her daughter. This proves that Ying-ying is not weak all she needed was the strength to get her former self back, and her daughter’s situation helped…

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    Alice Dee Analysis

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    one situation in describing Dee’s high acquisitive approach to life, Mama recalls, “Often I fought off the temptation to shake her. At sixteen she had a style of her own: and knew what style was” (Walker, 61). Notice that Mama does not confront her daughter and instead she “fought off the temptation.” In another scene, where their house burns down and Dee has no remorse towards the situation, Mama proclaims, “Why don’t you do a dance around the ashes? I’d wanted to ask her. She had hated the…

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    communal basis with multiple different people working together. This in of itself is a hallmark of the commendable tradition many families enjoy. A contrapositive tradition practiced is the youngest daughter staying home to care for her mother at old ages. “You know perfectly well that being the youngest daughter means you have to take care of me until the day I die.” (10) This detested practice is sporadic or irregular and is usually a sign of greed from the mother, which is especially the case…

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    But let that go… This in obedience hath my daughter shown me, And more above, hath his solicitings, As they fell out by time, by means, and place, All given to mine ear.” (Act 2 Scene 2) Hamlet is clearly distressed due to his father’s death, and the marriage that soon followed. Hamlet conveys his interest and disinterest towards Ophelia. Rather than Polonius offering support towards her daughter, he uses the situation as an attempt to show his worth to the King. What…

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    Sisters with Different Aspects In the short story “Everyday Use” Maggie and Dee are two sisters but are different from each other. Both have different personalities such as things they have faced throughout their lives. The sisters grow up together with their mother by their side, but they both grow up with different things on their minds. Maggie is a girl that contrasts herself from her sister after she had an accident: “she will stand hopelessly in corners, homely ashamed of the burn…

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    In Summer Memory Analysis

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    Reading Assignment #1 The relationship between Laura and Lizzie is one that is strange and somewhat undefined. When reading the text one could safely assume that the two sisters have a form of a mother-daughter relationship in which Lizzie is representative of the mother figure and Laura; the daughter. Even though the ages of the girls is not stated, a reader could more than likely conclude that Lizzie would be older than Laura by a few years. However, embedded in the third stanza there is a…

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