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    and cherish. All praises bestowed on her I received as made to a possession of my own” (Shelley, 2011) This is an example of the clear gender inequalities presented in Frankenstein. Furthermore, Elizabeth is brutally murdered in an attempt by Frankenstein’s monster to extort Victor’s weaknesses: “She has been demeaned and reduced to a simple tool of revenge” (Haddad, 2018) The presentation of gender inequality in Frankenstein is incredibly significant considering that the novel is severely lacking in female characters. Victor’s obsession with procreating without a woman shows his feelings towards the female sex- that they are tools and vessels used to create life and if he succeeds he will have no use for them at…

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    Go buy a boat and sail! Buy a motorcycle! Travel! Get away from your life." Frankie raised his tone. "This is all I have left." The Man started to speak, but Frankie didn 't let him. "Are you dense? This is all I have! My wife is dead. My child is dead. I put my fuckin ' heart and soul into these farms, into these acres. Every day I do what I have to do to keep the cogs running. No one talks to me anymore. I don 't exist outside of these farms. I lose the farm, I 'm as good as dead." The…

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    For one, she lived alone with Toby her manservant and combination of a chef and gardener. Emily herself goes through very traumatic and life changing events. For one she grew up in a house where she had no freedom and was abused by her father. A man who had a tight control on her and her life. A man who never lets Emily leave the house on her own. He might have been experiencing fear of sharing her with the rest of the world, but ultimately this lead to her isolation. She also couldn’t be left…

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    moment she would be out on the sand, sitting and looking at the waves as they flowed back and forth. Kamiya was a very lucky woman. She got married two years back with her childhood love, Banmeet. A proud wife of an honest Air Customs officer, she would happily perform her duty of a wife and of a daughter in law. Recently she had joined a famous college of the city as a Professor. Her happiness knew no bounds when she was appointed as a Professor there. It was her greatest opportunity to teach…

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    I was just looking at the blood red seals on my arms. Three in total one on each bicep and another one on my shoulder. Father explained that the one on my left bicep was magic that would collect and reflect the enemy magic that others used to attack me. The one on the right bicep would essentially allow me to copy others magic and make a seal on it for me to use any other time. The third seal, had five layers that would come off each time I used it. Causing harm to me, but also granting me…

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    It starts out in a conversation with a child asking what grass is. The line of answer is "the beautiful uncut hair of graves" (Whitman 2747). When we die, we are buried in the ground. We are returned, in a sense, from whence we came. God did form Adam, the first man, from the earth. William Cullen Bryant says in "Thanatopsis," "earth that nourishes thee, shall claim thy growth, to be resolved to earth again" (Bryant 2673). The earth has now become our home, our resting-place, our lap,…

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    You were born into the most privileged of lives. A daughter of two wealthy Purebloods. You were their first child and, unless a boy came along, you would be their heir. It was your duty to be everything they needed from their child, to bring honor to your family name and to be the perfect Pureblood girl. That meant that you did as you were told without question, you never so much as looked at someone who was not Pure and you most certainly never let the outside world see a single flaw. At home…

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    October Monologue

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    Isolated in a crater, surrounded by deep green mountains, sat Huoron, a squat little town of just over two thousand. On the outskirts lie quaint little cottages with outhouses that were empty now, only to be filled in the summer when people try to escape the ball and chain of modern life. The pure, untainted green of the forest seemed to draw less and less people as the attraction of nature became less and less desirable. As you look further in, the cottage scene is corrupted with dotted…

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    Taed Up Heart Analysis

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    cannot stop thinking about it. The singer mentions a new girl who makes the guy happy and used to be her. When you watch the video with the song it adds another layer to the story. The video seems to be both a flashback of sorts and also another story completely. This song is very redundant if you are listening to it alone, but the music video was done extremely well. The storyline flows smoothly while still following along with the lyrics. The first lyrics in the song are “There is no place I…

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    interest in finding a husband. She dedicates her free time to her church. Leticia, when questioned about finding a man, defends her freedom of singularity on a past relationship that ruined her desire to open her heart to another man. In the film, Eat Drink Man Woman, which is the film that Tortilla Soup is based upon, we learn that she had made up the story based on a relationship of her best friend. However in this film it appears that Leticia is using it as a cover story for her desire to…

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