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The Mirabals; Patria, Minerva, and Maria Teresa, were the butterflies of the rebellion against Trujillo. They helped start the Fourteenth of July Movement against the regime. For many Dominicans, they were their hope of restoring the country from corruption and injustice. They were a symbol for courage, as they freed themselves from the shackles of El Jefe and stood up to him. They did not settle for oppression. Just like butterflies, they spread their wings, showing off their beautiful colors,…

Maid Marian is the definition of changing gender roles throughout the different variations of the Robin Hood tales. She to me had the most profound changes because it actually showed a meaningful change. Changing times caused for the demand of a more realistic portrayal of women in the form of Maid Marian. She goes from merely just Robin’s wife to holding her own in the tales. Marian in classic ballads is not very strong, she portrayed mostly as the love interest to Robin Hood and his enemy the…

Furthermore, in Maria Oldershaw’s letter to Lydia she says “I have had twenty years’ experience among our charming sex in making up battered old faces and worn-out old figures to look like new – and I say positively you don’t look a day over thirty, if as much” (160). This transaction occurs after Oldershaw makes an attempt to convince Lydia to marry Allan Armadale for his money. She is suggesting that they make her look even younger and more beautiful in order to appeal to Armadale and gain his…

The Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata is the most important Catholic place of worship in the city of Otranto. The cathedral, built on the ruins of a village, a Roman domus, and an Early Christian temple, was founded in 1068 by the Norman bishop William. It is a synthesis of different architectural styles including Byzantine, Christian, and Romanesque. It was consecrated on 1 August 1088 during the reign of Pope Urban II from the papal legate Roffredo, archbishop of Benevento. In August 1480,…

Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war novel expressing the views of an average World War I soldier named Paul. Erich Maria Remarque uses an assortment of voice elements to create tone. In the passage on the preceding page, Paul describes his surroundings on the front. The tone of the excerpt is presented to be emotionless and overwhelming. An example of a voice element that has a large role in the tone is diction. Diction is used in the excerpt by the use of the…

In 1902, an aspiring poet named Franz Kappus wrote to Rainer Maria Rilke, a poet. Kappus was searching for criticism of his poems. Through a series of letters Rilke creates, he responds to this aspiring poet and untangles two central ideas using metaphors. Rilke creates a central idea of beauty coming from within and from the ordinary. He also uses figurative language and word choice to develop this idea. Rilke creates a central idea using metaphors. Rilke continues through his letter this…

In Maria Montessori’s book, Dr. Montessori’s own Handbook, Montessori uses Allusions and specific word choice to show readers her philosophy that deals with children. To begin, in paragraph two and so on, Montessori uses the words “respect”, “Patience”, and “delicate intervention” to show the reader the emphasis details on how teachers should treat their students. The words “respect”, “patience”, and “delicate intervention” are words that Montessori uses to give an example of how a teacher…

The author of the novel Hobomok, Lydia Maria Child, was ahead of her time, and full of abolitionist and feminist views opinions in the 19th Century. Child was born in 1802 in Medford, Massachusetts into an abolitionist family and was highly influenced by her older brother, an Unitarian clergyman and professor at Harvard University. Child later in her life wrote her first published piece, The Frugal Housewife in 1829, an instruction manual and advice book for stay at home wives and mothers who…

I believe that Moreno had this dream because she was subconscious about her experience with the gunshot gave her an emotional reaction. To begin, Moreno states, “It was my first GSW and I was very much a rookie at the time, but even I could’ve told the cop to put his notebook away” (605). This quotation shows that when the police officer takes out his notebook to interview the patient. Moreno wished that she could have said something, but she didn’t say anything which she regrets. She thought…

Tsunamis can form in a variety of ways; they are produced by earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, and other seismic disturbances of the sea floor. In the deep open ocean, tsunami waves are usually less than 1 meter and are hardly noticeable. However, they are much longer and travel much faster than ordinary wind waves. They can have wavelengths of 240 kilometers and travel at over 700 kilometers per hour. As tsunami waves approach the shore, shoaling occurs and the waves become dangerous.…