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    purpose of this essay is to justify the inversion of Peter’s gender to that of a woman, in Matthew 16: 13-20, based on the concepts that Jesus was the most accepting of sinners, women deserve a chance at redemption, and women are the archetype for motherhood and creation. In addition, by changing the gender it will establish an equality of gender, in this passage that it is lacking. To fully understand this text and the inversion, the context in which it was written must be examined. To begin…

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    source 2). In addition, the government is also planning on “promoting marriage, childbearing, and parenting through public relations campaigns, incentives, and preferences” highlighting the critical role of motherhood and its contribution to the nation (Chamie, Analysis para. 5). Relying on motherhood as the netizens’ duty to maintain the country’s population as an act of patriotism and civic duty sounds like something from George Orwell’s 1984. These measures obviously attracted negative…

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    Emma Donoghue is a dramatic novel focusing on the lives of Ma and Jack. The author explores the idea that physical confinement is not the only form of imprisonment. Donoghue relates to wider ideas of imprisonment, such as the responsibilities of motherhood, social expectations and mentality. Characterization, motif, symbolism, theme, narrative perspective, imagery, and allusion are all manipulated effectively within the text to explore different forms of imprisonment. The views shown relate to…

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    moments enjoyed with kin in order to heighten the value of life. The mother’s time is maximised through reference to her age as close to “thirty thousand days”. Stanza five sees the commencement of the fabric motif, symbolising typical duties of motherhood. The metaphor of the mother’s face as “fine threadbare linen” portrays a weakness upon nearing death and the vocabulary choice of “crumple” indicates depletion in her mother’s determination to defeat death. However, the persona describes her…

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    She became a widow in her early thirties and had to raise her 6 children on her own, yet she was able to juggle “the demands of her writing career and motherhood with extraordinary success” (Martin 1). Her interest in literature emerged at a very early stage: her grandmother used to tell her Creole stories that sometimes included topics related to “extramarital romance and interracial marriage, which gave…

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    Through A Feminist Lens: Addie Bundren & Blanche DuBois Each of these stories revolves around the notion of how men dictate the life and happiness of the women in their lives due to both society’s influence and structure. This can be found by analyzing two characters, one from Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire and the other from William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying: Blanche DuBois and Addie Bundren. Furthermore, by understanding the time and setting of the stories and As the novel…

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    Weitz Analysis

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    In the article Weitz introduces the terms open concepts versus closed concepts, and describes how they relate to our reasoning of what we consider to be art. Briefly, a concept is how concisely an idea or subject is expressed, and if objects fit into this criteria. If all objects do not precisely fit into these restraints then it becomes an open concept, subject to change. Open concepts, when compared to closed concepts, are not concrete and always up for debate and modification. A mom is…

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    I. Thesis (64 words) Margaret Tally’s essay, “Something’s Gotta Give,” conveys the idea that although movies about middle-aged women finding love and exploring their sexuality are liberating, often these films relay harmful stereotypes about these same women. Usually, the woman’s sexuality takes a detrimental effect on her family. The message in films have a positive stance on sexuality in old age, yet also approaches the topic with hesitancy. II. Summary (words) Some films tend to lean more…

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    Code Girl Research Paper

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    You’ll probably have a couple of HA's at the start of motherhood, but no worries you got this. There is no need to check the kardex because you already know the course of action to take care of your little one. What better mother for your daughter to have than a mother who knows her anatomically and physiologically before she is even here, the perks of her mommy being a nurse. Crying will be her call light Code browns will be considered “cute” and diapers will make you say “aww” Rolling her…

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    The role of men versus women in the church has always been a highly controversial and deliberated subject. This controversy spans back to the early church and proceeds to be an ongoing issue that modern Christianity deals with today. Many Christians look to scripture for answers; However, there are several scripture passages that conflict with one another, thus making it difficult to decipher the true role of men versus women in the church. Although the church emphasizes the equality of men and…

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