The Magdalene Sisters

When a lady with an incurable disease prayed by her tomb to get better, she was healed after her prayer. These are the two miracles she has performed to become a saint. When Saint Faustina was at the age of 20, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy whose mission is the poor and educate. In the house she was a cook, gardener…

Throughout history, women were consistently being undervalued by men. Also, women are always at a disparity and an impediment towards all the men. A colossal amount of opportunities went to men, even in the contemporary era. Henceforth, it wasn't until recently that women have been able to get educated. As early as the 1800s, women weren't permitted to get an education. When women had an education, men considered them a threat and a danger to society. Education has unceasingly been the…

back home where she taught in a private school and served the poor through charity (para. 8). As mentioned in the website, in 1880, Frances along with seven young women funded and started, the Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Frances and the sisters wanted to become missionaries in China, however after visiting Rome to obtain an audience with Pope Leo XII. The Pope advised Frances to go “not to the East, but to the West”. Frances along with the seven young women…

As Saranell grew up, Geneva continuously neglected her, causing Saranell to feel unwanted and not cared for. In the midst of a blizzard, Saranell drifted to her mother for warmth and protection. When she arrived to her mother, Geneva immediately disregarded Saranell's needs. "'Go into the parlor,' Geneva ordered from Fanny Culver's four poster bed as soon as Saranell appeared. 'The servants have saved some cornbread for you.' She turned toward the wall and coughed. 'And shut that door so what…

stepmother. In Cinderella the stepsisters are these snotty girls that make Cinderella do all the chores and the stepmother allows this to happen, The stepmother also treats her this way and making her life miserable. It's the same for Ashputtle with the sisters and stepmother adding chores to the original chores just so she couldn’t go to the ball. Both of these stories are unique in their own way. With the Brothers Grimm version being gory and CInderella being a happier tone with no gore,…

A classic princess story, Cinderella remains to be one of Disney’s most popular movies. However, what is disturbing is the manner in which this movie imposes gender roles by depicting women in a negative manner. This film seems to be reinforcing the notion that women are weaklings and that the only way in which any society can survive is by upholding male dominance and embracing female submissiveness. The movie begins by showing Cinderella living happily with her parents in a faraway kingdom.…

father is still alive. She has to deal with a stepmother and stepsisters because her dad remarried. Her male savior is a prince and they meet at a ball. The setting is back in the day. A tree branch grants her wishes with the animals as helpers. The sister have a cruel ending with their eyes poked out. The prince finds her because of a glass slipper. She had always wanted to go the ball from the beginning. She never met the prince until the ball. The prince finds her and it is a happily ever…

the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently”. In The Novel, The Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, Minerva Mirabal shows a lot of courage. The novel tells the story of four sisters including Minerva. She was the first to get involved in the underground revolution against the Trujillo regime. There are three types of courage physical, moral and intellectual. During a difficult time period in the Dominican Republic’s…

of Butterflies, conveys the theme of transformation in each character and the world in which they live. The Mirabal sisters transform throughout the story and in the revolution that starts with them. One only comes to know themselves by the hardships that one faces. Each person's identity is described in the hardships that one overcomes. Minerva Mirabal is the first of the sisters to join the revolution. Minerva is determined to get an education but, even after finishing law school, is…

Archetypes: How you know the Stepmother is Evil Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess with skin the color of snow who lived with her stepmother. In one sentence you already know what is going to happen. You know who you are suppose to like, who the villain is, and you can probably guess the basic plot line and the ending. You know that the stepmother will be evil, she will try to hurt and/or kill the princess, who will undoubtable be saved by a prince on a gallant steed, and they will…