The Magdalene Sisters

I and my two daughters, Racina and Rachel became a part of Cinderella’s life ten years after the death of her mother. At thirteen, it was clear to her father that Cinderella needed a mother-like figure to support her. So, within a year we married and I took on the role as a stepmother. At first, both welcomed us into their home. But, it was not long until that all changed. Soon Cinderella started to show her true colours, becoming quite impossible as she refused to do any of her chores. However…

The Mirabal sisters greatly honored and recognized as heroines in the dominican republic and in other parts in the world.They are symbols of courage,love,and sacrifice.They spoke out against trujillo.They were thought to be beaten to death by trujillos people then put in jeep and ran off a cliff.Six months later trujillo's was assassinated and ended his evil dictatorship.there is now on november 25th international day against violence against women. Minerva was the second youngest of the…

fall in love, all your problems will disappear. The film is irresponsible since it perpetuates female stereotypes and establishes the patriarchy as the means for women to be fulfilled. Cinderella is not given the same amount of respect as her step sisters Drizella and Anastasia by her stepmother. Cinderella is treated like a maid, and is far from having equal rights and being treated like a person. “Dont forget the garden, Then scrub the terrance, sweep the halls and the stairs, clean the…

“In the Time of the Butterflies” is a historical novel by Julia Alvarez, relating an account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. Maria Teresa is the youngest of the four Mirabal sisters. She is very superficial and materialistic in the beginning of the story, but she becomes a resilient, strong-willed revolutionary hero. Further, Maria Teresa is willing to sacrifice herself for the sake of her family’s right for a liberal nation. Maria…

The most common theme in the book is the ongoing struggle of the Butterflies against the government. When the flashback first begins, this particular theme is surfaced during a conversation between the Mirabal family, discussing the idea of Minevra becoming a lawyer. In effect their mother exclaimed jokingly, “Just what we need, skirts in the law!” (Alvarez 10) Minerva insisted that the claim was true, insisting that that, “It’s about time we women had a voice in running our country.” (Alvarez…

the story of each sister. The Mirabal sisters lived during the time that Rafael Trujillo was in power and became part of the resistance against him, eventually costing their lives. There were four sisters, three of whom were murdered by Rafael Trujillo. Patricia is the oldest sister. She was the most religious (catholic) of the sisters and wanted to become a nun. Dede is the second born sister who was always cheerful and compliant; she was the practical one. Dede was the lone sister that…

resist authority in hopes of a civil environment for their peers. The Mirabal sisters…

year that I met my step brother’s friend, Robert. We sometimes went to his neighborhood to play basketball or walk around, but the last trip we took to his house was the most memorable trips I ever took in my life. My step brother Dontae, my step sister Tiana, my little brother Hakeem, our friend Jj, and I, all went to Robert’s house to play basketball one day. Everyone except Dontae went ahead to the court; he said he would catch up with us later. When we arrived, we waited ten minutes for…

desire to do missionary work. After deliberating and praying, Agnes accepted her desire to work for God. She told her mother, who was not surprised. Agnes decided on the Loreto Sisters because of their missionary work in India. Agnes’s journey was long and difficult. She travelled to Zagreb, Croatia with her mother and sister to wait for another girl, Kanjc. Together the girls travelled to Paris in 1928 and arrived in Ireland at the Rathfarnham house where they learned English and prayed. The…

mate. Both movies of the Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella and A Cinderella Story depict different versions of the story of Cinderella but they both share the same concepts and themes: mistreatment of a young girl by her step mother and step sisters, the importance of father figures in a young girl’s life and the hope of finding true love and living happily ever after. Both of these movies would be beneficial to use in the classroom. Teachers can use both movies in their classroom to…