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    The following case study is on a woman spy named Natasha Romanoff more known as The Black Widow suffering from borderline personality disorder. Borderline personality disorder is a serious mental disorder marked by a pattern of ongoing instability in moods, behavior, self-image, and functioning. These experiences often result in impulsive actions and unstable relationships. A person with BPD may experience intense episodes of anger, depression, and anxiety that may last from only a few hours to…

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    widowhood although few areas were overlooked. Mann evaluated the development of widow chastity clearly in her article and explicitly depicted what was the Jingbiao…

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    Nathan Englander short story, “free-fruit-for-young-widows” is narrated under the limited omniscient point of view. The story starts with astonishing climax of the atrocious killing of four Egyptian soldiers by private Tendler, a friend of Etgar’s father shimmy Gezer, but ends with energized uplifting pinnacle at the upshots, how Etgar’s holds his father business and bags of free food. Actions on the plot are described in a distinct pattern and are placed wisely with the felicitous diction.…

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    The importance of heritage, culture and tradition, and identity in Paule Marshall’s Praisesong for the Widow Paule Marshall’s Praisesong for the Widow is an acclaimed novel, published in 1983, that takes place in the 1970s. Covering Avey Johnson’s life, Marshall deals with the idea of loss of cultural identity and the importance of it. Through flashbacks and dreams the author presents the source of Avey’s trauma and her past. On this essay, we will summarize Marshall’s life in brief, as well as…

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    What did the film teach you about early 20th century Hindu widows in India? What was your reaction to what you learned/how do you feel about it? Do you have any questions about the subject/find anything confusing? Women in Indian culture follow the tradition from the scriptures of Manu. When there husbands die they have 3 options. The first option is that they will be burned with their husbands, if they do not choose this option they can enter a place where they live so that they remain pure and…

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    The Singing Widow Isabel Pantoja, a mother, singer, spouse, bride of Spain, Queen of the Copla, and a widow. La Pantoja was born on the 2nd of August, 1952 to a family of fame and riches. Her mother was a famed flamenco dancer while both her father, famed from a 50’s song, and her granddad, a gypsy singer were living in the spotlight of Spain. Although, these family members lost fame quickly and because of Isabel and her three siblings the family went through many financial disabilities.She…

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    just near widow creek. In my town, Widow Creek was forbidden by Mayor Judson, I’ve always wanted to know the truth of why it was forbidden. The legend says that a small group of kids went into Widow Creek one night and were never seen again. I don’t believe that legend or science fiction stuff like superheroes or aliens. One day at school my friends asked what the plan was for Saturday night. I didn’t know what to tell them, so I didn’t answer. Ron ones of my friends suggested we go to Widows…

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    The Journey of a Loyalist Widow during the American Revolution My original name is Arabella Edward, but since we moved to the Colonies everyone refers to me a “Bella”. I was born and raised in Great Britain, under the Crown, and remain loyal to them to this day. I’m 22 years old. Turned out my husband was an agent for the British crown, whose name was Thomas Edward, age 26, and insisted we move to North America in hopes for “A better, brighter future.” We began in Boston. We moved here in early…

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    Caught In The Widow's Web

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    Black Widows are both feared and glorified in society. From being seen as intruders that must be destroyed upon entering a home, to being a lethal superhero; the Black Widow undertakes many different personas. In Gordon Grice’s essay “Caught in the Widow’s Web”, a new identity is found: Evil. Grice takes an in-depth look at why evil is in a world with “a benevolent God.” Similar to most essays, “Caught in The Widow’s Web” uses a variety of modes. One of the modes used is showing a process.…

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    Deepa Mehta's Film Water

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    depicts questions of gender within an ashram of Hindu widows. Mehta allows for complexity to flourish within her film by exploring and disrupting ideal notions of gender within South Asia. The Hindu widows depicted in Water cannot be simply understood as passive victims of either British colonialism nor patriarchal customs. Instead, the Hindu widows within Water exhibit agency in ways that both subvert and exploit their specific positionality as widows within the ashram. While there is…

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