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- 2741: Native American Women
- ... items as cloth, baskets, and mats. In the Southwest, however, men sometimes made baskets and pottery, and even weaved cloth. In regions where hunting provided the main food supply, the women were also responsible for house building, processing carcasses of game, preparing hides or furs, and whatever food gathering or farming that could be done. In the mostly agricultural societies in the Eastern Woodlands, the women primarily worked in the fields ... in the Great Basin, most aspects of labor, except the defined female tasks of weaving and basket and pottery making, were shared fairly evenly. In the Southwest, the men did most of the field work, house building, weaving, cloth manufacturing, and animal skin processing. Female prestige among the Iroquois grew greater after the Revolutionary War, and male prestige ebbed due to continual losses and defeats and the inability to do much ...
- 2742: The Yellow Wallpaper: Exemplifies Women's Position In the 19th Century
- ... nursury provide further evidence that Gilman's story signifies a rejection of women from the public to the private scene. As a treatment to her temporary nervous breakdown, the narrator is taken to a secluded house in order to recover. However, this does not elicit the intended response from that which was originally thought. The narrator further dwindles into her pyschological depression. Through this we can assume that setting plays a ... much air and sun it was not bad. Now we have had a week of fog and rain, and whether the windows are open or not, the smell is here. It creeps all over the houseˇK. But now I am used to it. The only thing I can think of that it is like is the color of the paper! A yellow smell (639). The smell represents insanity. The narrator ...
- 2743: Taming Of The Shrew
- ... conducts herself; Sly is not respected by anyone because of the way he too conducts himself. Kate is brought into a marriage that she does not agree with at first; Sly is brought into a house, made lord, and served upon, he does not agree with this at first also. The words and actions of others change Kate’s state of mind as well as her actions; Sly’s actions, and ... conducts herself; Sly is not respected by anyone because of the way he too conducts himself. Kate is brought into a marriage that she does not agree with at first; Sly is brought into a house, made lord, and served upon, he does not agree with this at first also. The words and actions of others change Kate’s state of mind as well as her actions; Sly’s actions, and ...
- 2744: Literary Devices in Homer’s Odyssey
- ... be mesmerized by their song. They all live through this experience because of his cleverness of applying the beeswax. Odysseus also gets his crew in trouble when the shipwreck and encounter the nymph Calypso’s house. Calypso holds Odysseus at her house by force. There all the rest of his loyal shipmates died but he was spared and continues on his way back to Ithaca. Fantasy comes into this story at the very beginning with the mention ...
- 2745: Romeo And Juliet - Fate
- ... theme of love is seen as well. Through Romeo’s mellow mood we see how desperate he is for love. Romeo is in love with Juliet, which is the daughter of an enemy to the house of Montagues. Fate is definitely involved here, and this innocent love is the first step in a chain of events that lead to the fate driven tragedy. In the same scene, Tybalt is infuriated with ... love is to me That I must love a loathed enemy. (I, vi, lines 139-142) The first time Juliet meets Romeo and falls in love with him, she finds out he is of the house of Montagues, and realizes how impossible their love is. Romeo is hot with fire and sees no limits to his love, and as at the end of the play he does, he talks of suicide ...
- 2746: History Of Womans Education
- ... until fairly recently, education has been predominantly male. Females were denied almost every right as a citizen, they could not hold property, could not vote, could not receive an education. Females were confined to the house to serve their father or husband, who owned them. There have been many pioneers for women's education. A few will be presented in this paper. They are: Emma Hart Willard, Olivia Slocum Sage, and ... than men attend college today would have astounded these great pioneers, but would have delighted them, knowing that finally women's education is just as widely known as men's. Unfortunatly Polk County does not house any schools just for women.
- 2747: Great Gatsby Color Symbolism
- ... he is extremely envious of Tom Buchanan because of the fact that he has the one thing he can t buy, Daisy. Also, Gatsby is extremely envious of the people that he invites to his house. He knows that he is not old money like the people he invites to his parties. This makes him a man of who, is Green with envy. In like manner, green is also used to ... the people in the story. Gatsby feels that he needs green money to live and to impress Daisy. Symbols of Gatsby s money included his large green lawn and the green ivy growing up his house. Also, in his car, it depicts the passengers sitting in a sort of green leather conservatory. All of these symbols depict Gatsby s money. In contrast to green, yellow and gold are used to be ...
- 2748: History Of Willian Shakespeare
- ... His bride Anne was three months pregnant and eight years' older then William when they wed. His wife Anne was the daughter of Richard Hathaway. Richard was a substantial Warwickshire farmer. He had a spacious house and owned large amounts of farm land. Anne's father Richard called her Agnes which was interchangeably in the sixteenth century. The Hathaway farm house has now become known to the tourist industry as "Anne Hathaway's cottage." William and his wife Anne had three children. Susanna was born on May 26, 1583. The other two children, Judith and Hamnet ...
- 2749: The Regulators Of North Caroli
- ... seized a Regulator's horse, saddle, and bridle and sold them for taxes. Outraged, a band of Regulators rode into Hillsborough, rescued the horse, and before leaving town, fired several shots into Edmund Fanning's house. Fanning, who was in court in Halifax, immediately ordered the arrest of three Regulators who played a big role in the Hillsborough horse incident, William Butler, Peter Craven, and Ninian Bell Hamilton. Citizens of Orange ... through the streets to be humiliated and violently abused. Edmund Fanning was pulled from the courthouse by his heels and dragged from the courthouse before being brutally whipped. The mob then broke into Fanning's house, burned his papers, destroyed his furniture, and demolished and burned the building. Many others were whipped as the Regulators rioted through the streets of Hillsborough. Windows of private homes were broken and the inhabitants of ...
- 2750: The Odyssey
- ... not so certain.” (I, 249). This is mentioned because Telemachus, and the suitors, feel that if he were really the son of Odysseus then he would have the strength to stop the destruction of his house. Before Telemachus enters manhood he needs people to help guide him. First it takes the disguised goddess Athena to start him down the path. Athena starts by telling Telemachus to call the lords to full ... Odysseus inquires about the suitors and the prince’s actions. Odysseus makes it clear that he would rather die then live with all chaos. Odysseus says, “I’d rather die, cut down in my own house than have to look on at their outrage day by day.” (XVI, 116). Telemachus shows his lack of intelligence when the suitors are competing for Penelope’s hand in marriage. The task is to string ...
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