Readers are offered these early impressions of Lily Bart from the mind of Lawrence Selden as they walk toward his flat on Madison Avenue. I think that this quote is interesting for a few reasons: by saying "she must have cost a great deal to make," Lily is immediately seen as a commodity: if workers were "sacrificed" to make this "produce," her person is not only objectified, but quantified as a value in a transaction. ... I think it is interesting to consider that some of the first outside opinions we perceive of Lily attempt quantify her value: it is these monetary values that will trouble t...

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Lily observes Mrs. ... The bipolarity between the person Lily wants to be and the person Lily is expected to be is sole reason for her overwhelming confusion. ... In many ways, Lily's art is a tool with which she can find reassurance. ... Ramsay has past away, meaning that Lily no longer has this looming presence of the "ideal woman" torturing her. Lily is more independent and self-sufficient, allowing her to produce art in the absence of self-doubt....

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On this cover, celebrity and musician Lily Allen poses wearing fashionable clothing and is presented performing a subtle modelled pose. ... The text mentioning Lily Allen's feature article talks about her "pursuit of happiness.... Surrounding Lily Allen's feature text are other headlines which serve to backup the message presented. ... Overlayed over Lily Allen's body is a header for an article titled 'The New Mood: What to Buy, Wear, See & Experience Right Now.' ... Lily Allen is shown to be wearing her wedding ring in the cover shot, which has been shot in br...

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Lily Allen is one musician drawing attention to feminism, as she sings about the stereotypes and discriminations in place against females through her song "Hard Out Here," in a way that is easily understood by the public. ... "Hard Out Here," is a song by Lily Allen with a clear goal: to draw attention to sexism affecting women and promote change. It has an overwhelmingly sarcastic tone as it addresses females' traditional domestic roles, and according to Lily Rothman, "the double standards that affect women when it comes to appearances" (Rothman). ... Lily A...

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A structural adaptation of the water lily is that it has small and flat leaves. This adaptation is important because having smaller leaves means that the water lily has a greater surface area, which will increase the rate of photosynthesis. ... If the water lily did not have small and flat leaves it will not be to able to capture as much sunlight for photosynthesis which means that it will not be able to photosynthesize as efficiently. As a result, the water lily will not produce as much glucose and oxygen, which are raw products, needed for respiration to occur. It is important for respiratio...

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During a dinner party at his Aunt Julia and Aunt Kate's home in Dublin, he is in a cheerful mood to begin with, but as soon as he speaks with Lily, his mood is shaken. He didn't mean to make Lily rebuff, he was merely joking with her, but as Dublin is seen as dark and oppressive in the other stories, it is still oppressive in The Dead as shown by Lily who complains about the men in the city, which in turn ruins Gabriel's mood. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He is self-conscious about Lily's bitter remarks on marriage and about what he should say in his after-dinner speech. ... Akers explains here that the awkward confrontations with other people of the party such as Lily and Miss Ivors are instilling a form of self-consciousness in Conroy especially when it came to Lily's regards towards marriage. ... Because of the regards Lily makes towards marriage and the love that Michael Furey has towards Gretta, Gabriel becomes self-conscious which leaves him paralyzed and oppressed by his inadequate feelings towards love and marriage. ...

• Word Count: 1621
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J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1904) circulates in the popular imagination as a happy tale for children that, through the adventures of Peter and the other children in Never Land, celebrates playfulness. As Mark Twain commented, "It is my belief that Peter Pan is a great and refining and uplifting benefaction to this sordid and money-mad age; and the next best play is a long way behind- (qtd. in Jack 158). Tellingly, Twain's comment that Peter Pan is uplifting seems to depend on ignoring the fact that each of the "lost- boys is a baby who has fallen out of his pram "when the nurse is looki...

• Word Count: 7291
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Art critic, and writer John Ruskin wrote the article Sesame and Lilies, it is a primary source published in 1865 to use as a lecture, which was given in Manchester on December 6, 1864. Deborah Epstein-Nord described in her edition of Sesame and Lilies that it is a "classic nineteenth-century statement on the natures and duties of men and women", (Epstein-Nord, 2002). ... Addressed to the women of the audience, Ruskin gives a contradictory and enigmatic description of the role of a woman; in the first paragraph of Sesame and Lilies he states that both sexes are equal but not alike, and that ...

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These same changes occur within Lily's character and her thought process. ... This transformation of Lily's character, and how she now knows not to stress about small issues when things could be much worse. ...

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Plath's "Yadwigha, on a Red Couch, Among Lilies " is an incredibly vivid poem that uses visual imagery to describe the scene of Henri Rousseau's "The Dream. " The painting itself is bizarre, with the main focus being a nude woman, dubbed Yadwigha by Plath, lying on a red couch in a jungle, and Plath seems to recognize and appreciate this oddity for what it is. ... The snake charmer is found standing under branches of the same kind of tree in both paintings, later described by Plath as "heart-shaped " and "like catalpa leaves " ("Yadighwa, on a Red Couch, Among Lilies, " 6). ...

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Stereotypes have long identified what is "male" and what is "female". These stereotypes, designated by society, determine what type of role each gender fulfills in society. But male and female roles change over time, and as traditional stereotypes begin to fade, so do gender roles. Today, women experience freedom and opportunities that were thought unattainable by their female ancestors. Stereotypes and gender roles had a strong hold on society in the late 1800's, and because many women silently desired independence above all else, their wish for equality was a common theme in literature...

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In The Knight's Tale many of the characters are affected by outside forces beyond human control. It seems as though when one character has fallen on good fortune, another character experiences misfortune. Through the use of idealistic images, diction and figurative language Chaucer shows that outsid...

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Men have always found ways to control women. In both "Female Circumcision: Rite of Passage or Violation of Rights? " (Althaus) and "Footbinding " (Fairbank) the authors explain two especially gruesome methods of female mutilation that have been and still are used to dominate women. Female circumcisi...

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A Foundation Like No Other Throughout the twentieth century there have been many foundations and organizations that have surfaced with the objectives of helping individuals with disabilities. These supportive foundations have raised millions of dollars in recent years that are to be spent aiding ch...

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Italian humanists of the 16th century defined the contemporary art of Italy as a revival from classic art. One can see how artists of the time often drew from Byzantine, Greek and Roman influence in a variety of mediums, whether it be sculpture, painting, or calligraphy. It is vital that one sees th...

• Word Count: 1029
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Every impressionist painter had their own contribution to the style of art known as Impressionism; Monet had his water lilies, Pissaro his romanticized rural workers, and Degas had his dancers. Though each painter may be known for a certain subject field and style, most explored and had interests in...

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In the United States there are three to seven percent of school age children diagnosed with ADD/ADHD. It is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders, and a chronic disorder that can impair many aspects of daily life such as home, school, relationships, and everyday activities. ADD/ADHD is a ...

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To know that two opposing sides generate a war via alleged interests or views is highly important. However, if one should know the catastrophic effects during the war, this would be the underlying truth. This also holds to be true for African Americans during World War II. World War II was basica...

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Movies often depict complex and fascinating communication elements between a group of people. Analyzing how the characters, as individuals and groups, interact with one another allows for an understanding of how people think, feel and act " between each other. "The Devil Wears Prada" depicts a young...

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The Bio-Social theory examines the combined effects of biology, behavior and the environment on criminal behavior (Lily 2014) and the scared straight program works with the environment to scare its participants out of the crime lifestyle and hopefully pushes them into a straight pathway. ...

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Pharmaceutical drug companies are making an extreme amount of money off their products, to the detriment of many Americans who are unable to afford them. At the same time making an inflated amount of profit from every consumer who need the products for various reasons, even though they may have bett...

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To know that two opposing sides generate a war via alleged interests or views is highly important. However, if one should know the catastrophic effects during the war, this would be the underlying truth. This also holds to be true for African Americans during World War II. World War II was basica...

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The angle of this essay will focus on the matter of workplace bullying from an eliminative standpoint. Workplace bullying, as any other form of bullying, is a negative behaviour taken up by some that leads to others' detriment. Workplace bullying does not have a specific definition, as bullying behaviours may come in many different forms, but general workplace incivility could be broadly defined as workplace bullying. Although lacking a specific definition, it is agreed that workplace bullying is a negative behaviour and thus the general aim is to minimize it because of its harmful effec...

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In this advertisement, Dreams Angels Forever commercial shows supermodels Adriana Lima, Chanel Iman, Erin Heatherton, Alessandra Ambrosio, Lily Aldridge and Candice Swanepoel presenting the new push up bra's, prancing around wearing a white feather custom attached to their bra that made them appear as angles (Dream Angels Forever). ...

• Word Count: 1991
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate