A Garden of Discovery for Mrs. ... Though the play is set in the 19th century, when Ruhl wrote the play, she came in with the mindset of a "contemporary woman writing with subsequent knowledge that informed her view of the periodIn some ways, people then were innocent of sexuality compared to the biological knowledge we've acquired about the subject since.... This is the "final phase of Catherine's experimentationin which [Ruhl] stages a rediscovery of embodied knowledge for both [Catherine and the doctor] that replaces the polarizing images of virgin and whore with a fu...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Many advocate that education should be free so all children have the ability to build their skills and grow their knowledge base. ... The education of the millions who are illiterate can lead to new discoveries, but millions of smart young minds are simply disregarded and these potentially life saving ideas go unrecognized. ... After gaining a slight degree of knowledge, Suma realized that she should be in school. ... She repetitively says "afraid" to show how the possession of knowledge could give a person power. ... Forney's argument lacks sufficient evidence as he speaks fro...

• Word Count: 1554
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Today at the discovery of intellect and knowledge, it would want to be perused and developed rather than ignored, as seen unimportant for a woman to have these qualities, which was a view of the past. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images drawn from the biblical story of Eve's sinful acquisition of the forbidden fruit. Eve-like, Maggie "began to nibble at this thick- rinded fruit of the tree of knowledge." ...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Today at the discovery of intellect and knowledge, it would want to be perused and developed rather than ignored, as seen unimportant for a woman to have these qualities, which was a view of the past. ... Maggie's desire for "masculine" knowledge is related using images drawn from the biblical story of Eve's sinful acquisition of the forbidden fruit. Eve-like, Maggie "began to nibble at this thick- rinded fruit of the tree of knowledge." ...

• Word Count: 1370
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Meer Abdul-Waali 9/24/03 Struggle for Sovereignty Sovereignty, an inextricable mixture of independence, autonomy, self discovery and freedom from influence, congruent to material, physical or spiritual experiences, is the theme of Percy's treatise, "The Loss of the Creature," where he asserts that a sovereign experience is the only form of "authentic" experience a person can go through. ... Percy stresses the gaining of knowledge through sovereign experience of an individual, vis a vis its own natural order, not via a presumed naturalized order created by societal en...

• Word Count: 1477
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

the Late Colonel," and "Bliss" In, "Miss Brill," "The Daughters of the Late Colonel," and "Bliss," In each story Katherine Mansfield tells the story of different women. Katherine Mansfield's treatment of her female characters is all the same: the ladies are all depersonalized and invertebrate in...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

With this knowledge she begins to "acknowledge, define, and articulate her emotions" (Ward 5). ... Edna's self-discovery, although very inspiring, does not solve her problems, it only adds to the chaos that is raging inside of her. ...

• Word Count: 1307
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School