She continues to help the soldiers gather straw and take it into the loft where they sleep. The soldiers began to think that this was unusual; she later explained that this would keep them warm they helped her. The soldiers more or less helped dig their own graves without even knowing it. ... (http://www.online-literature.com/maupassant/ Literature Network) As is evident with the short story of Mother Savage, the author was greatly influenced by the war. ... Many pieces of literature published after that tragic day, make reference to many of the heroic stories demonstrated by our country&...

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• Grade Level: High School

Before proceeding to the woman characters in Markandaya's novel 'Nectar in a Sieve', let us define the characteristics of the stereotypical womanhood in Indian culture and tradition and as it has been portrayed in literature over generations. ... This image of virtuous goddesses devoted to their husbands is the ideal image of Indian womanhood and it has persisted in culture and literature over the years. ... Even woman in life and literature herself voluntarily surrendered to the ideal of self-sacrifice. ...

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World is made of men and women. They are the two pieces of a puzzle without which life would be impossible. What is it exactly that makes the division between men and women? Scientifically, one responsible factor is a proper chromosome. But the truth is that it is not so much the matter of physical appearance as the matter of one's psyche. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

These are the results of the questionnaires, interview and literature review and the sources of the historical predisposition. ... Apart from that there was used the help of many articles that somehow relate to the topic because it is now an actual one in everyday debates of modern journalists. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate