While Livy tells a tale of kings in the first book, he does not leave out women who took part in shaping Rome's history. A popular story from Book One, the tale of Lucretia, is known for its symbolism of the fall of monarchy in Rome. ... However, after Sextus Tarquinius rapes her, Lucretia calls for her husband and tells him "'In your bed, Collatinus, is the impress of another man'" (101). ... My heart is innocent" (101). Lucretia wants her husband to know that she is pure at heart. ...

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The Arabian Nights can and is considered the first ever fairy tale of the Islamic world. ... At the sadness that overtakes his heart he makes off for his brother's palace in search of solace. ... After much refusal and with a heavy heart the vizier agrees and marries Sherezade to king Shahrayar. ... Now to the point of this essay, what can the Arabian Nights tell you about Islam? ... Also in many of the tales a man is harmed, killed, or severed due to a woman. ...

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" A young woman absent the social advantages of family, wealth, and beauty, Jane suffers from the cruel treatment of Lowood because her aunt wants to punish her for her rebelliousness to the heartbreak in her many attempts to marry her beloved Rochester, "All my heart is yours, sir: it belongs to you; and with you it would remain, were fate to exile the rest of me from your presence forever." ... Her unbridled need for freedom in stark contrast with their want for control led to more tears and disappointments than fairy-tale happy endings. ... " Immediately after Rochester tells Ja...

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Lawrence continues on with this feeling when the narrator tells us of this beautiful woman and her feelings towards her children. "Only she herself knew that at the center of her heart was a hard little place that could not feel love, no, not for anybody." The narrator goes on to tell us the tale of a woman, unable to love her own children, who is obsessed with money. ...

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• Grade Level: High School