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  It's difficult to think of any two poems that could be further apart than the self-effacing "I'm Nobody" and the celebration of self...

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  In 1851, a Women's Rights conference was held in Akron. One person attending was Sojourner Truth, an older African American woman who...

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  By definition, no art pursuit is easy. If art were easy, then it would not be important in our society. Think about it this way: no...

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  The difficult fact is that those who are in love are typically likely to choose marriage without considering the odds of success and...

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  Register is a part of sociolinguistics, which is the study of the way in which we use language in a social context. MAK Halliday...

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  Ethics is a complex topic; it encompasses "doing the right thing" even if one doesn't want to at the moment. There are certain...

• Answered a Question in Flowers for Algernon

  Prior to becoming a subject of an experiment, Charlie works in a factory and he is often the victim of teasing and bullying. Other...

• Answered a Question in The Story of My Life

  In The Story of My Life, Helen Keller describes herself as an avid learner. As soon as she got the language connection at the...

• Answered a Question in History

  While originally both legally and socially subservient to men, women have claimed and exercised both rights and freedom using a...

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  Hope is the idea that something in the future might happen. Hope carries an element of optimism that the future event, whether in this...