... ) Cary is an important literary figure worthy of study in the 21st century because she was a rebel with a cause for women's rights, especially within marriage; because she became a rebel with a religious cause; and finally, because she was the first Englishwoman to write and publish a drama, The Tragedy of Mariam (1613). Elizabeth (Tanfield ... " abroad to receive a Jesuit education, and leading four daughters to join a convent (Beilin). She is renowned as the first woman to write a tragic drama in English, The Tragedy of Mariam (printed in 1613). The play invites comparison with Webster'...

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... and varied attitudes towards gender, we are labeled immediately from day one and we are treated differently depending on our sex. Walum (1977) carried out a study of parental attitudes towards male and female babies. His experiment consisted of mothers being shown "Beth" and "Adam", both 6-month-old babies, "Beth" being ... they don't seem to have the same self-discipline as girls therefore, to the teacher, it is important to keep their attention. Michelle Stanworth's study on A-level English classes, as documented by Mahony, concluded that for every four boys who participated in class di...

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... in children's minds not just a simple identifying definition but a whole network of lively traits, the traditionally known facts and values. (127) The intensive curriculum, though different, is equally essential. Intensive study encourages a fully developed understanding of a subject, making one's knowledge of it integrated and coherent. It coincides with Dewey's recommendation that children should be deeply engaged with a small number of typical ... aims and values that predominate in particular schools or classrooms. But there is a limit to the flexibility of the intensive curriculum....

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