... of love his wife, then ten years later sees her, with pride in his eyes, as an intelligent person who happens to also be the mother of his children. In the poem "Orion" she is not afraid to use words as "cold" and "egotistical". I see a pattern of boldness in her poetry. Rich slowly finds the courage to be the type of writer who does not care ... if men get offended by her writing. She starts writing thins from her point of view, then she dares ... the ending after the man gives credit to his wife for being smart and the mother to his children, it seems as if Rich in her last remarks i...

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... . This play is about women's need for independence and her obligations to family and society. The reader can easily recognize sacrifice and guiltlessness in the play. One can follow a theme through the play by looking at Nora -- the heroine. Nora is the beloved wife of Torvald Helmer. Together they have a cozy house, and three darling children. And supposedly they have been married for eight happy years. Torvald ... . You only thought it amusing to be in love with me" (Ibsen). She decided that she has to leave a house. She wants to become independent. When Helmer reminds her about her "ho...

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• Grade Level: High School

... she is treated cruelly by the one man in her life, her father, and that treatment only continues when she gets married. Celie's father rapes her when she is about fourteen years old, get pregnant not once but twice and has her children taken from her. It is almost implied that her mother knows about the rape but lets it go because her husband is focusing his negative attention on Celie ... has with Nettie, and her own children who had been adopted by the missionaries that befriended Nettie, is emotional, and overwhelming for Celie. It is undoubtedly what she needed to encourage her to l...

• Word Count: 767
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• Grade Level: High School