Mariabylla Merian Algonquin Summary

Marie Kashpaw is a central female character and mother figure in the novel. She is in the middle of just about everything in the novel. Marie is a strong person, who goes through life steadfast. Only fourteen years old at the time, Marie trusts her impulses to get what she wants: Which was to be the first Indian reservation girl to become a saint. Marie is not of full Indian descent; she was very defensive about having some Native American relatives, telling the reader that she doesn't "have that much Indian blood" and was just as "light" as the other nuns were. In fact, she was so sensitive about that, eventually, she denied having any Native American blood, even with family members. Marie was raised in the bush, she only went to town for Sunday Mass and school. Marie didn’t seem to mind going to church because prayer is kind of a great equalizer and “she could pray with the best of them”, which meant it would be impossible for the nuns to reject or look down at her in disdain. The convent, on top of the highest hill, holds the strongest attraction for Marie.

Her father James, who was a successful businessman who had acquired considerable real estate and was a practising catholic and man of deep faith passed away when she was very young. However his strong faith servilely impacted her. His inspiring example lead Catherine to persist being a Catholic her entire life. Which meant going against all the pressures and resisting or the criticism. Catherine 's mother lacked her husbands depth of faith and was much more interested in her social status within Dublin society than her religion. It was her father who provided her with the first model of service to the poor through his involvement with those in his own community. The second death of her parent forced into becoming independant, and growing up much quicker then she would have hoped. However again this has shaped the way Catherine was, and built her strong and caring character. Looking for god in this instance help Catherine gain strength to carry on to inspire and help others along the way. “Do not put your trust in any human being, but place all your confidence in God.”(Catherine McAuley 49). Catherine was influence by religion from a very young age, which has shown significantly throughout her life. Her fathers presence in her life at a young age was still so impactful that she carried out his religion and pushed through all other temptations to convert.

I think Marie wrote Lanval to demonstrate someone who is lonely and empty to meet the one that will take all the loneliness they felt away. It’s a simple fairy tale that most people secretly hopes for. The women is an example of how Marie makes the reader recognize just

Although the Lais of Marie de France may seem to be ordinary tales of knights and chivalry, each explores the complicated issues surrounding love, loyalty, and gender. Marie uses four stories in particular to make statements on the relationships between men and women of that time.

During the medieval times, Marie de France, unlike the male writers of her time, wrote courtly stories that depicted women who were predominantly featured in the primary roles with empathy and questioned the sexist predicaments women were often subjected to. Women often times struggled to find their voice, but her stories told the perseverance and progress within those constraints. Instead, she wrote of men idealizing wealthy, powerful, independent, beautiful women. She inserts the thoughts and feelings from a woman’s perspective. In a sense, giving women the voice they strived to have heard in a male dominated time period. As Damon stated in the article “Marie de France: Psychologist of Courtly Love,” “Contemporary readers might have noted that the characters departed occasionally from the established laws of courtly conduct; none the less, as all such departures were towards reality, they were welcomed.” She opened the door for women’s self-expression and individual achievement. Marie de France’s popular adulterous love stories bring about many fascinating ethical questions.

Katherine of Aragon was born during the 14th century to 17 century renaissance era on December 16th 1485(Williams). She called alcalá de Henares her home and she is the daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon( Williams). She is credited with the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Commission( Williams). She gave birth to 6 children but only one survived infancy that being Mary I. Katherine of Aragon is not as well known as her spouse King Henry VIII who married her in order to have an heir which she wasn’t able to provide to him.

I like to think of women as the quiet voices of encouragement and reason to the men in their lives. There are several differences between how women were viewed during these time periods but there are also some similarities as well. The women of both the Protestant Teaching and the Catholic Teaching were regarded highly of, but the purpose of Protestant women were to be married so that they are able to

The education of women in Medieval Europe is hard pinpoint primarily because the view of the education of young girls and adult women were that they were intellectually inferior to men as well as naturally. It was believed that they could not learn anything but the basic things that could make them a better wife or nun; these thoughts regarding their intellectual abilities usually came from science and the Bible. Noble woman were usually educated and their literary works were protected from criticism because of their status. Some queens like Margaret of Navarre and Catherine Parr did write poems and meditations. A good deal about a women’s education can be deduced from the didactic works addressed to them throughout the Middle Ages, especially from the early 13th century onwards stated by (Power, 1975). The education of woman was mainly vocational meaning usually the nuns were the most educated but there were other ways for women to acquire education. One way was schools set up by nunneries which mainly taught women most of higher status secondly, you could be sent to the home of great ladies where you could `learn breeding or you could go the local elementary schools for girls and lastly by apprenticeships.

Firstly, women helped Jesus in his search for the nature of the divine, and his teachings. In the early development of Christianity, disciples were persecuted by the Roman Empire (Strayer, 174). Therefore,

Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska was born Helena Kowalska on August 25, 1905 in Głogowiec, Poland. Helena’s family was very religious, so she and her nine siblings grew up with an understanding of the Catholic faith, despite their immense poverty. It was apparent that she was deeply interested in Catholicism from a very young age. She first attended Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at the impressionable age of seven. From there, her love of prayer and devotion to the Lord only increased. She celebrated her first Holy Communion at age nine. Helena only had a three-year education. Right when she got out of school, she wanted to enter a convent. However, her parents refused to give her permission. Once she became old enough, Helena got a job as a housekeeper to support herself and her family. She never could have expected the coming wonders the Lord had in store for her.

In conclusion I believe that our book Women on the Margins written by Natalie Zemon Davis was very well written because she was able to outline the many things women had to go through in early modern Europe and how it affected their lives. Furthermore, these women like Gliki were able to pursue many things because of the lives that they lived. In this book we are shown just how men and women during this era were treated. These women were able to make it through this era because of the determination they had to survive.

It is one of duty and security as a show for others of their Christian marriage. Their vocation of marriage to each other has weak ties that serve as a facade of sorts. She is scared to speak as her husband, identified mainly by only his last name, sets distinct guidelines and etiquette for how she is to act. These rules for Marie extend from public to private life and cause her to recoil from others in the book in fear of angering Rycker. Marie does not want this life for herself now that she has made it for herself. She seems to only have chosen this lifestyle and vocation of marriage to another for the security of a life with no fear of being left out on the streets. This idea is mentioned by Querry, though he did not directly state this as a similarity to Marie’s situation. He says, “The young girl too often has her weather-eye open on security, but a married woman has already found it.” (Greene, 114). She uses this security as her driving force to dedicate her life to the vocation of marriage, not the force of love or desire to her spouse. This leads to unhappiness, as with many other of the characters with meaningless vocation in their

Judaism and Catholicism despite being established 1770 years apart and including somewhat differing values, symbols, rituals and social structures, however they have many likenesses despite certain conflicting aspects . Judaism was recognized in 1880 BC, with Catholicism being established in 30 AD and are two of the world’s most followed religions. All religions have correlating characteristics which can be represented and interpreted in diverse ways. In this way, Judaism and Catholicism share similar theological ideologies, ethics, spiritual experiences/rituals and also central bases and figures of the religion itself.

While in Judaism there is a ceremony that is the acceptance of the religion called Bar/Bat Mitzvah. Although the whole process is different from the Christian confirmation both are processes where teenagers are becoming a part of the religion. In Bar/Bat Mitzvah a boy, who is 13, or a girl, who is 12, become responsible for their own actions and make their own religious path. These are just a few of the similarities of these two very similar religions, but the religions also have differences. Judaism, doesn’t believe in the New Testament of the Bible, while Christians believe in the New Testament, which consists of Jesus’s teachings, and have it as the part of their holy text. Another example of a difference is the way the process of acceptance into the religion. Bar/Bat Mitzvah had different ages for different genders and was a lot more specific about what the acceptance meant. While Confirmation is teenagers who wants to become a Christian and become part of the religion. From these examples one can tell that the religions are very similar and different in many different ways. Not only is Judaism similar and different to Christianity but also another religion founded in the Arabian Peninsula.

Guinevere and Leah were sisters, but very different. Guinevere was very outgoing and she had more of a sense when it came to others. Leah was too trusting and wouldn’t listen to what Guinevere or Bannon said, which made Bannon very worried.