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    Fanny Kemble was born on November 27, 1809, on London, England. She was born into a family of actors. Later, she became an actress to save her family financially, but her true passionate was in writing and literature. She was considered an intelligent and independent woman. She fell in loved and married Pierce Butler in Philadelphia in 1834. He became infatuated by Fanny Kemble when he first saw her performed and he followed her in the tour. He was a wealthy American who owned hundreds of slaves

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    Fanny Kemble was an English actress in the 1830s. She was married to a plantation owner by the name of Pierce Butler. In the two years she lived on his plantation she wrote in journals about her experiences with the female slaves. These women came to her with their complaints and/or when they needed certain items from her like food or clothes. Her writings were called Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839, and they were published in 1863. Kemble wrote about her many encounters

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    The novel, Washington Square written by Henry James, takes place in Manhattan during the 1840s. “Washington Square” began for James with an anecdote told by the actress Fanny Kemble (Simpson). The main characters include Dr. Sloper who is a renown physician, his two sisters; Mrs. Penniman who is melodramatic and Mrs. Almond who is sympathetic, a coxcomb known as Morris Townsend, and Catherine who is the daughter of Dr. Sloper. These characters affect Catherine’s personality and have a great impact

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    These species of plants and animals do well to illustrate that the island is rich with species diversity and is home to many organisms. Without these specific types of habitats (e.g. salt marshes, dunes, and maritime forests), the island’s natural wildlife and plant life would look vastly different. Aside from the aesthetic value of barrier islands and potential economic gains, barrier island environments provide valuable information that is relevant wildlife and ecological management. Since humans

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    leads to Feminine power. Fanny Price, Anne Elliot, and Elinor Dashwood each have a reserved and silent composure that makes them at first be ignored but later appreciated. Silence can be a sign of moral strength, when silent a person can escape their reality and escape from noise or anything they don’t want to be in. in all three of the novels Silence serves as an escape in Mansfield Park Fanny uses her silence as a moral center in response to the insincere social world. Fanny seems to be a silent heroine

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    “God Bless America” is one of Irving Berlin’s best known songs. We hear it at ceremonies, at sporting events, all over across the United States. It was originally composed by Berlin in 1918 while he was serving in the U.S. Army. He set the song aside for a while and didn’t pick it back up until he later revised the piece in 1938. The most famous version of this song was recorded by Kate Smith. It is even considered her signature song. The songs genre is considered to be an American patriotic song

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    creates an overall feeling of displacement and confusion.  Fanny Price is moved from Portsmouth to Mansfield and then back to Portsmouth and back to Mansfield. She occupies several houses, Mansfield, Thornton Lacey, the parsonage, and almost Mrs. Norris' house.  Julia and Maria Bertram, the Crawfords, the Grants, Susan

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    Lady Chatterley's Lover

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    Lady Chatterley's Lover, written by DH. Lawrence was first published in 1928. The novel follows around the protagonist of the story, Lady Constance Chatterley. The story is about how this woman, who is trapped in a loveless and almost sterile marriage, finds emotional and physical love with the gameskeeper of her husband's estate. As a story about the relationships between men and women, I find this book a very nice read, but with Lawrence also using this novel as a way to show his readers the

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    Fanny Fern: The Not So Humorous History of Feminist Satire In the 21st century, many women, myself included, take for granted that we can wear whatever we desire and say what we want, in public, without the fear of being thrown in jail. However, that was not always the case. While the fight for the continued advance of women’s rights rages on, women of the 19th century lived a very different life than the one, us women, lead today. The feminist agenda was just emerging on the horizon. One particular

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