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    At the end of the story, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter are in effects allowing Mrs. Wright to get away with murder out of guilt and pity. Both Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peter were guilting for practically abandoning Mrs. Wright in an unhappy marriage. They made a connection of knowing Mrs. Wright before she was married, the contrast of her then and now is undeniable. Mrs. Wright was pretty and sweet but also timid bird before marriage, after marriage she was very isolated and unhappy. She resorted to making

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    In “A Jury of Her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, Minnie Foster Wright is the main character, even though the reader never sees Mrs. Wright. The story begins as Mrs. Hale joins the county attorney, Mr. Henderson; the sheriff, Mr. Peters; Mrs. Peters; and her husband in a “big two-seated buggy” (188). The team men are headed the Wright house to investigate Mr. Wright’s murder. Mrs. Peters is going along to gather some belongings for Mrs. Wright, who is currently being held in jail, and Mrs. Hale has been

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    Right. In July 1965, the Missionaries opened their first home outside India, in Venezuela and over the next few years others opened up all over the world. <br> <br>Mother Teresa began to win International awards along with large cash prizes to help her work. By 1970, there were about 585 Sisters, which worked for Mother Teresa. Throughout the 1970's new centres were opened from Australia to the Middle East. In the middle of 1971, Calcutta suffered horribly. Millions of homeless, starving people poured

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    Mother Teresa once said, "serve the poorest of the poor and to live among them and like them” (T. learning to give.org). Would it be possible to live among the poor and like them? Mother Teresa was a nun that helped the poor. Mother Teresa was and is still known as a woman that had a kind heart, and even as a teenager she would always be found helping poor children, visiting countries where there were people in need, helping those that needed money and even after her death her charities are still

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    Dominique LaPierre's The City of Joy “His suffering was transformed into surprise then peace, the peace that comes from being loved” (C.O.J. p. 254). In the book the City of Joy, Hasari, Mother Theresa, Stephan Kolvaski and Max Loeb all experienced the joy and helpfulness that comes from being loved. Their problems and troubles through out the book help them to understand how to make it through tough times. Examples from this book and life show that modern medicine is not always the best

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    Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on August 27, 1910. Her family was of Albanian descent. At the age of twelve, she felt strongly the call of God. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. After a few months' training in Dublin she was sent to India, where on May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows

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    In Susan Glaspell’s, “A Jury of her Peers”, it is the women who take center stage and captivate the reader’s emotions. Throughout the feministic short story, which was written in 1917, several repeating patterns and symbols help the audience to gain a deeper understanding of the difficulty of prairie life for women and of the bond that women share. The incredible cunning the women in the story demonstrate provides insight into the innate independence that women had even during days of deep sexual

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    The Deadly Silence in Trifles         While reading Susan Glaspell's play Trifles, the use of characters, descriptive language, and symbolism teaches the audience that one person's home and one person's way of living can also be an introduction to one person's private hell.  Throughout the play, discoveries are made to teach the audience that maybe things are not what they seem and that sometimes people must take a deeper look into what is around them.         Mrs. Hale, Mrs.

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    mercy, and dedication to gain respect. Mother Teresa is a perfect example of a modern day saint. Through her love and guidance of Jesus, Mother Teresa proves to be real life savior. Mother Teresa is very different from your typical wealthy world influencer, she doesn 't have a lot of money, and works purely to benefit people in need. Mother Teresa did all her work out of love ,and trying to help and one 's life without having money on the mind. Mother Teresa was a powerful woman with her difficult, time

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    Mother Teresa is one of the most written about and publicized women of the 20th century. She is the second most advertised religious celebrity after Pope John Paul II. Due to her fame, many people willingly step forward to offer their support and praise her work. The Indian media used Mother Teresa as a figure for a movement towards bettering the lives of those in the lower castes. They believe that if the Indian people were seeing a white, foreign woman caring for their family and neighbors that

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