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    interesting for the viewers. Meanwhile, Longhi has well created a colorful Venetian style painting using red, green, and white colors. The use of these three vivid colors create an appealing and noticeable visual effect. Longhi mainly uses green and red colors on the visitors’ clothing and the visiting room. Meanwhile, he brightens the entire room using white color on the stunning dress of the lady in the middle who seems to be an important aristocracy and the dresses of the nuns which may suggest their purities

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    First lady is the unofficial title bestowed upon the wife of the president of the United States. The role of the president of the United States originated with George Washington and so did the role of the first lady. During these times, the roles of women were usually limited to being homemakers and hostesses. Women did not work outside the home and often were not seen as equals to men. Therefore, the first lady’s duties at that time consisted of hosting social events and keeping the house in

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    aftermath of MacBeth murdering Duncan. MacBeth returns from Duncan’s room to a nervous Lady MacBeth, who has been worrying about the murder failing. MacBeth arrives and panics, while Lady MacBeth stays calm at first and tries to reassure MacBeth. However, when she realizes that MacBeth accidentally brings the daggers back and is too scared to bring them to the murder scene, she starts to attack his courage. While Lady MacBeth shows no remorse whatsoever, MacBeth is extremely paranoid and regretful. Throughout

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    While the public still wants the first lady to be peaceful and diplomatic, they also expect her to take an aggressive stance on certain political issues, particularly issues relating to children and family. Gould writes that “Nancy Reagan’s controversial eight years revealed how much the popular expectation of First Lady activism had become embedded in political culture” (American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy xii). After an initial two years of political indifference, “[Nancy Reagan]

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    social workers of the 20th century as she opened up a new frontier to all the first ladies of the White House and by participating in the women’s suffrage movement. (Eleanor Roosevelt Biography)

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    Melania Trump’s seemingly indifferent attitude at public functions combined with her initial refusal to move into the White House has spawned the ‘Sad Melania’ meme and numerous articles questioning her decision to be an ‘absent’ first lady. The tone of these articles and public discussion surrounding Melania is overwhelmingly one of shock and disdain: Melania isn’t acting as a first lady should, and it's yet another sign of the Trump family’s ineptitude. However, the real question created by this furor

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    countenance doesn’t always match what they are thinking or feeling. An example of this, would be the old lady in the movie, Snow White. This lady appears generous to Snow White when she is offering her an apple. Thinking nothing of it, Snow White accepts the fruit. However, the apple was actually poisonous. In fact, the old lady was actually the evil queen who disguised herself in order to kill Snow White. In the play, Macbeth, by William Shakespeare, deception is demonstrated in acts one and two.

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    he creates a vivid image of the racial differences between whites and blacks. In the short story there are multiple signs of symbolisms, and metaphors. A specific example that caught my attention is the blonde dancer. While trying to find the significance of the dancer, I found other aspects of symbolism. Such as the fact the lady was never referred to as white, but blonde, however, we naturally assume she’s white, or the flag on the lady dancer is supposed to represent liberty, and yet liberty is

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    that people of African descent could not read poetry or understand art, let alone create them. Both Alice Walker and Patricia Smith are two great examples of how far, not only as African American have come, but also as African American Women. Whether white, black, or brown we all want to fit in. That is why I chose Alice Walker’s short story, “The Welcome Table” and Patricia Smith’s poem, “What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl.” They both have similar, yet different of setting a tone, imagery, symbolism

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    that people of African descent could not read poetry or understand art, let alone create them. Both Alice Walker and Patricia Smith are two great examples of how far, not only as African American have come, but also as African American Women. Whether white, black, or brown we all want to fit in. That is why I chose Alice Walker’s short story, “The Welcome Table” and Patricia Smith’s poem, “What It’s Like to Be a Black Girl.” They both have similar, yet different of setting a tone, imagery, symbolism

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