<span>Nora is a tragic victim primarily because she is the "doll" wife to Torvald. She has no real identity of her own and is never taken seriously by her husband. She is simply this "porcelain doll" that acts on command and is there for everyone to admire her beauty. This is an illustration of the reality of 19th century Europe, where a wife was regarded as property and not as an equal partner. </span>
Mrs. Markie is taking a whole-language approach to teaching reading. Whole-language approach for teaching languages emphasizes that children should focus on meaning and strategy instruction by trying to read complete sentences to understand the communication achieved trough the language. This method contrasts with phonics-based methods that emphasizes instruction for decoding and spelling.
Students who study Latin develop an interest in words. They learn something they had never thought of before. ... So, Latin is the next step after phonics because it continues the study of the Latin half of English vocabulary in a systematic, orderly way. Skip the vocabulary courses. Latin was an one of the original medical and law languages.
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