Women were supposed to play a role in which they supported their husbands, took care of their children, and made sure everything was perfect around the house. ... Her carefree spirit and somewhat childish manners are shown throughout the play with statements such as, "My dear Nora" and "My little Nora, (Ibsen, 33-34) the animal imagery used relates the animal to how Nora is acting or should be portrayed. ... "Been thinking of running away from home- or even something worse- (Ibsen) In act two Nora continues to act as she is supposed to, as a perfect housewife. ...

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He states "She was so mush like an animal that sometimes Jim patted her head and neck under the same impulse that made him stroke a hoarse" ( ). By saying this the author is degrading all women by comparing them to animals as apposed to equals. ... Toward the end of the short story, it is reveled that one night, when Jim was supposed to be in town, Jelka was having the company of her cousin in her house. ...

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Children are supposed to be a blessing, but Pearl becomes another piece of evidence of Hester's sin. ... As soon as she enters nature, all is forgotten and the animals and nature welcome her. ...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, (Women and Economics) wrote "We are the only animal species in which the female depends on the male for food, the only animal species in which the sex-relation is also an economic relation. ... Once a woman reached a marriageable age, she was supposed to do her best to attract and marry a financially solvent man who would take her out of her parents' house and install her in a home of her own. ...

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He further employs the language of animal domestication by calling her a "wild Kate" that he will "tame." ... Given the role of women in society during this time period, Kate goes against and defies the supposed "natural- role, therefore she is unacceptable as a woman and regarded with disdain among her fellow peers. ... In the taming process, Petruchio uses a variety of ways to turn Kate into the supposed ideal wife. ...

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Katerina as supposed shrewish nature is built mainly on reputation. ... From the nature of the flirtatious banter between her and petruchio when they first meet, she seems to have met her match in wit and there is evidently some sexual tension between them, as can be seen in the animal imagry in their conversation, and refrences to dian, goddess of hunting (who is chasing whom?) ...

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Many of their other chores would be spinning, sewing, cheese making, foraging, gardening, weeding, haymaking, carrying and animal tending (Gies 41). ... These women were supposed to obey the husbands. ...

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Catholics also believe that to be like animals is to be evil. ... Therefore, humans are better than animals, and so, should deny their own animalistic desires. ... She is supposed to be created for the sake of Adam because "it is not good for man to be alone"(Ahmed 61). ...

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On D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers And the Oedipus complex [Abstract]: On D.H. Lawrence 's novel Sons and Lovers, the author in this thesis attempts to analyze the Oedipus complex how to appear, the concrete exhibition, the origin and the aftereffect. Meanwhile, introduce something about "Oedip...

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