Written and set in the late 19th century, Bram Stoker's epistolary novel, Dracula, is a pivotal book in the horror/gothic literature. ... Victorian culture basically revolved around suppressing women and this is quite obvious in many scenes parts of the book. ... Thus the real fear in the book is not darkness and vampiric nature but the loss of female innocence, a trait apparently extremely valuable and important to men. ... One example would be Harker's first encounter with the three sisters early in the book. ... " (Stoker 86) With all of this, it's important to note th...

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Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... One can see at the beginning of the book that the woman is not too far gone. ... She eventually notes that the "dim shapes- skulking behind the overlaying pattern are getting clearer; they have begun to resemble a woman, stooping down and creeping. ...

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Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... One can see at the beginning of the book that the woman is not too far gone. ... She eventually notes that the "dim shapes- skulking behind the overlaying pattern are getting clearer; they have begun to resemble a woman, stooping down and creeping. ...

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Lily Bart is a protagonist. The book follows her as she tries unsuccessfully to marry Percy Gryce. Mrs. Trenor, who was helping match Lily and Mr. Gryce, is furious with the way Lily ruined her chances with him. Lily accepts the rebuke and goes to pick up Mr. Trenor from the train station. On the wa...

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She got a lot of her ideas from reading Richardson's novels, especially the book Sir Charles Gradison. The book "gave the woman of innocense the sheltered environment necessary ....realization of her full potential" (pg 12). ... I just do not understand why this has to be in the book. ... Why didn't more people make a note of her letters? ... Book: Abigail Adams: An American Woman by Charles W. ...

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She may take a nap, talk to a friend on the phone, watch her favorite show, read a book, or even take a relaxing bath. ... Show her by writing a love-note, and make sure to include all that you feel inside. ... Go to the library or bookstore and get a book on sensual massage. While you are out, look in the book and find what oils are used in sensual massage and go to the nearest novelty store and buy them. ... If you do not know how to do this, while you are at the library or bookstore, get a book on how to please a woman. ...

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Many years later, author Linda Colley explored Elizabeth Marsh's life while researching for her book, Captives. ... Colley's book The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh is solely based on an interpretation of a female captive. Elizabeth Marsh's self-written book The Female Captive was a product of its time and also one of Colley's main sources. ... Furthermore, George Marsh's Family Book also provided some insight to Elizabeth Marsh's life and why she is an important figure of social history. The Family Book helped Colley to not only look at Marsh herself but also at h...

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This virtue is just one I will focus on, in consideration of length restrictions, but it's important to note that Little Women deals with a broad spectrum of emotions and ideas. ... In Little Women, Alcott accepts this inevitable changeover with the four March sisters maturing as the book progresses. ... Whereas Alcott seeks to grapple with the hardships of everyday life, putting her characters through common situations and conflicts, Barrie writes to escape from reality (class notes, 4/3/03). ... I would argue that he did not have this guide, as his relationships with the other childr...

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The Mishnah, a book of legal rules compiled by Jewish sages in the second century Roman Palestine, depicts a society in which the adult Israelite male is the central character. ... It would be interesting to note that the absence of a Division of Men reflects the fact that in patriarchies, men make rules about women, but women do not make rules about men. ...

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Song of Solomon In Toni Morrison's book, Song of Solomon, Toni created a theme of unhealthy male/female relationships and false standards of beauty. ... Milkman goes to the office and writes Hagar a good-bye note, which ends with a "thank you" for all she had done for him. ... It was not really that note that drove her crazy, but it was seeing Milkman at Mary's bar with a woman from the Honore crowd. ...

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When I open my eyes she's down the hall about to turn into the glass Nurse's Station where she'll spend the day sitting at her desk and looking out of her window and making notes on what goes on in front of her in the day room during the next eight hours. ... At the end of the book, after McMurphy has proved resistant to her previous three "treatments", she lobotomizes him, ultimately stripping him of his identity and causing him to become nothing more than a mere Vegetable. ...

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In Jeanne Halladay Gouglin's published book, The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs, she depicts the four major and distinct economic motivations for female entrepreneurs. ... William's book, Working Women, she writes that "mother-infant bonding is a myth."" ...

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ANALYSE Doris Lessing's A WOMAN ON A ROOF IN LIGHT OF STRUCTURALISM Structuralism concentrates on elements within work of literature without focusing on historical, social and biographical influences. The term structuralism' contains the crucial word structure', which refers to the units that m...

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Maxim treats her coldly, but later that day he sends a note to the heroine, apologizing for his rudeness at tea. ... At the end of the drive, the heroine notices a book of poetry in the car, and he insists upon giving it to her. ...

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• Grade Level: High School