His wife is portrayed as not faithful to her husband, just like the spouses of the kings. ... The poor virgins have to suffer and give their lives and no one is allowed to speak up or even doubt the Kings decision. ... Since men are superior to begin with, females are seen as inferior to men. Evidently the females in the Prologue of the Thousand and One Nights are the cause of all evil and consequently all the women are evil and mean only evil. Therefore man has to make use of his power and set the woman straight; in this case by killing all the women in the kings" royal state. ...

• Word Count: 1068
• Approx Pages: 4
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• Grade Level: High School

Men were expected to go into the world, while women where expected to remain in the home. ... In all the ages of ages, men have regarded women as inferiors to themselves and have robbed them of their co equal rights. ... Creon said when Antigone thought we all had a duty to the dead. ... Also in the Sophocles tragedy women were to keep quiet and to obey there kings, or husbands orders. ... Women always seem to be lower to all males. ...

• Word Count: 511
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

While Livy tells a tale of kings in the first book, he does not leave out women who took part in shaping Rome's history. ... When her husband, Collatinus, and the royal princes find Lucretia up late spinning wool, they all agree that she is superior to other wives. ... Not only this, but when the men arrived she entertained them as well. Because of her hard work, the men hold her in high esteem. ... Because her reputation is so pure, Lucretia is not seen as a wrong-doer by the men in her family. ...

• Word Count: 874
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• Grade Level: High School

"Men can do best, and women know it well." ... /A Poet's Pen all scorn I should thus wrong,/For such despite they cast on female wits.... Bradstreet writes, "Let Greeks be Greeks, and women what they are/Men have precedency and still excel/ Preeminence in all and each is yours" (41)." ... "The Prologue" " expresses the frustration that, while in the eyes of God, Bradstreet may be equal to men, her poetry will never be like that of a man, who is allowed to write the poetry of "wars, of captains, and of kings"". ...

• Word Count: 926
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• Grade Level: High School

Never once did men ever think about all the work that was necessary for these mundane tasks to be completed and in fact men down right expected it. Men were the kings of their domain and quite literally the world. ... Over time woman have changed many things however they are still paid less, they are still expected to be a housemaid, chef and mother at home all the while having to work a career and try to make it to the top. ... All that being said I believe the way this could be solved is by merely asking people what they ae happy with and then never to ridicule them for their choices. People...

• Word Count: 1032
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• Grade Level: High School

In the Cleric's tale this is not said to be the case in Griselda and the Kings relationship. ... In today's culture some women still believe that men are their owners. ... Many women will take their men back even though they have been treated like a slave. ... Reading the Cleric's Tale helped me realize that women can, and should, stand up for their selves throughout all relationships. ...

• Word Count: 738
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

She knew poetry by heart, had studied historical reports, and was acquainted with the sayings of men and the maxims of sages and kings. ... This book was written by a man, that we can all see, because of his un-trust and dislike of women. ... I was actually surprised to think this, because before when my parents used to read these to me, they would filter all the bad parts. ... This whole image of females is wrongly displayed, whereas in the Quran it clearly states that women are to be revered and respected at all times, plus be treated fairly. ... My favorite example is of the four different...

• Word Count: 1006
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• Grade Level: High School

Their "quest- was deemed of a lesser value than a male's because women were not given as many benefits as men. ... She was confident enough to know that her poetry was incredible, and that men involved in publishing were too closed minded to allow her work to be printed. ... Here, Dickinson acknowledges the role of authority men have in her society, but breaks free of it by using her imagination to guide the way. ... In Bradstreet's "The Prologue,"" she gives insights which forms a culmination of all her other poems. ... In stanza one, she writes: "To sing of wars, of captains, ...

• Word Count: 1953
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• Grade Level: High School

The husband was not necessarily in charge of all the money, the responsibility was shared between the wife and husband. ... All of the land including the morgengifu would become the husband's property and the woman would have no land. ... The very rich - kings, king's kin, archbishops - might cherish one or more garments of silk. ... Silk was worked into gowns for women, tunics for men, and most especially cloaks or hooded mantles for both sexes. ... All saints were expected to be virgins. ...

• Word Count: 1294
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One of Ibsen's most important contributions to literature or to drama is the throwing out of the kings and their courtiers. ... A common and fascinating characteristic of these plays is that they involve small number of characters unlike his earlier plays but in all three we find community personified to play a vital role. ... In A Doll's House we find two types of spirtual laws, two kinds of conscience, one in men and a quite different one in women. ... At all the beauty that belongs to no one but me-that's all my very own?" ... Her decision was secession from all expectations ...

• Word Count: 1368
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• Grade Level: High School

They also greet Banquo with, "lesser than Macbeth, and greater," as "not so happy, yet much happier," and tell him "thou shalt get kings, though thou be none." ... Just as Eve gave the forbidden fruit to Adam, women supply men with evil temptation that will inevitably lead to misfortune... Lady Macbeth also plays a strong role in his moral corruption. "... the influence of Lady Macbeth (though she too has an inarticulate angel struggling against her own evil), and the instigation of a supernatural power all combine to crush his better nature." ... It was because Lady Macbeth constantly harass...

• Word Count: 1235
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School