Wagner also describes it, the poem: Expresses several themes that Plath used in other late poems–the antagonistic relationship between female and male, the social pressure on a woman to conform, the physical supremacy of the male, the sacrifice demanded by art, the eventual power of the strong and wily female and the subtle or outright disrobing, dismemberment or death of the female. ... (Black) Except for the recounting how the persona tries to commit suicide, she also speaks to an antagonist in the poem. ...

• Word Count: 1622
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Maggie: A Girl Of The Streets In the Stephen Crane novel; Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, Maggie and Jimmie are two siblings being raised within the Lower East Side slums of New York City. The breaking of furniture and fistfights are an everyday occurrence in the broken-down family apartment. T...

• Word Count: 872
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Life Before Man: Novel Summary and Research Plot Summary A) As Margaret Atwood's Life Before Man begins, the reader is introduced to the initial characters Elizabeth, her husband Nate and their children Janet and Nancy. The reader is also familiarized with Chris, Elizabeth's former lover who h...

• Word Count: 881
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Henrik Ibsen's classic play, A Doll's House, takes into the account the role of women during his time period and also how they were treated. His play intertwines the complexities of life, being a newlywed young woman, and conflicts that potentially arise in real life. While the results of the con...

• Word Count: 1296
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Ululation of Age Hemingway was once quoted as saying "A man can be destroyed but not defeated."" Many authors have written about this idea in great length. Two examples put forward are both short stories. "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings-, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and "A Clean, W...

• Word Count: 1009
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School