Question: In chapter eleven, Forster illustrates the insufficiencies and limitations of three of the major characters: Mr. ... As the Passage to India progresses, many of the characters take form and evolve. ... Fielding demonstrates his own flaws and idiosyncrasies, he accentuates how inadequate Adela Quested is and how materialistic she appears. ... This quote allows one to see that as long as you are in good graces with Dr. ... As Passage to India gradually continues, the true personalities and feelings of the characters within the novel become evident. ...

• Word Count: 873
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the passage on private speaking, the wordy woman and the mute man, I was able to identify with most of the points of this passage. ... His reasoning to this was because at work he interacted with people all day long, he did not want to have a discussion with my mother first thing in the morning. ... When I ask him what he did during the day or how he is I get the same response of "nothing" or "I"m fine". ... In my personal experiences I think this passage rang most true. Anytime I have ever attended a seminar, or some type of social gathering, the men stood out more for their questions ...

• Word Count: 450
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• Grade Level: High School

If a person wants to understand the Christian authority of a man over his wife, he must consider how Christ demonstrated his leadership as head over the Church. ... I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. ... The teaching that Paul is concerned about here is specifically the truths of the faith while the authority in question refers to women in governing or leadership positions of the church. ... Let's consi...

• Word Count: 1918
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• Grade Level: High School

One passage that particularly stood out to me was lines 200 -220 on pages 849 and 850. ... In beginning of the passage she spoke about how a person could be judged for being quiet. ... How many times has a Middle Eastern person been labeled as a terrorist? ... Then the great question: will the man we get be bad or good? ... This section also showed how women were viewed as being inferior to men and that once a woman is with her husband, she has no other choice but to stay with him no matter how good or bad he treats her. ...

• Word Count: 921
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• Grade Level: High School

The Lady With The Dog In the beginning of the story, Chekhov begins with the simple line, "It was said that a new person had appeared on the sea-front - This passage shows that the local residents of Yalta have discovered an outsider, a person they know nothing about. ... The character of the sly womanizer, Dmitri Gurov, also asks these questions. ... "When he was in the company of women he felt free, and knew what to say to them and how to behave; and he was at ease with them even when he was silent."" ... Gurov did not know how to handle long complicated relationships that took work to mai...

• Word Count: 1592
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In this passage Linda's futile attempt to speak her mind is squashed repeatedly despite Linda's support of Willy's views. ... "(675) In this passage, we see the mistress character being treated as an object to be ruined and manipulated by Willy. ... Of course we know the answer to this obvious question."... Again as with other female characters in the play, we are presented with this trite, two-dimensional portrayal of Miss Forsythe. ... Creatures, that's how Happy sees them. ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

Ramsay, Lily's independence is not compatible with the traditional role of a woman as wife and mother. ... Although in the above passage Lily is inferring from Mrs. ... Ramsay's views, but through Lily's stream of consciousness, it shows that Lily does not question the capability and equality of women in relation to men. ... The following passage shows the incident when this happens: "And then, and then-this was one of those moments when an enormous need urged him, without being conscious what it was, to approach any woman, to force them, he did not care how, his need was s...

• Word Count: 1474
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• Grade Level: High School

Why would he be satirical with everyone else, yet sincere with her? ... It is not possible to know exactly how Chaucer viewed women. ... I mentioned this rape here, because of Cannon's convincing argument and if true, it gives us some idea of how Chaucer might have conceived woman. ... (69) In The Wife of Bath's Tale itself Chaucer continues to make fun of women with the question "what it is most desire". ... " (1043-48) The feminist might see this passage as proof that the Wife of Bath wanted and gained power, therefore, proving one of the questions that have plagued th...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

If the book was set in American culture with the narrator's view on her body and marriage, I could see how the book would be considered misogynist. ... I read this as being that she has a mutual hatred with her nature in accordance with her country's culture. ... In this passage, she is discovering herself all over again away from the time since she was going through puberty. ... I think that the author intentionally left that other woman out because it shows how few women in her position there are. ... The ending can be ambiguous to people and have them question, possibly even do...

• Word Count: 1095
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

One significant change, that was fought for was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... As a woman studying business at a prestigious college, I often overlook how fortunate I am to be able to be educated and to have the opportunity to work in a corporate company. ... They compel me refer back to my analysis question, are women going backwards? After being faced with this question, I decided to look into discovering why women were so motivated and full of determination in the past. ... I can now see more clearly how our society has changed so drastically over such a short period of ti...

• Word Count: 2200
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• Grade Level: High School

Notice how Steinbeck describes how Elisa's irritated face has vanished as a result from the stranger's question, which is Elisa's interest. ... This moment in the story illustrates how her attention was diverted away from being resistant and rejecting the man to being engaged and interested because of her emotional relationship and attachment she has with her chrysanthemums. ... "I"ll put them in a flower pot, and you can take them right with you. ... From the passage above, Elisa's action shows that she is horribly hurt to see that her sprouts are lying there on the gro...

• Word Count: 1566
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• Grade Level: High School

She never questions or philosophizes like many of the male characters. ... The narrator embraces a male perspective and does not endow any of the women with any interesting or redeeming qualities. ... This perspective highlights how little power women possessed at that time. ... Paquette is the only woman who seems to view her situation with any sort of bitterness. ... Voltaire describes her as curious: she is "filled with the desire to be learned. " (5) Upon witnessing a sexual encounter between Paquette and Pangloss, she immediately seeks out Candide to replicate these "experiments. " (5) Th...

• Word Count: 1038
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• Grade Level: High School

Another annoyance was when her grandmother was telling her she girls do not slam doors, girls keep their knees together and don"t ask questions about things that are "none of girls business." ... She began to conform to society's ideas about women The author is able to depict the hardships and successes of passage into adulthood through her portrayal of a young narrator. ... This shows how the parents were more concerned with their son and that he could do no wrong. This reflects society's notion at the time, how men were always right. ... She would be the one needing to be rescu...

• Word Count: 1491
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• Grade Level: High School

She also talks about how she could use her more in the house. ... " And when she asked questions the grandmother would reply "That's none of a girls business.... The day the narrator's father is going to shoot Mack, who is the horse to be used as feed for the foxes; she wants to see how it happens. ... During her transition into adolescence, she is trying to make her room fancy with lace curtains, concerned with how she will look when she is older and even divides the room with a barricade between her and Laird's bed. ... It was his rites of passage; he came as one of ...

• Word Count: 1909
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• Grade Level: High School

This emotional plea with herself helps the readers see her dedication and passion for her writing. ... Dickinson is creatively able to place two different meanings into one poem, depending on how the reader choices to perceive it. ... Due to this, it is interesting that she references and questions woman's roles in society in her poems because she does not need to prove herself to males, or criticize their writing. ... This passage reflects Dickinson's frustration with the role of wives. ... This type of relationship would contradict with Dickinson's freethinking beliefs, an...

• Word Count: 1953
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

At times, Cather portrays Claude as man who is crippled in his sexuality and is this act is demonstrated with the way he handles himself with women. ... Claude's depiction of the judge demonstrates how he was able to overcome his "stump." ... Cather fills this entire scene with symbolic meaning. ... After the scene with the couple Claude's curiosity with the soldier does not die out. ... This passage comes across sad to the reader because the soldier cannot remember any women in his life because of a tragedy of war, but this fact only intrigues Claude to the man even more. ...

• Word Count: 5298
• Approx Pages: 21
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• Grade Level: High School

Men cannot dictate what we do with it. i.e wear tudung, cover up, etc. ... When questioned about his "missus" he replies "what about my missus" - preserving his independence was the following line. ... In the middle of the passage, we note that the men take turns to go have a peek at the woman whilst working and they report to one another of the progress that she's made. ... She was on her back, fully visible, glistening with oil". ... Harry further says to Stanley about his wife " How do you know, perhaps she's sunning herself at this very moment?" ...

• Word Count: 4111
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School