Throughout the Shakespearean play A Midsummer Night's Dream, feminism surfaces as a prominent theme. ... However, the reign of Queen Elizabeth I ushered in a new acceptance of women, giving Shakespeare leave to spread his feminist views throughout his plays. ... However, with the rise of Queen Elizabeth I, a woman's world opened to a new realm of possibilities. ... Had she married[she] would have been expected to obey her husband" (Alchin 1). ... Here, the men become the oppressed group who have no control over their own destinies. ...

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Similarly, I have traveled to eight states in the past six years. Besides, and I have an awesome job. I have been able to learn three new languages and considerably improved my English, even though I am still young. ... I have managed to change my attitude towards life and gender roles. ... It is evident that I would not have been an informed person had I not watched these interesting films. ...

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Men may have been driven to superiority by the constant feeling that they were inferior (Stearns 15). ... In the play, Walter pleads with his family for support and states, " I got me a dream" (Hansberry 33.) ... Walter can see this prestige coming with the dream of the liquor store. When he explains to his son Travis that one day, "you name it , son and I hand you the world!"... The liquor store is his dream to break away from that and be on his own. ...

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Within this assignment I will look to use class material as well as videos to answer the question that is "what influence does the male gaze have on the argument of personal empowerment?" To do this I will also implement an image or two to help me with my argument to provide an answer to this very important question. First off I will discuss what the male gaze is. ... Two other really important things about male gaze that I took out of the "dream world" movie which was shown in class were the topics of male aggression and racial stereotyping. ... In what is called the drea...

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As the years have gone on, we have seen many changes in the differences and roles of gender. ... Of course, I can't say that aloud." ... I'm going to be on the battlefield a long time, so on the outside I want to be menacing but inside I want to be warm." ... Men" and "Reptile Dreams", it becomes clear that men have two sides to them, a guy side and an men side. ... I felt that Dave Barry "Guys vs. ...

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I can relate to Sandra Cisneros in her essay "Only Daughter.... I was just a young woman out of high school when I decided to join the U.S. military, and to my family this was taboo. ... Instead she became a well-educated woman who followed her dreams. ... One of the many great values that I have learned by serving our country as a military service member is the value of team work and co-dependence. ... I believe that men should have the approval of society to stay home, cook and raise children. ...

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He shoots down her small dream, saying "'It would be a lonely and scary life...'... He is however a little condescending to her as he says "'I wish you'd work out in the orchard'" (Steinbeck 582). ... She is intelligent, strong, and has dreams. She dreams of being something more than just a common house wife. ... Women have their place and men have theirs. ...

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"I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy Mama," (Hansberry 254). ... I drive a man around in his limousine and I say, "Yes, sir; no, sir, very good, sir" (Hansberry 254). ... He had been lost in the "American Dream," as a way of proving his manhood and bringing happiness to his family through wealth. ... Walter would continue to struggle with his manhood, until he comes to terms with his dreams that were out of reach. Yet still, he takes a lot of pride in his family and what they have gone through to get where they are today. ...

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I believe it is a good idea to establish a public high school for gay students. ... It rather means that they too have a chance to grow in a bias and corrupt free environment with their peers and go to college to fulfill their dreams. ... People have segregated themselves for other reasons whether it is gender, religion, or race. ... I think the next ideal thing to do would be to invest money in school which would educate commoners on sexuality and issues concerning homosexuality. ...

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Kinnear at Richmond Hill, she is surprised that he allows her to sit up front with him and she states, "I was quite embarrassed, as I was not used to sitting beside a gentleman" (242). ... Even Grace herself finds herself in what appears to be a dream. ... She keeps this dream to herself, as she awakes with a wet nightdress covered in Earth. Perhaps it was no dream at all, and that Grace had indeed slept with all of these men. ... The only woman I believe him to truly love in this story is his own mother. ...

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During the men's journey they realize that their fake gains of wealth and glory are no substitute for real love they have with their wife's. ... I believe the important part of the film is when the men reach their goals. ... After a short time of living in their dream worlds the men follow the advice they receive and do the right thing and return to their wives. ... I can relate to this film because in certain times in my life I was doing the wrong things, and with listening to good advice and having self-discipline I was able to get back on track. I have respect for all the charac...

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The father says that she is the new hired man and he replies, " could have fooled me," "I thought it was only a girl. ... (pg 457) Then she replied by saying " I continued to slam doors and sit as waywardly as possible, thinking that by measures I kept myself free." ... From a Freudian point of view, in his Intrepation of Dreams, the narrator dreamed up stories of saving people, her courage, boldness and self-sacrifice. ... As the story goes on she continued to dream of stories which started the same way with some sort of danger lurking, however, things would start to change. ...

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Refering to the left figure which I find to be female, however, her head resembles the head of a penis and the figure as a whole suggests an erect penis. ... We cannot divide up its effect into the erotic and the psychological dream-world. She dreams but of what precisely we cannot know. ... We have noted how Picasso played around with the texture of his figures in earlier works. ... It is essentially, I think, an amalgamation of the expressive outline technique of the "Woman in an Armchair" of 1929 and the glowing, white psychological shapes of the "Seated Woman" of 1927. ...

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In her autobiography, A Dream Deferred, she recalls the reaction of her father when she brought up the idea of college to him: I found a scholarship for veterans' children and asked my father to sign and furnish proof that he was a veteran. He refused and told me that I was only going to get married and have babies. I needed to stay home and help my mother with her kids. ... Not only was I not going to get any help, I was also tagged as selfish because I wanted to go to college. ... Society and media attempt to create an illusion that women have every right that me...

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Everybody has one, it guilds your decision making, your thoughts, ideas, and dreams. ... Everyone feels, acts, thinks, and dreams differently. ... As people's dreams are dreamed and goals are accomplished their identities will change with the individual. ... A man might be a man but have feminine traits. ... People live en all kinds of homes and I do not mean a ranch or a cabin. ...

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Everybody has one, it guilds your decision making, your thoughts, ideas, and dreams. ... Everyone feels, acts, thinks, and dreams differently. ... As people's dreams are dreamed and goals are accomplished their identities will change with the individual. ... A man might be a man but have feminine traits. ... People live en all kinds of homes and I do not mean a ranch or a cabin. ...

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Women have accomplished many goals and have done a lot of hard work trying to obtain equal rights. ... I have personally witnessed this throughout my life. I am from a smaller town and through my schooling I only had four male teachers, they were in science, math and gym. Now that I go to college in a larger city I have several male teachers, in fact I have more male then female. ... No one would even dream of a woman being president or making important decisions for the country. ...

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Many women dream of a man picking her up in a convertible, having a candlelit dinner, and watching the sunset on a beach. ... I asked my ex-boyfriend once what his perfect date would be, and he said that he would take me 4-wheeling and fishing! ... Women like receiving flowers, having a romantic evening, and doing new and different things, especially if the man takes the time to plan it. ... While men are happy to play a quick video game and go to sleep, women have to tell all. ... Even though men and women's ideas about the perfect date vary, they still seem to work it out and ha...

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Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.... Throughout America, there have been many situations involving discrimination. ...

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Specifically, the song expresses the difficulty that people experience when they have lost a loved one. ... For example, in the first line of the song, the woman sings, "I don't like walking around this old and empty house.... Thus, he says, "Just let me go, we'll meet again soon" and she says, "No wait, wait, wait for me/Please hang aroundI'll see you when I fall asleep" (Of Monsters and Men). This indicates that the woman is not planning to commit suicide but she is hoping to see her husband again in her dreams. ... Another powerful image is found ...

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A few decades ago this choice for a male would have been completely unheard of. ... Over 700 million dollars have been paid out in the last ten years to female employees who have sued their employers for discriminatory treatment. ... A woman's dream to have a family can also put a strain on her career especially if she takes twelve weeks off after her baby is born. ... I do not want my granddaughter to feel she is already starting out at a disadvantage only because she is female. I would like to call for action in the current workforce to set goals and work toward breaking the glass ceil...

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Today, women assert their positions in politics and science, gain roles as society's leaders, and fight for their dreams. ... They did not have a voice of their own, nor the right to vote, or access to higher education. ... He did not have high respect for her. ... Ames was scared, scared of waking up her husband. " "I am Mrs. ... "I am Mrs. ...

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I did not agree with this film at all. I think this film was an unjust claim to make men look bad. ... I don't think that these music videos are too far fetched. ... They should have portrayed the facts about women in bars. They should have questioned how many girls wear what they wear to seduce men, or have men look at them, or how many women have had one night stands at the bars with a person they barely knew. ...

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Sometimes I have to learn to put my personal feelings aside when I am at the firehouse since both my husband and I belong there. ... Next I am going to explain why I have had to learn to put my personal feelings aside because of Mike. ... I also have to struggle to earn the respect of the other members in our firehouse. ... I want that respect so bad that I make sure I do what ever I have to earn it. ... Hopefully this will let other women out there know never give up on a dream no matter how far fetched it seems. ...

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Boy meets girl, girl meets boy. boy kisses girl, girl kisses back they fall in love, get married and have 2.8 kids and a summer house on the jersey shore. ... I know it may be hard for some of you, but think about it. if you grew up, knowing nothing about the stereotypes that are played out all over the world, would you have the same perspective on you sexuality? ... I am a virgin and I am still god damn prude thank you very much and i am proud. I am this way, for I chose to be this way. ... I have no desire to go anywhere past holding hands. call me scared, and I probably will agree, but it&#...

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