With all the domestic work Mattie and other women in her situation had to do, there was no time for them to pursue their dreams and they were forced to be selfless. ... There is a sequence of shots of 'attractive' models dressing for work compared to Andy getting ready in the morning. ... Andy's indifference towards the beauty industry is evident when she asks "so none of the girls here eat anything?... It is then revealed later in the movie that Andy drops down a size in clothing to "size... 4" where she is then congratulated by a coworker. ... However, there is...

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Women were told to stay within their roles as a housewife and caregiver; none could rise up against the oppressive ways they had come to know. While history has shown that there were those who rose up and fought against oppression with blood, few women did so in the colonial period. There were those in the new world who fought the oppressive ways of society by proving that the pen is much mightier than the sword. ... (Bradstreet 549) This line in particular highlights her radical views; she looks honestly at her own abilities and then notes that the culture she lives in will disregard her succ...

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Cohen writes, ""Monsters are never created ex nihilo but through a process of fragmentation and recombination in which elements are extracted 'from various forms' and then assembled as the monster" (11). ... If she be black, and thereto have a wit,/She'll find a white that shall her blackness fit She never yet was foolish that was fair;/For even her folly help'd her to an heir There's none so foul and foolish thereunto,/But does foul pranks which fair and wise ones do. (2.1.127-140) Both Desdemona and Emilia engage in this banter with Igao, making inqui...

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