To try to deconstruct the character of Lara Croft and to process this analysis using gender critique is quite a feat. The complexity of this virtual character does not even conform to conventional modes in which the "Real Woman" per se is based. ... The text suggests that the depiction of such a character may be the answer to the game's popularity among the male audience. ... Despite the possibility that women in video games, particularly Lara, are there mainly for eye candy, there must be a reason why even female gamers find this virtual character extremely appealing. ...

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However, a more sober analysis regarding the decision of senator DeHaven will reveal later on in the movie that even if those qualities are inherent and true of women in general, the prevalence of testosterone in men and estrogen in women is not even enough to discourage or disable Jordan from completing the SEALS training – on the other hand, even as she lacks traits that society would usually associate with weakness, the main character ends up completing the training that according to the movie, 60% of (male) candidates cannot complete. ... Moreover, the character Lillian DeHaven is a...

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Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... Harris used Berne's work as a basis for his own, focused on the internal voices that speak to us all the time in the form of archetypal characters: the Parent, the Adult and the Child (the PAC framework). All of us have Parent, Adult or Child data' guiding our thoughts and decisions, and Harris believed that transactional analysis would free up the Adult, the reasoning voice. ...

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Harris explains these terms in his book, I'm OK You're OK, based on Eric Burne's ideas called Transactional Analysis. ... Harris used Berne's work as a basis for his own, focused on the internal voices that speak to us all the time in the form of archetypal characters: the Parent, the Adult and the Child (the PAC framework). All of us have Parent, Adult or Child data' guiding our thoughts and decisions, and Harris believed that transactional analysis would free up the Adult, the reasoning voice. ...

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She offers that female characters add nothing or very little to actual elements of plot and character but rather are subjected to male scopophilia, the fetishistic and voyeuristic, due to phallocentricism and psychoanalytic fear of castration. ... From a tertiary level the female characters seem to gain more respect and authority as the years progress, but these scopophilic elements still persist through all the narratives. ... An analysis of these four contemporary Latin American films provides a way to look at the progression of the female presence in cinema. ... At the end of her essay Mulv...

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The advertisement coordinates her outfit with the green theme of the brand's packaging and looks very similar to the familiar female character from Kill Bill. ... By using a female character, similar to the Bride in Kill Bill, the ad is depicting a strong individual in a weak position. ... It could let woman see that, if such a strong powerful character can use this mop to defeat the dirt, so can they. ...

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At first glance and with the most shallowness of analysis it can be assumed that these women are "bad women ", especially when set up against the woman of "The Clerk's Tale " whose submissiveness was often celebrated and elevated as something all women should strive to emulate. ... All three of these characters and women like them, despite modern reader's issues with their behaviors, have represented "good women " well in Middle English literature and have even redefined, through their actions, what it means to be a good woman without that gaze of the sexist men who surrounded them ...

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Nike is a globally famous corporation for athletic apparel and is the most successful brand of sportswear in the United States. They have put out countless advertisements in the past and have taken many turns on marketing strategies for various audiences. For this particular advertisement, it seems ...

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Hemingway also uses various hidden examples of symbolism in "Hills Like White Elephants" to concur with the themes and outlooks of the characters. ... As we eavesdrop on the ongoing conversation between the two characters, power shifts back and forth in the verbal tug-of-war, and towards the end, seems that the woman has not only gained control but also ultimately made her decision. ...

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Despite being a fictionalized character, Esperanza's life greatly resembles Cisneros' upbringing. ... As the author, Cisneros, "sits inside the mind of the hero[ine] . . . and looks at the other characters from the outside," while the heroine, Esperanza "plays a very small active part; [s]he sees the actions and suffering of other people pass before [her] like a spectator" (Freud, Day-Dreaming 149-150). ... Cisneros further explores Esperanza's purpose as a surrogate through the analysis of her name. ...

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Introduction A. Reasons for Undertaking Research. Today, during these democratic transformations, women are becoming more active in many spheres and trying to compete with men and take their rightful place in a new society. Historically the administrative structure is comprised of men and does not reflect the developing level of public potential and therefore on the opportunities or influence of women on affairs of a society, state and family. It also fails to provide the correct social direction for the development of a society and its democratization. ...

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