The construction of such a male oriented world is explored further in another of Plath's 'Holocaust poems', 'Lady Lazarus. ... Feminine liberation, a concept which secedes much of Plath's poetry is explored in the final stanzas of 'Lady Lazarus'. ... 'Lady Lazarus' thus uses the familiar as a lens on the unfamiliar, contributing to Plath's ambition to use the everyday to critique an unjust and oppressive world. ...

• Word Count: 2183
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her parents were immediately disappointed with the sex of Elizabeth, because they both expected the child to be a prince, and the heir apparent.2 Elizabeth was named after both of her grandmothers; Henry's mother Elizabeth of York, and Anne's mother Elizabeth Howard.3 Elizabeth's name affirmed the union of Henry and Anne, and the princess' royal descent.4 Elizabeth spent little time with her parents, and was raised mostly by the nurse or governess, Lady Margaret Bryan, and later Katherine Champernowne.5 As a child, Elizabeth received an excellent education, and proved very ...

• Word Count: 1523
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1853, an official charter was granted for the school "a board of directors, officers, and a board of Lady Managers were elected (Philadelphia School of Design for Women 34). An interesting and ironic note can be made concerning the new charter: after everything, men still managed everything (the Lady Managers still had to obtain authority from the male board of directors). ... It continued educating its students in a classical manner and drawing from the live nude model was introduced around 1812, followed in succeeding decades by figure modeling and portrait classes. ...

• Word Count: 1912
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One example of Hardy's many descriptions is when he discusses the portraits of the D'Urberville women which loom over Tess and Angel's wedding night. Here Hardy writes, "He looked up, and perceived two life-size portraits on panels built into the masonry. ... Due to her belief that she must appear to be the perfect lady, while at the same time considering herself unworthy of Angel, she refuses to ask the Clares for the rest of the money Angel set aside for her and in essence causes her own suffering. ...

• Word Count: 2133
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thus, the central figure is usually regarded as a self-portrait of Steen, the woman beside him his wife, and the other younger figures are modeled on his children. ... The most prominent figure at the paintings foreground is the lady who reclines back as a servant refills her glass. ...

• Word Count: 2315
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate