This can be seen in As You Like It act II, scene 4, when Rosalind breaks down and cries [unlike a man]. ... Indeed, Celia's words in Act I, scenes 2 and 3 echo the protestations of lovers. ... Instead, homosexual and heterosexual love exists on a continuum across which, as the title of the play suggests, one can move as one likes. ... We first see their relationship in Act II scene 1. ... In Act III scene 4, the audience sees how loyal Antonio is to his master when he takes the fall' for Cesario. ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

India's nation-state is widely inhomogeneous throughout history between both male and female social status in society. In order to fathom the extent of gender inequalities, a chronological view over three distinct phases ensues. The Women's Movements; Nineteenth Century Social Reform Movement, Twen...

• Word Count: 2806
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A closer look even reveals that the title of the movie suggest ownership, the women are owned or belong to a man named Charlie. ... Men will continue to have unrealistic expectations of their female counterparts as they will expect them to act exactly like the characters seen on TV. ...

• Word Count: 1911
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They acted as inferior and tragic victim types. ... As I feel, unlike the Irish, the Germans, or the Italians whose initial stereotypical representations would ultimately be replaced by dominant title role characters in realistic dramas, Asian in America has not been allowed to emerge into the realm of the real yet. ...

• Word Count: 1727
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Even though the title of the poem alludes to the fact that it will center upon the woman character, Tennyson places emphasis on the natural surroundings of the poem. ... Her gender, her domesticated fate, and her act of weaving all represent Tennyson idea of an ideal woman of the Victorian age who was to be expected, "withdrawal from the world, with women cloistered awaytrapped in the private hell of suicidal contemplation.... This is evident through his act of equating womanhood with seclusion by placing a domesticated woman on the tower instead of a male. ...

• Word Count: 3387
• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Killing the snake is perhaps the only act of bravery the reader witnesses from Jim, which as aforementioned can be viewed as a strategic symbol. ... As Cather gives Antonia the title role, it is expected from the reader that she will be the one who ends up happy and independently successful, but Cather undermines this dominant narrative strategy and allows Lena to be seen as the fortunate female in the novel. ...

• Word Count: 2062
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate