I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there, not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart; but really with it, and in it - The above are thoughts and conventions that we have ingrained in our children since the days of yore. ... [The first act of a feminist critic is] to become a resisting rather than an assenting reader and, by this refusal to assent, to begin the process of exorcizing the male mind that has been implanted in us."1 On the thematic level, then, the reader rejects stereotypes and examines woman ...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Looked at from the psycho-analytic standpoint, even the most eccentric and repellent perversions are explicable as manifestations of component instincts of sexuality which have freed themselves from the primacy of the genitals and are now in pursuit of pleasure on their own account as they were in the very early days of the libido's development. ... Schnitzler works tend to deal with illicit affairs and love triangles between men and women. ...

• Word Count: 1043
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Along with mental stimulation, Optimistic wives that carry their days with contentment and joy probably aren't lacking in the department of sexual satisfaction. ... The story clearly shows how desperate she truly is when she is sexually aroused by the tinker's interest in the Chrysanthemums she works on by stating that her voice grew husky afterwards her breast swelling passionately (Sullivan).This clearly shows the severity of the issue as Elisa has to resort to the tinker who she just meets as opposed to her husband, to get some sense of excitement towards her sexual activity. ...

• Word Count: 1174
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jess identifies with the men she works alongside in the factories and warehouses for years, rather than with the middle-class feminists who exclude butch, and lesbians from their organizations. ... Indeed, butch presentations tend to be more visible than other varieties of lesbian presentation these days. ...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This essay will demonstrate and examine how the selected works of Sylvia Plath, Diane Di Prima, and Suzanne Collins, challenge the standard depiction of the twentieth century's female gender roles by defying the patriarchal belief of women's domestic position within society. ... The woman in the story spends the majority of her adult days painting, drinking beer, stealing small amounts of food from a local grocery store, and hanging out with what seems to be her lesbian neighbors. ...

• Word Count: 2160
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate