When she was only five years old the mother she loved died of breast cancer. ... "( Krupp 144 ) Soon her father wanted her to take piano lessons, because most of the family played an musical instrument and his father was really big on that. This was not to be, Madonna was her father's favorite and persuaded him to let her take dance lessons instead. ... Before the 1980"""'s, those that openly articulated their views about sex were thought of as promiscuous and perverse, unless they were male. ... Never before had a woman presented herself so provocatively yet so comfortably. ...

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In a dying man's last few minutes, the only advice he can think of giving his nine-year-old son is to be shallow. ... And Jill's final comment before walking away from Hal is, "I don"t know Hal, maybe you should think about moving." ... But she"d have to be a bit smilier than Michelle kinda like Rebecca Romaijn-Stamos, before she got Stamosed of course. ... The movie is big-hearted and funny, but it does have a very meaningful lesson behind it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Before Mulan was created Disney's Beauty and the Beast' and The Little Mermaid' had already marked a significant change in the portrayal of women, but it can still be argued that behind the audacious, attractive, and determined characters they are still happy homemakers just waiting to settle down. ... Snow White represents the submissive women before the feminist revolution and agrees to keep the house, cook, make beds, wash, sew and keep everything neat and tidy. ... It is still clear that men have control over Mulans life, and whether she is to live or die, which could b...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Female issues have been represented through art before any women's movements were ever established. ... Most of the symbolism was in reference to an historical event that led to a lesson in acceptable behavior. ... In the story, Sir Lancelot is in love with someone else and Elaine locks herself in a tower on the of Shallot and dies of a broken heart. ... Another artist associated with Realism is Honore Daumier, however he painted in the realistic style before Realism was officially recognized. ... Modern art requires its audience to observe carefully in order to get s...

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"...but all her womanly skills she would keep away from me, keep to herself until she died"(Choy, 35). ... Norma Goodrich states that heroines "give us one lesson after another in how to survive humiliation and discrimination"(Goodrich, 2). ... A heroine " Must have proven fearless before strictures which she has adjudged unfair or wrong"(Goodrich, 8). ...

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• Grade Level: High School