Though the play is set in the 19th century, when Ruhl wrote the play, she came in with the mindset of a "contemporary woman writing with subsequent knowledge that informed her view of the periodIn some ways, people then were innocent of sexuality compared to the biological knowledge we've acquired about the subject since.... In the absence of this connection with the doctor, she runs to Leo Irving and decides she is in love with him. ... Rather, she escapes to the garden, which is a symbol of eroticism and sexual awakening throughout the play. ... By contrast, after walking with Anni...

• Word Count: 1862
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In December 1953, sex symbol, and quite possibly the most desired woman of her generation, Marilyn Monroe, graced the first issue of Playboy magazine (Dyer, 1988). ... Marilyn Monroe carefully calculated every move; she exuded sexuality with her sexy yet playful and innocent charm and oozed confidence with her hip-swinging walk and perfect posture. ... Modern day sex symbol, Angelina Jolie, also makes wave in society with her daring actions and scandals. ... " The virgin-whore complex proposes that women are either pure, innocent "good girls" or morally-void, promiscuous "...

• Word Count: 1930
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography

At the time of the play's debut, it was mainly viewed as an advocate to the Women's Rights Movement. ... Once Torvald leaves the room, Nora says, pale with terror, "Hurt my children-! ... At the time of its debut, Ibsen's play was widely viewed as a play dealing with the current issue of woman's rights. ... Nora's exit form her "Doll's House" became a symbol for women everywhere. ... How is that a symbol for women's rights? ...

• Word Count: 1781
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In "The Mirror" Picasso uses these thick, overpowering lines to convey, by contrast with the lightness of the flesh, a female body aflame with sensuousness. ... In fact, all the inessential features of the room, the wallpaper, the suggestion of a door, the armchair and the bath-robe, have been cleared out to make way for a simple, concentrated view of the woman's body and the mirror against a simplified wallpaper design: it is as if the "camera" had zoomed in for a close-up. ... This is to do with the depiction of flesh. ... We have noted how Picasso played around with the texture of his...

• Word Count: 1354
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In The Blot cars are used as a symbol to reinforce the main narratives of the film of poverty, wealth and class status. ... This scene is intercut with shots of Mrs Griggs (the professor's wife) on her porch watching the Olsens enviously. ... The audiences first view of Mrs Griggs is set well within the home, "Shots are constructed predominately from Mrs Griggs point of view, so that we get inside Mrs Grigg's consciousness and world view, seeing as she sees, suffering as she suffers."... Mayne captures the moment perfectly when she states " presented in a hilarious shot, in which ...

• Word Count: 2149
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate