With this distinction in mind, there is no room to imagine that women are inferior to men. ... Islamic family role provides them with security and ensures them with a social and economical shelter, first within the family then in the community. ... The Quranic view of women reports that there is no different than that of men. ... In the traditional view, Jewish women were given 3 basic laws to keep: 1.The Jewish future is invested in our children and how we raise them. ... Islam religion does not have many symbols. ...

• Word Count: 1448
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

In marriage the husband could be viewed as the warden and the wife as the inmate. ... The wife is a creative spirit with her own ideas and thoughts, which she tries on numerous occasions to express to the husband only for him to view the ideas as insignificant and reply "blessed little goose." ... "I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. ... Later, she begins to see a womanly figure amidst the symbols and designs; soon the figure emerges to be a woman trapped behind bars. ... "It is so pleasant to be out in this great room and creep around as I please." ...

• Word Count: 831
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

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

Billy Elliot is a movie based in the 1980's where we see a typical English family transitioning from traditional family views to modern family views. ... But with the modern change in gender roles in society, our current views allow us to "switch camera angels" and just focus on the talent. ... He is the symbol of the struggle between maintaining the appropriate balance of modern and traditional, and in which situations we should use each view. ... Billy is getting ready for ballet, hiding his ballet shoes, Jackie is in the bathroom getting ready for work, and Tony is getting re...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She establishes that narrative cinema is viewed from the male gaze and women are coded for their "to-be-looked-at-ness". ... Mulvey is initially concerned with people's obsession with narrative cinema. ... In Memorias del subdesarollo, Sergio, a 38 year old bourgeois aspiring writer, views the political conditions of Cuba through his various relationships with women. ... Sergio is extremely confident, misogynistic, and condescending, looking down on the women he is involved with as well as the country he lives in, which he often neglects to distinguish between, referring to both...

• Word Count: 4301
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He communicates this message to his audience by presenting a bleak view of the universe that is typically Langian - thematically, stylistically and narratively. ... Every time a character enters or leaves a room, members of the audience can record the time of the event if they wanted to. ... In Figure 4, it is shown that when both characters are presented together in the same scene, the contrast of light and dark is immediately apparent, not only because of the lighting conditions of the room, but also because of their respective skin tones; Heidt's darker skin color gives him with a more...

• Word Count: 3033
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Dead Poets Society shows another aspect of a filmmaker's point of view by clearly showing authoritarian settings and the subsequent gender roles surrounding them. The producers of films often create a gender construct that gives either a strong dominant masculine point of view or a more submissive feminint perspective. ... Until, the teacher walks out of the room without even saying a word to the students. ... Then with a without warning the young Todd stands on his desk. He does this as a symbol of everything that his teacher Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1812
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School