The inequality shown towards women was expressed through the speeches and words of philosophers, but as well through theatrical performances. ... A male character from Xenophon expresses that he taught his wide how to manage the household because: "What could she have known when I married her, since she wasn't fifteen years old when she came to me" (Scaife). ... Men believed women had no reason to be a part of society and out or in the public eye, saying, "let it be her aim to obey her husband; giving no need to public affairs, nor having any part in arranging the marriages...

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Prosperity was still extremely important, but it had to be expressed through the family and a suburban home. ... American Postwar prosperity was expressed through the family in the suburbs. The nuclear family aimed not only to escape past economic anxiety caused by the Great Depression and World War II, but it combated fears of the future as well. ...

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This paper aims to analyze her actions in the final scene (5.2) considering situational and societal variables that affect the outcome of the play in an attempt to shed more light on Desdemona's reasoning for dieing so complacently. ... Thus, when Othello expressed his desire to kill the young woman, she tried to convince him it was the wrong thing to do, but would not take action against him due to a strongly held societal convention. ... Lovesick and confused, Desdemona expresses her belief that no woman would actually commit such a crime. ...

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These factors are expressed through the exploration of feminism and the vast fundamental changes this movement generated for the role in which women play in society. ... (Edgar, Earle & Fopp 1993, p. 303) Feminism, a political and social movement to empower women to take control over their lives and situations, achieve economic independence, experience freedom and access higher education is supported by Sarantako's (1996, p. 17) by adding "The set of beliefs in the entitlement of women to emancipation, and the political and social movement which seeks to ensure the achievement of th...

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