Since these women were on there own they had to take care of themselves, and therefore were independent. ... In Athens the wives had none of this freedom and the prostitutes did. ... There were set views and expectations of how women were supposed to interact with others outside the home. ... Women could get a loan from a client and then pay it off with what she made as a free prostitute. ... In many cases, these women became more entertaining companions to the men then their wives were. ...

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Women were not protected then."... The handmaids and Marthas were then given positions in the houses. ... (p. 43) Before the Sons of Jacob took over, there were many reasons why people were no longer having children at the normal rate. ... Before it had been out of control, "There were stories in the newspapers... but they were about other women, and the men who did such things were other men. None of them were the men we knew. ...

• Word Count: 1484
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• Grade Level: High School

She told him of when she and his dad were little kids he was a nice boy, and he saved her life twice, once when her father died and they were stuck in the woods. ... One day at Pilate's house her granddaughter Hagar came to visit and met Milkman, when they were introduced Milkman as Hagar's brother, then Reba (Hagar's mom) corrected Pilate and called said he is her cousin. ... She stalks him because any contact with him is better than none. ... She lifts her arms again and Milkman lies there still for thirty seconds. Then he removes his arm. ...

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Falling in love with several men, none of whom were her husband, sending her children away, moving out of her house, not continuing with her passion for painting, suicide; in all of these circumstances, and more, an example of indecisiveness and the desire to renounce something is present. ... If Arobin had been there first, she would have loved him more. ... After all, they were hers, she created them, and they were something that was her own. ... They made her feel like a whole person, and then some. ... Near the end of the last chapter, there is mention of "[a] bird with a broken wing ...

• Word Count: 1285
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• Grade Level: High School

With all the domestic work Mattie and other women in her situation had to do, there was no time for them to pursue their dreams and they were forced to be selfless. ... There is a sequence of shots of 'attractive' models dressing for work compared to Andy getting ready in the morning. ... Andy's indifference towards the beauty industry is evident when she asks "so none of the girls here eat anything?... It is then revealed later in the movie that Andy drops down a size in clothing to "size... 4" where she is then congratulated by a coworker. ... However, there is...

• Word Count: 1463
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Women were told to stay within their roles as a housewife and caregiver; none could rise up against the oppressive ways they had come to know. While history has shown that there were those who rose up and fought against oppression with blood, few women did so in the colonial period. There were those in the new world who fought the oppressive ways of society by proving that the pen is much mightier than the sword. ... (Bradstreet 549) This line in particular highlights her radical views; she looks honestly at her own abilities and then notes that the culture she lives in will disregard her succ...

• Word Count: 2469
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another annoyance was when her grandmother was telling her she girls do not slam doors, girls keep their knees together and don"t ask questions about things that are "none of girls business." (pg 457) Then she replied by saying " I continued to slam doors and sit as waywardly as possible, thinking that by measures I kept myself free." ... She would do a chore for her mother and then run off before she could tell her to do anything else. ... She felt that the only thing her mother talked about were things that were unimportant to her. ... She is from a time when there were even stricter rules...

• Word Count: 1491
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In some ways, these Greek women were almost like slaves. ... In classical Greece, women and killing were probably not commonly linked. ... Finally, there is the revenge factor. ... There are two main reasons why Medea decides to kill her children. ... (781-782) Since she does not want to leave her children with Jason, they really have no place else to where they could go, being barbarians in a Greek city: "[m]y children, there is none who can give them safety." (793) For these two reasons, Medea decides that killing her children is the best way to accomplish her plan: getting re...

• Word Count: 1974
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They were the property of man but Edna saw more to her life. ... In the 19th century women were expected to marry and have children. ... Pontellier was forced to admit that she knew of none better " (Chopin 1258). ... There really is not much sentiment value behind it but it gave Mrs. ... But she could not realize why or how she should have yielded, feeling as she then did " (Chopin 1277). ...

• Word Count: 1838
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Chopin uses her characters to rebel against this strictness; her characters are passionate and unconventional women but none of them rebels as openly as Edna does. ... She paints her portrait because "Never had that lady seemed a more tempting subject at that moment, seated there like some sensuous Madonna, with the gleam of the fading day enriching her splendid color-. ... In a way, I think Chopin intentionally exagerates Edna's selfish behavior to make her point that feminist ideas were good, but that women were not ready to be on their own. ... If Edna's break with her husband ...

• Word Count: 1837
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"'Behold, verily, there is the woman of the scarlet letter; and, of a truth, moreover, there is the likeness of the scarlet letter running along by her side! ... Although her clothes were dirty from sitting in prison all day, they still reflected the true essence of her personality. ... Her work is none other than making art with the needle. ... With her help he reveals everything and then rips open his shirt to uncover an "A", for which he used to deal with his guilt. ... Then out of the shadows, to which she was cast away, came Hester to help Dimmesdale cure this inner pain. ...

• Word Count: 1678
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• Grade Level: High School

It seems like a simple question but there are so many things that are hidden behind this question that have been hidden there for most of the time we have been on earth. ... As infants, girls tend to be able to pay attention longer than boys, while boys tend to pay attention to something for a short amount of time but they are more actively engaged in the activity then girls are (1996, p. 16). ... The problem was that they were to go hunting for mammoth but they had to put together a plan on how they were going to do this. The differences between the two groups were astonishing. ... All of ...

• Word Count: 1675
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Women were valued very little by nineteenth century society. ... In Act I of the play, Torvald tells Nora that just because he is getting a bigger salary, there still will be no depts and no borrowing. However, he then gives her some money to do a little shopping, but tells her that is all she will have to manage with. ... No more than you think you can spare; then one of these days I'll buy something with it" (Ibsen 784). ... James, her husband, then replies, "...make up your mind to let the work which is not done, go undone, if it must. ...

• Word Count: 1949
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• Grade Level: High School

There has long been an ongoing debate as to witch gender differences in behavior and personality are due to innate personality, biology, physiology, cultural and social factors. ... " And when she asked questions the grandmother would reply "That's none of a girls business.... Once the execution of Mack happens the narrator says her legs were shaky then immediately wants to look for new born kittens in the barn, as if to cleanse her visual palate of what she had just watched. ... " as if he wants to be a part of what then men did to Mack. ... Laird then points out that she ...

• Word Count: 1909
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Will women be subjected to discrimination, as they were in the past? ... Magazine News, there is more unemployment for woman than there was ever before. ... Lastly, Gouglin proceeds to say that women were in desperate need of feeling a sense of pride and self esteem. ... Women felt that these two aspects were not two different worlds, as we presently feel. ... I then continued my research by interviewing Linda Maria Petrosino, a neighbor of mine in my hometown of Brooklyn, New York. ...

• Word Count: 2200
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Is it the way they look, the way they dress, or it could be many things all put together, or is it none of the above? ... If family members have no regard for keeping the other members of the family on the right path to being a good person, then what will they become. ... If the husbands were doing theirjob? ... But eventually they will get there own friends and make there own decisions, this also leads to a person's identity. ... If a person learns to treat others with respect and kindness as they were young, they may keep it with them as they turn into adults. ...

• Word Count: 2280
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Is it the way they look, the way they dress, or it could be many things all put together, or is it none of the above? ... If family members have no regard for keeping the other members of the family on the right path to being a good person, then what will they become. ... If the husbands were doing their "job" in the women would not be cheating on them. ... But eventually they will get there own friends and make there own decisions, this also leads to a person's identity. ... If a person learns to treat others with respect and kindness as they were young, they may keep it with them as the...

• Word Count: 2277
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Then the two rebels raped me in front of my children and other civilians. Many other women were raped in public places. ... Rebels continued to rape women and girls of Sierra Leone well after the civil war, and there are even some cases to this day. ... Even before the war, women were denied to be educated, were unable to own land, could not earn their own money and were most likely forced into early marriages. ... Knowing there are so many people out there like COOPI fighting for the women in Sierra Leone, why is it that only one sexual violence case has been prosecuted? ...

• Word Count: 2075
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Cohen writes, ""Monsters are never created ex nihilo but through a process of fragmentation and recombination in which elements are extracted 'from various forms' and then assembled as the monster" (11). ... If she be black, and thereto have a wit,/She'll find a white that shall her blackness fit She never yet was foolish that was fair;/For even her folly help'd her to an heir There's none so foul and foolish thereunto,/But does foul pranks which fair and wise ones do. (2.1.127-140) Both Desdemona and Emilia engage in this banter with Igao, making inqui...

• Word Count: 1417
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although schoolgirls during the period were encouraged to read and become educated at a basic level, these endeavors were not intended to produce women in the intellectual sphere. ... There, she expresses the book/child as fatherless because she is its sole creator. ... Poem 199 states: "This being comfort "then That other kind "was pain " But why compare? ... Stop there!... By stating, "Stop there!...

• Word Count: 1953
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Throughout the novel there is a sense of sisterhood and although they had many differences, this is what helps them all to deal with the men who creates their problems. ... But mattie then loses the house when her son, Basil, jumped bail after Mattie used their home as collateral for his bond. ... The second generation inhabitants were the family members of those world war one and the Ones unable to leave. ... She then became protective of Serena, who is the only thing ever loved without pain. ... One of the good aspects of the book includes Naylor telling these stories all in ...

• Word Count: 1933
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• Grade Level: High School