This was not to be, Madonna was her father's favorite and persuaded him to let her take dance lessons instead. ... Her sexuality appeals to many, mainly to young girls who are growing up in this post-modern society.One may dispute this by pointin! ... This makes MTV an important aspect in the study of post-modern theories. ... Looking at videos of fully clothed men , singing about love while bleach-blond girls in bikinis dance around them can be quite confusing at times. ...

• Word Count: 2407
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

Nora's life represents the tragedy and comedy of most modern day (or what was at the time modern) marriages. ... She is also a prize for Torvald because of her beauty and dancing skills. ... According to Ibsen's "Notes for a Modern Tragedy," a woman cannot be herself in modern society. ...

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

He desperately tries to appear as if he has these qualities, bragging to Sir Toby of how he wishes that he "had bestowed the time in fencing that [he had] in fencing, dancing and bear-baiting." When he shows off his dancing talents to Sir Toby, he ironically highlights just how un-manly he really is, despite his intentions, as even his "caper[ing]" is bad. ... Shakespeare presents Sir Andrew as an extreme example of non-masculine behaviour to gain a comic effect, such as when he demonstrates his dancing skills. ... These two women are more like the women of the modern audience's time, ...

• Word Count: 2131
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Little boys grow up dreaming of professional baseball and little girls may dream of dancing in the ballet, but these dreams will most likely never come true due to their given situations. ... In addition to being the modern workingwomen of the 90s, women are still held to the standards of the 1960s housewives. ... Modern women are judged by society on both scales. ...

• Word Count: 1718
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Sex appeal is one of the most effective forms of advertising in modern popular culture. ... This androcentric view of a woman, measured only by her ability to stimulate and satisfy the male's sexual appetite, continues to perpetuate three specific aspects of our modern Western society: male's dominance over females, the phenomenon of eating disorders among women and the increased amount of violence against women. ... One ad in particular, for Revlon nail polish, shows a man and a woman grinding on each others hips and grabbing each others bodies, like they are having intercourse ...

• Word Count: 1525
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Chaucer's visionary protagonist was a refreshing and modern look at women's rights in the fifteenth century. ... She supernaturally displays twenty-four dancing women to which, "he drew ful yerne. (999)" This quick advancement upon the women by the knight can be derived as the hag controlling him by taking advantage of his carnal desires, already displayed by his Neanderthalic raping of the maiden in the woods. ...

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6

Chaucer's visionary protagonist was a refreshing and modern look at women's rights in the fifteenth century. ... She supernaturally displays twenty-four dancing women to which, "he drew ful yerne. (999)" This quick advancement upon the women by the knight can be derived as the hag controlling him by taking advantage of his carnal desires, already displayed by his Neanderthalic raping of the maiden in the woods. ...

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6

In the Williams' dramatic masterpiece of modern theater, the male/female relationships form the basis for the vast majority of the dramatic conflict; these conflicting interactions are found between several different characters, with each conflict contributing to the overall development of the plot. ... It is at that moment that Nora must most consciously exercise control, and she does so with a combination of intellect and sexuality: she dances the tarantella to distract and control Torvald. ...

• Word Count: 2278
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate