Her sexuality was not only defined by her looks, and, as an actress, she did much more than sit there and look pretty. ... Here, I will examine the evolution of the image of sexuality and women in film by comparing and contrasting Marilyn Monroe's character in Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953) and, present-day sex symbol, Angelina Jolie's character in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001). The same year that Monroe shocked society and posed nude for Playboy magazine, and at the peak of her career, she starred in the film Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953) as a "dumb blonde" choru...

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

I am glad on't, I vow, for he's a curious fine gentleman, and I love him already, too- (III.ii, 1068). ... In the end of The Country Wife, the reader naturally acknowledges Mister Sparkish as the predominant male; however, it is difficult to define him as a "ladies man- because he is not completely sex oriented. ...

• Word Count: 425
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The books Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens were written in the Victorian era where gender and social limitations were forced upon the protagonists by society; both books use very simple characters to define and defy these limitations set before them, which ultimately created classics. ... There was one other option; a son of a gentleman could toil for long hours working, in hopes to move up a class. ... Murdstone would have been replaced with a gentleman of the upmost standing. ...

• Word Count: 2338
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

They taught me how to be kindly to people, be honest, and what I can do to be a chivalrous gentleman to women. ... In order to define masculinity and femininity as closely as possible, one needs to study the behavior of young children and that of early Homo sapiens. ... Put together, masculinity and femininity are instinctual, the first defined as logical, mechanically adept, likes to hunt, aggressive and strong, while the latter is defined as being social, imaginative, caring and beautiful. ...

• Word Count: 906
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In defining semiotics in its relation to advertising, Leiss writes, "semiotics highlights the way that we ourselves take part in the creation of meaning in messages, suggesting that we are not mere bystanders in the advertising process, but participants in creating a code that unites the designer and reader....

• Word Count: 2240
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The characters of Tom, Phillip, Lucy and Maggie all demonstrate how Eliot defines gender roles throughout the novel. ... He ends up losing her to another gentleman who exhibits a more traditional male gender role. ...

• Word Count: 1400
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Typically in late 19th century literature, female characters are simply placed in the novel to further the male protagonist plot. They are seen not to drive the plot but to only sacrifice for the men. Whether the women be placed as a love interest, a wife, or a mother, she given little to no autonom...

• Word Count: 2647
• Approx Pages: 11