The conflict in all of these relationships is driven by fundamental elements of the male/female dichotomy: sexual attraction, striving for independence, a desire to dominate and control, and a mutual misunderstanding of the opposite gender. ... The conflict is largely instigated by Blanche, yet the various elements of the male/female relationship lead to open conflict between husband and wife. ... The Bedford Introduction to Literature. 5th edition. ... The Portrayal of Women in Shakespeare's "Hamlet- and Moliere's "Tartuffe- The portrayal of women has been a particularly daunt...

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Feminism took full force during the twentieth century through the use of film, music, and especially literature. ... "Katniss' character is represented as possessing masculine and feminine characteristics; her female body marks her as a woman with elements of emphasized femininity while her actions encompass elements of hegemonic masculinity" (Woloshyn, Lane, Vol.1, 152). ...

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Godot to Godette, or make an announcement in the beginning that the elements of the original have been changed. ... Understandably that without explicit instruction in every detail from the playwright some elements will be filled in by whoever has decided to produce the play, but the meat of a piece, its essence, its very spirit if you will, should always remain true to what the artist originally intended. ...

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Meaning that Kingston's literature is not a reflection of the ideology, but she uses it to distance the literature from ideology so that the reader can perceive it even as it is representing it. ...

• Word Count: 1870
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The theme of clandestine goings-on in the household has particular resonance for Dutch culture because it suggests the potential breakdown of the domestic order, an issue that dominated the didactic literature so prevalent in seventeenth-century Holland. ... The emphatically doubled elements of domestic chaos, emphasized by Maes's tipped-up perspective, form a jarring commentary on the young woman absorbed in her work. ...

• Word Count: 1285
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate