Clearly the author indicates that the females should acquire a high level of education to find success and escape the control of men. ... Almost all the women seek to escape to a better life, but how they plan to do so differs. ... This illustrates that women on Mango Street need to depend on men and marriage to escape their lives to a better future. ... This shows the mindset of the few females on Mango Street who still have the dream of escaping through education. ... Many of the women try to escape but find themselves entrapped in the same horrid situation whether it be on Mango Street or ...

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In escaping though the window of her flame engulfed apartment Mrs. ... Hedges" escape from the flaming inferno, Petry utilizes the biblical character Sampson. ... Petry uses this reference as a demonstration of the near subhuman strength that is needed to escape the constraints of society that ravaged women who did not comply with the unattainable ideal of European American femininity. ... Hedges does not escape or transcend classification in order to achieve success as Thomson suggests. ... Hedges does not escape the confines he dictated femininity because although financially stable she does...

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The woman she sees who is trying to escape from the wallpaper (which symbolizes her life) and her creeping was actually she who is trying to break free from her sickness and lonely life. "But now I am used to it", she finally joins the other women trapped in the wallpaper and found the strength to escape and eventually tore the paper down symbolizing her taking control of her life. ...

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In a desperate attempt to escape this persecution Alicia decides to go away to school so she won't have to spend her whole life in a factory or more importantly behind a rolling pin. ... The worst part is that women don't realize that they are being oppressed so they continue to be tyrannized by men and they end up never escaping their so-called life. ...

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She does this because she wants to escape from the "woman life" she forced to live in for one night. ... Elisa shows several ways throughout the entire story how she is trapped and wants to escape. When the tinker comes along, it shows how much she lives a life she doesn't want and how much she wants to escape. ...

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Washington Irving's "Rip Van Winkle,"" is the story of a man who, in attempt to flee his nagging wife, escapes to the Kaatskill Mountains. ... This idea is portrayed immensely in the following sentence, "Poor Rip was at last reduced almost to despair; and his only alternative to escape from the labour of the farm and the clamour of his wife, was to take gun in hand and stroll away into the woods. " Rip's farmland is in shambles while his children wear tattered and dirty clothes, therefore his wife begs him to work and provide for his family, yet he continues to ignore his wife's...

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Being valued by men becomes very important for the women on Mango Street because it means an escape for them. ... (p.26) But if getting married means an escape than why are so many women unhappy in their marriages? ... Instead, these women, like Marin, will not give up this power until they get what they want in life; which is to escape from Mango Street. ...

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" However, the narrator eventually secretly disobeys John by writing a journal, which awakens her realization that she desires escape from her husband and the room. The narrator seeks out escape through the yellow wallpaper on the walls of the room. ... By the end of the story, the narrator finds escape when she becomes the wallpaper woman as she creeps along the floor the narrator states "I've got out at last...and I've pulled off most of the paper, so you can't put me back" (Gilman p387)! ...

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Lisa takes it upon herself to climb up the fire escape, a very unfeminine action, and personally search Thorwald's apartment. ... Now the couple can live happily ever after because he believes Lisa has conformed to his fantasy, which she has, because she would have never climbed the fire escape looking for evidence if she did not believe in Jeff's worthiness to be her partner. ...

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she sees a figure of a woman who is desperately trying to escape the bars formed by thefront pattern?. ... The woman is trying to escape from the wallpaper but the front pattern continues to hold her back. ...

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This is a narrative poem which means that it tells a story. Liz Lockhead combines parts from the fairy stories in order to look at the relationship between men and women from a different point of view. It is a modern poem with feminist evidence. Unlike in traditional fairy tales, there is no happy e...

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In other words, woman was like a property for man at that time, and also Edna can't escape from this convention, too. ... For example, when Edna "escape- her regular Tuesdays-meeting at home, Léonce warned her that she could ruin their status in high society instead of asking about the reason why she didn't want to do it anymore. ...

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Finally, Jacobs is able to escape to the North, and her children eventually follow. ... However his eldest daughter, Rosetta, tells a different story in which she talks about Anna Murray, a free black woman, who helps Douglass in his escape. ...

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Many Latinos want to escape this way of life but few do because of lack of money for further education or a house in a decent neighborhood. ... Esperanza believes that if she can only escape, everything will be difference for the better. ...

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With the factors of a misunderstanding husband, lack of sexual fulfillment, and a sense of inequality due to her gender, Elisa finds herself confined within the walls of a depressing foothill ranch on the sunless Salinas Valley and ultimately suffering a breakdown she cannot escape. ... Such a conflict can lead to depression, loneliness, boredom, and for Elisa, a sense of no escape and instead an acceptance and conformity with what is taking place between her and Henry. ...

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The Astronomer's Wife is a story about a woman finding her way in a man's world. The asrtonomer's wife is only ever given a first name when the astronomer is trying to tell her what to do. The astronomer, Mr. Ames, doesn't seem to enjoy the company of his wife very much. Even though the astronom...

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Women play an influential role in the lives of those who surround them. Not only do they make great teachers, who practice right from wrong, molding us into great human beings: but they show a level of caring and sensitivity that the male race as a whole could not achieve. In the book Candide, the a...

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La Mariposa In our culture I think masculinity and femininity are clearly set apart. They are very defined. There are physical, emotional, and instinctive characteristics that clearly define the two. If you saw facial hair and a deep voice on a woman you would consider that masculine. If a man ha...

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper" is about a married woman struggling with an illness and is confined to a single room unable to do what she loves, which is to write. Throughout the story the author suggests that she is stuck in confinement due to her gender. "The Yellow...

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For instance, on page 262 the given quote is saying that men get in trouble for more harsh things, they try to escape, they don't wear the proper clothes that they are supposed to, they get in fights with one another, and are rowdy compared to the women who abide by the rules and are quite so that they can go home and see their families. ...

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An Analysis of "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" It is difficult to depict a primary poetic technique within this poem. The reason being that, many devices are used to bring forth the message that Rich has embedded within it. However, symbolism is the most prominent. The poem is set in a traditional ...

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Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue The Wife of Bath's Prologue can be read in two ways. Many critics view her character as one of the first feminist figures of Medieval Literature. She is a strong-willed and dominant woman. She speaks freely of her sexuality and of her dysfunctional ...

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Thesis Statement Through the character of Louise Mallard, Chopin is able to illustrate the negative effects of living in a society in which women were subordinate to their husbands. I. Chopin illustrates the oppression of Louise by the setting in "The Story of an Hour" A. Setting takes place i...

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Plaskow, Foh and Al-Hibri all join together to have a dialogue about God and feminism. The three speakers bring diversity and some opposition as they are all from different religions and hold various points of views. The purpose of the dialogue is for the women to talk about their views, experiences...

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Oscar Wilde wrote, "A Woman of No Importance," because of the general ignorance about the Married Women's Property Rights Act, promulgated in 1882, by Queen Victoria. This play was not a big success, surely not for it being of an inferior quality, but more for depicting gender inequalities in the Vi...

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• Grade Level: High School