In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the two female agents in the stories The Tigers Bride' and The Werewolf' in regards to the post-modern feminism of our times. Initially in The Tigers Bride' a father looses her daughter (beauty) to The Beast in a game of cards. Obviously Beauty resents her father for this act, this is shown in, "My father said he loved me yet he staked his daughter on a hand of cards."" ... In Comparison beauty follows The Beast to his retreat, while the young daughter in The Werewolf' goes through the dangerous forest. ... This c...

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In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the two female agents in the stories The Tigers Bride' and The Werewolf' in regards to the post-modern feminism of our times. Initially in The Tigers Bride' a father looses her daughter (beauty) to The Beast in a game of cards. Obviously Beauty resents her father for this act, this is shown in, "My father said he loved me yet he staked his daughter on a hand of cards."" ... In Comparison beauty follows The Beast to his retreat, while the young daughter in The Werewolf' goes through the dangerous forest. ... This c...

• Word Count: 596
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In the stories A Doll's House and Sweat this idea of what we now call a "woman" does not even exist. ... In some cases even daughters were treated like this also. If a man wanted to marry another man's daughter he would have to get her father's permission and in some cases pay the father to marry his daughter. ... In the story A Doll's House Torvald, the husband, treated Nora, his wife, more like his daughter. ... In the story "Sweat" Delia was basically faced with a similar situation. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

On a superficial level, the story of "Othello" is one of jealousy, love and an unquenchable thirst for power. ... For a woman, and young woman, to leave the safety of her fathers home without his permission is unfathomable. ... If Othello has failed to capture and contain Desdemona's sexuality, much like her father, then he has failed to secure his masculinity. ... He is wondering if Othello could have really violated his daughter without him knowing. The story implies that women are to be owned and cared for by their fathers until they give them away to a suitable husband of their ch...

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Gender inequality is at the backdrop of this story. ... Looking at this story in a different way, imagine that the genders were reversed, and that this is a story about a father teaching his son about his place in the world. ... The story would be almost preposterous. This fact further amplifies the power and truth of Kincaid's story. ... Why not teach your daughter to be an original? ...

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The dominance of the males in the household is further emphasised by having the father "ask a blessing" at the rather rushed encounter at the dinner table. In the conversation between mother and daughter we are treated to further conflict within the story. ... "S"pose your father made you go out an" work for you livin"?" ... "He wanted a game of marbles before school, and feared his father would give him some chores to do." ... which mirror's Sarah's similar cry of "Father" at the story's start. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This book taught that men should treat their wives with honor and respect, "but he insisted that women remain subject to the guidance of the principal men in their lives-first their fathers, then their husbands, and finally, if they survived their husbands, their sons." ... Fathers have the power to offer their daughters to any man they see fit, even if it is against their daughters wishes. ... The servants (of Kaikeyi/Sita) in the story are very mischievous. Soorpanaka is a female demon that terrorizes Rama in the story and does everything in her evil power to obtain his love, but fails. ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

But since the niece was only three years old, Jacobs" actual master was the father, Dr. ... Flint and his daughter to locate her and return her to slavery in the South. ... The male narrator was under no compulsion to discuss his sex life, nor did he need to talk about his children he may have fathered outside marriage. ... 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. ... Her story ends with freedom; not in the usual way with marriage. ...

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Fathers are just as dominant as boyfriends or husbands in many cases. They expect strict obedience from daughters and often become enraged or very upset when rules are broken or their expectations are let down. ... Abuse is the repercussion of the daughter's disobedience for whatever actions lead upset the head of the family. ... Through the main character in the book, ideas are expressed and shown through both simplistic and complex stories. These stories shed light on how living, as a Latino in a Latino American society would be daily. ...

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At the mere age of 16, "her father planned to marry her off", but to the shock of her family she did not want to marry a man she did not choose. ... She also failed as a daughter and embarrasses her family name because of her sexual antics. As a favorite daughter she also fails to fulfill her parent's expectations. ... Rafique's manhood test throughout the story, Ali slowly reveals the hidden societal womanhood test of Zulai through the consequences of her decisions and actions. ...

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The women are only in relation to the husbands, sons, fathers, brothers and boyfriends: without them they could not function alone in this novel. The sole purpose of the women in this novel is to further the story. ... Dalton is the complete opposite of her daughter. ... She is just another female that doesn't have much impact of the story line. Her one influence in the novel is that of her indirect responsibility for her daughter Mary's death. ...

• Word Count: 959
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School