1. Great Expectations -Pip's Love for Estella-
It was also the war itself which helped to pull the U.S. from the Great Depression due to the emergency war-time measures boosting the economy. The Great Depression was a time where the working class began to feel a great hostility towards the privileged aristocracy of the upper class. ... For the viewers themselves, Stanley is a character who is easily empathized with at this time when memories of the Great Depression are still fresh. ... She fears that she will never find a suitor who matches her expectations and she feels her lack of innocence is a major part of that. ...
Even before a child has been conceived, the parents and family members are already placing gender expectations on that unborn child. ... From the answer, given gender expectations start to roll out of people's mouths. ... But if it's a girl she will make a great nurse or teacher. ... The effects of gender expectations and discrimination are also seen in different cultures. ... In her essay, Sandra wrote about how her father had wanted her to find a great husband and have children. ...
The Cleavers were the perfect family with a strong husband, loving wife, and two great kids. ... Our society has certain standards and expectations for being a male. ... Our society has expectations of females just as they do for males. ... Who is to blame for these unreachable expectations we put on ourselves? Because of the unreachable expectations, the emotional impact on us is great. ...
Many women were jailed, fined, banished and if the offense great enough executed. Though Protestants and Catholics differed in their theology, they both seemed to perceive women in the same roles and have the same expectations. ... The expectations of women were very clear during this time period. ... The Age of Reformation saw many changes, but the expectations of the morality of women did not. ...
These diverse types of women all fell into the category fitted because of how society prefers women to behave and how the woman feels about society's/family's expectations for them. ... Jayanthi, an American Indian woman from Bells interviews recalls "[getting] confused [and] freak[ing] out and feel[ing] [the need] to settle down" (33) when her actions opposed her parents and community's expectations of her. ... Personal history is a huge factor in Janyanthi's success as a person and while creating her own she discovers "there is also appeal in the drama and ...
Nevertheless, the careful reader notices a curious trend in many of Shakespeare's plays: many of Shakespeare's female characters exercise a rather great deal of delicate forms of power and influence, and often do so in unusual and even subversive ways that challenge traditional gender roles. ... Theseus, clearly invested in maintaining the prevailing social order because it advances his own interests.In other words, gender roles and expectations are being stated to this strong female character in no uncertain terms. ... First, Hermia contested traditional gender expectations and mad...
This entire conflict is written to bring to light the ridiculous social expectations demanded of both women and men. Ibsen expertly leads the audience into accepting that these social expectations are foolish and wrong. ... Nora, as a woman, also has many expectations she must try to live up to. ... Yet even though the weakest characteristics were attributed to women, great responsibility was put on them as regarding the raising of their children. ... the expectations of society to try to be true to themselves (Meyer 1567). ...
The drifter feigns great interest in Elisa's chrysanthemums and asks her many questions about them. ... Steinbeck makes it very easy to relate to this woman's struggle for strength and contentment in a life that does not meet her expectations. ... She sadly realizes that she can never live up to the expectations she places on herself....
Within the play Antigone, Sophocles demonstrates many views of gender expectations in Greek life. ... As the new king of Thebes, Creon demonstrated his expectations that men are the primary actors in Greek society and that his word of law should never be questioned even if it isn't that of the gods. ... In a way, she was a rebel to the social norm and the standards of gender specific expectations and actions. ... Both sisters vary greatly in their respective attributes, Ishmene illustrated that she was a women who fit the bill of a women with femininity in society, where Antigone challen...
However, Nora is a self-determined woman who opposes society's expectations. ... Nora goes against society's expectations by providing for the family. ... Nora is not the type of woman to follow the normal expectations of women in this time, and she expects to receive the correct treatment from men. ... You and Papa have committed a great sin against me. ... Nora represents a strong willed women who will not conform to society's expectations....
Her views were extremely controversial because they express a woman's right to revolt against such expectations and live for herself. ... This is the moment when it seems as though the actual storm and the storm within Calixta converge with a great intensity. ... This in itself provoked a great deal of controversy among Chopin's society. ... They are victims to societal expectations that they must live up to, expectations that force them to live unfulfilling and empty lives. ...
In my talk I will be discussing psychological phenomena and disorders that are particularly prevalent among females as well as overview how sociocultural views and expectations have influenced and continue to influence today the mental health of women; affecting their overall physical and psychological well-being. ... Being a teenager is difficult because society tends to put a lot of pressure and expectations that are impossible for one to keep up with. ... In their model we can understand that girls who have expectations of helplessness (i.e. having not control over life choices), who hare ...
Louis Mallard leads a happy life with little troubles; but because of the expectations of a woman during the late nineteenth century, she is confined to a model life. ... Even in the case of a tragedy, they feel she is unable to handle the news and "great care [is] taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death- (Chopin 147). ... In today's society, women have made great strides to equality. ...
Its no wonder that Cather describes the scenery so extensively, with quotes such as "The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains, or of certain seaweeds when they are first washed up." ... Then there is Antonia, growing up away from all these social expectations, away from the cities and stuffy aristocrats. ...
Her story is one that, while giving some insight to the lives of Roman women during her time, mostly shaped the expectations of women. ... While the events are not necessarily true, this drastic act reveals men expected women to go to great lengths to preserve their family's name. ...
He had too high of expectations of a woman. ... " I must marry her and in doing so I will surely be doing far more good than many of those who marry their housekeepers and often even the most contemptible creatures. - (Gogol 22) He even thinks that he is doing a great deed for society... They put it before their marriages, before their children (Dmitri's, maybe Anna's), and before society's expectations of them. ...
The expectations and rules of the male and female roles in society have always been explicitly laid out. ... Yet, despite these great strides of feminism in the United States, there will always be obvious and unfair distinctions between men and women. ... Everyday we are faced with so many expectations and demands of society and everyday we are judged and sometimes even do the judging. ...
You and Papa have done me a great wrong. ... She now sees the fact that the way in which she was compelled to behave was a "great wrong" that stunted her development as an adult and as a human being. ... She had a self described joy in her life, her love of work, "All my life as long as I can remember, I've worked-that's been one of my one great joy." ... Women of the time were objectified and certainly not seen as equals, in contrast to Linde, She felt a great duty to maintain subordinance and keep domestic peace and harmony, she speaks to Torvald, "I've been your doll wife". ...
Therefore, he will not be able to be intimate with those women who he has great respect and affection for, since they will effectively remind him of his mother. ... I stated above that a man chooses to marry someone whom he has great respect and affection for. ... This results in a great overvaluation of his wife. ... (Nietzsche 147) These things result in the woman once again feeling as if she has done something wrong, when really all she has done is conform to the expectations set forth by society. ... Yet as wonderful as this rebellion from the norms of society sounds, it is very diffi...
Though she attempts to defy these expectations by cutting off her "great big nose" and "fat legs," in her death, the woman is displayed in her casket with cosmetics painted on and a beautiful turned-up putty nose. ... They went to great pains making themselves look perfect, hoping to attract a male. ...
Gender roles influence women and men in virtually every area of life including family and occupation, but are women and men subject to different roles or behavior expectations? ... This was accomplished on one level by preventing women from gaining the sort of education offered to men, and while this has changed to a great extent in the United States, there are still inequalities in the opportunities offered to men as opposed to women. ... While it is true men and women's roles in the workplace are becoming closer in equality, there is still a great amount of room for improvement. ...
Both of these characters, as well as others such as Helen Burns are all females who are constrained by societal conventions, yet subvert them, and arise with great force. ... Despite punishment, abuse and malnourishment, Helen's passion for religion never wavers and although Bronte is questioning the form of religion she and many others devote themselves to, it is undoubted that she emerges with great force. Bronte subverts the societal expectations of the time by using atypical characters as well as subverting the traditional gothic genre, in the hope that she might inspire change in h...
Women sacrificed their lives with their personal plans to improve the lifestyles and behavior of the expectations of all woman during that period and consistently lead to the future. ... Positions that were intended for men were taken up by women and resulting in great achievements. ...