Chopin's stories "The Storm" and "The Story of an Hour" both express a fresh and unconventional view of love and marriage. ... 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 unfu...

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• Grade Level: High School

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 ...

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The expectations and rules of the male and female roles in society have always been explicitly laid out. ... This demonstrates the lack of respect the men gave women throughout the story. ... Yet, despite these great strides of feminism in the United States, there will always be obvious and unfair distinctions between men and women. ... This story is so important to society because it is so true to life. Everyday we are faced with so many expectations and demands of society and everyday we are judged and sometimes even do the judging. ...

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In every short story read this semester, not one character loved another and was loved back equally. ... He had too high of expectations of a woman. ... In the short story, "Princess Mary-, Pechorin decides that the princess will be his next conquest. ... They put it before their marriages, before their children (Dmitri's, maybe Anna's), and before society's expectations of them. ... After reading all these stories about the vices of mankind, it can be concluded that true love does not exist, at least in Russian literature. ...

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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 ...

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Wilkins Freeman's story, "A New England Nun.... The fact that Louisa willingly released the hand Joe Dagget, who was undeniably husband material and considered a "catch" for any single woman, reinforces the point that she was rebelling against the norms and expectations of society. ... This foreshadows how Louisa chooses the path of independence at the end of the story where "serenity and placid narrowness had become to her as the birthright herself."(661) What is interesting is that Freeman describes death as something great which happened to Louisa. ... Freeman develops g...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Behn's tragic love story chronicles the life of an African prince who is captured and transported to a sugarcane plantation as a slave on the British colony of Surinam. ... Oroonoko claims to be a true story based on Behn's experiences in Surinam. She begins the novel by stating that she is an "eye-witness" and that the story is not a work of fiction [ CITATION Ken l 1033 ]. ... The play opens with three female characters whose stories dominate the play throughout, each striving to break from their prescribed outcomes. ... Throughout the plot, these three women abandon thei...

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Stories of ice cream" (Hosseini 7). ... Based on the interpretation provided by Al-Hibri, a Middle Eastern feminist, the need to have a son is great because it is believed that through the son the family name would be carried on in future generations. ... In fact the doctor says that the family eventually does come to get the mother and child but this is done to show their displeasure and also is a disciplinary action so that in future she meets their expectations (6). ...

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• Grade Level: High School