As for the American culture, I did get a chance to witness and explore how the role of women has developed into today's society. ... For example, many young women that were raised by housewife mothers to become a housewife also chose to sacrifice their lives and plans to join the men in the battlefield for the sake of their country. ... My mother went to school and was also taught how to be a housewife and take care of her family when she gets married in the future, very essential to teach daughters. ... My mother migrated to America in pursuit of further education, and better living fo...

• Word Count: 2258
• Approx Pages: 9
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• Grade Level: High School

Shimerda is a housewife, much the same way Mrs. ... She clings to Jim and feeds his self-image by stating how brave he is. She encourages Jim to show everyone how he killed the snake. ... Even the photographer notices just how happy she is to have a child of her own. ... As productive workers on the farm, they were better men than Jim and some of the town boys. ...

• Word Count: 2199
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Who then really had a "better" life, those who had all protection and no freedom, or those who had all freedom and independence? ... A scorned wife spoke this in one of Sophocles" lost plays. ... This sort of thing would be considered unacceptable for a wife to handle. ... There were set views and expectations of how women were supposed to interact with others outside the home. ... "The husband who takes his wife in adultery must divorce her." ...

• Word Count: 1886
• Approx Pages: 8
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It governs the way our society operates and how we view each other. To know how gender plays a role in the American Dream, we must give thought and analyze the motivations and roles that men and women play in our society. ... In turn, the children will create a better life for their children and so on. ... The Cleavers were the perfect family with a strong husband, loving wife, and two great kids. ... However, today in the year 2000, women are more liberated and independent then the housewife of the 1960s. ...

• Word Count: 1718
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

She was living her inactive and dull life as a housewife until she receives the news of her husband's death "in broken sentences" and "veiled hints" by her sister Josephine (Mays 476). ... Mallard is known in the beginning of the story only as a wife, not as a person. ... It is appreciated in the story that Louise was feeling oppressed by her role as a housewife and depressed about not being able to be herself and do what she desires. ... Kate Chopin placed that event in the story to make an understanding to the reader how many women were oppressed by marriage in the 1...

• Word Count: 2447
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography