In this passage Linda's futile attempt to speak her mind is squashed repeatedly despite Linda's support of Willy's views. ... "(675) In this passage, we see the mistress character being treated as an object to be ruined and manipulated by Willy. ... Of course we know the answer to this obvious question."... Again as with other female characters in the play, we are presented with this trite, two-dimensional portrayal of Miss Forsythe. ... Creatures, that's how Happy sees them. ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Ramsay, Lily's independence is not compatible with the traditional role of a woman as wife and mother. ... Although in the above passage Lily is inferring from Mrs. ... Ramsay's views, but through Lily's stream of consciousness, it shows that Lily does not question the capability and equality of women in relation to men. ... The following passage shows the incident when this happens: "And then, and then-this was one of those moments when an enormous need urged him, without being conscious what it was, to approach any woman, to force them, he did not care how, his need was s...

• Word Count: 1474
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As a result, they question their statements of self and the process of self-affirmation becomes all the more difficult. ... LLCool J, P.Diddy all of WuTang, and Jay"Z sexualities have been questioned even in the face of their hyper heterosexual song lyrics and music videos. ... The bible contains six passages that condemn homosexuality "behavior". But also the bible has dozens of passages that condemn heterosexual " behavior". ... I don't understand how a religion that is based on fact that Jesus is love can teach such hate. ...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Why would he be satirical with everyone else, yet sincere with her? ... It is not possible to know exactly how Chaucer viewed women. ... I mentioned this rape here, because of Cannon's convincing argument and if true, it gives us some idea of how Chaucer might have conceived woman. ... (69) In The Wife of Bath's Tale itself Chaucer continues to make fun of women with the question "what it is most desire". ... " (1043-48) The feminist might see this passage as proof that the Wife of Bath wanted and gained power, therefore, proving one of the questions that have plagued th...

• Word Count: 1773
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

This passage also illustrates James' hypocrisy because although "woman suffrage was one of his particular hobbies,"" he fails to treat his own wife with equality, forcing her to work in order to pursue his own selfish goals(67). ... This passage is important because it subtly contrasts James' insecurity, shown through James' insults toward Minnie, with Liu's strong sense of masculinity, demonstrated by his great respect for Minnie. ... Everything about Liu's question contains a sense of nativity. First of all, the question remains simple and not overly detailed. ...

• Word Count: 2224
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While these characteristics reiterate how Kimmel is defining homophobia, readers would not associate these terms with how we define ourselves as masculine or what we view to be manhood. ... How we talk. How we walk. ... They are constantly boasting about past accomplishments, whether its sports or how they are with the ladies, in order to portray this front and that they are ultimately masculine. ... What makes this passage important is how he talks about gender boundaries. ...

• Word Count: 1386
• Approx Pages: 6

Stating how new forms of masculinity are derived due to these cultural changes and the delivery of such ideas through aspects of the media. ... Women's rise in the hierarchical structure of society has questioned mans concept of masculinity, as the dominance of man declines. ... FHM is a social commentary on "How to be a Man" and creates an entire system of "laddish behaviour". ... On each page she poses seductively wearing garments of small proportion and the interview content is resigned to small corners of each page where the gravitational pull of her body actions creates a passage to ...

• Word Count: 1938
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another annoyance was when her grandmother was telling her she girls do not slam doors, girls keep their knees together and don"t ask questions about things that are "none of girls business." ... She began to conform to society's ideas about women The author is able to depict the hardships and successes of passage into adulthood through her portrayal of a young narrator. ... This shows how the parents were more concerned with their son and that he could do no wrong. This reflects society's notion at the time, how men were always right. ... She would be the one needing to be rescu...

• Word Count: 1491
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The notion of femininity, along with the idea of the female gender role, has substantially changed in the last century. ... (Lady Lazarus, 61-75) In this passage, Plath explains how she is merely an object to her male oppressor; he attempts to create a spectacle of her suicide attempts to the "peanut-crunching crowd" by picking and prodding at her until there is nothing left for him to take from her, as if because of him, she is unable to obtain death and this means that he takes the one thing she longs for the most ("Lady Lazarus 26). By writing this poem, Plath points out ho...

• Word Count: 2160
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She also talks about how she could use her more in the house. ... " And when she asked questions the grandmother would reply "That's none of a girls business.... The day the narrator's father is going to shoot Mack, who is the horse to be used as feed for the foxes; she wants to see how it happens. ... During her transition into adolescence, she is trying to make her room fancy with lace curtains, concerned with how she will look when she is older and even divides the room with a barricade between her and Laird's bed. ... It was his rites of passage; he came as one of ...

• Word Count: 1909
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This emotional plea with herself helps the readers see her dedication and passion for her writing. ... Dickinson is creatively able to place two different meanings into one poem, depending on how the reader choices to perceive it. ... Due to this, it is interesting that she references and questions woman's roles in society in her poems because she does not need to prove herself to males, or criticize their writing. ... This passage reflects Dickinson's frustration with the role of wives. ... This type of relationship would contradict with Dickinson's freethinking beliefs, an...

• Word Count: 1953
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School